Anystream

Anystream was a software company specializing in automated digital media production, publishing, and streaming media encoding technology. Founded in 1999 by Geoff Allen, Steve Geyer, and Tim Ramsey, the company was headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. Anystream developed software that automated the complex processes of encoding and transcoding media for broadcast and production environments, serving media companies, advertisers, and content holders.

The company's core products included the Agility software platform, which became a standard for streaming media encoding and broadcast transcoding. This platform provided an end-to-end solution for media ingest, transformation, programmatic editing, and transcoding for final packaging and delivery. It enabled clients to manage, index, and publish video content for various platforms such as the web, video-on-demand, and mobile. Key clients included major media organizations like the BBC, CNN, AOL, ESPN, and NFL Films. Anystream also catered to the higher education sector, providing tools for universities like MIT to automatically capture and web-publish classroom lectures.

Throughout its history, Anystream secured significant funding, raising a total of $15 million over two rounds, including a Series C round of $7 million in 2007 with investors like SCP Partners and SoftBank Capital. In August 2010, Telestream acquired Anystream, integrating its technology and teams to expand its enterprise-class video transcoding and workflow solutions. The acquisition was aimed at combining Telestream's transcoding expertise with Anystream's media production management capabilities to address complex, IT-based production workflows.