News & Press
Wowza Appoints Streaming Industry Veteran Chris Drake as New Chief Revenue Officer
As Chief Revenue Officer, Drake will lead Wowza’s global direct and channel sales efforts at a critical time for the company as they continue to extend their platform’s video-on-demand (VOD) capabilities.
Drake brings his intimate understanding of content distributors, including media publishers and broadcasters, to bear as Wowza makes a massive push to enhance and promote their VOD capabilities. These new features include a more accessible pricing model, ad-insertion, and more for current and new customers looking to grow and monetize their audiences.
Wowza Named One of the Overall Best Places to Work in Colorado
For the fifth consecutive year, Wowza has been named among the Built-In Best Places to Work. This year, they are listed as one of the overall best places to work in Colorado and one of the top 30 best mid-sized companies to work for in Colorado.
Wowza Named a Leader in 2023 Frost Radar for Enterprise Video Platforms
Frost & Sullivan named Wowza an enterprise video platform (EVP) growth and innovation leader in their 2023 Frost Radar report, specifically citing Wowza’s customer-centric adaptability and greener streaming innovations.
Wowza’s Multi-angle Player Provides Equitable Streaming Experience
Wowza Flowplayer is the first player to standardize multi-camera angle toggling for viewers, making live event streaming more dynamic and accessible, especially for the hearing impaired.
Wowza Named Among Streaming Media’s Top 100 Video Companies
Wowza has been named one of Streaming Media Magazine’s Top 100 video companies in 2023. In awarding Wowza this distinction, Streaming Media specifically recognizes their success with ultra-low latency real-time streaming at scale and the innovative customer-centric spirit behind it.
Wowza Makes Real-Time Streaming Even Easier to Deploy
Wowza Flowplayer is the first video player to come pre-integrated for WebRTC and therefore inherently support sub-second streaming. This ultra-low latency streaming is ideal for real-time and interactive video use cases.
Wowza Hires Streaming Industry Veteran as First Chief Product Officer
Wowza hires Ashique Anwar, a streaming industry veteran, as their first Chief Product Officer, responding to increased demand for Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) content management.
Wowza and castLabs Strengthen Live Streaming Security Through Key Rotation
Wowza develops castLabs plugin that allows Wowza customers to stream more securely thanks to key rotation. Watch the demo at IBC 2023!
Wowza Collaborates with AMD for Greener Video Streaming
Wowza extends its relationship with AMD with the development of a cutting-edge, high-density, and more eco-friendly live video streaming option: Wowza Streaming Engine with the integrated AMD Alveo U30 Media Accelerator Card.
Wowza Named One of the U.S. Best Places to Work for Midsize Companies
Wowza has become one of Denver’s hottest tech companies, having achieved more than 50% compounded cloud annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth over the past two years, and now it’s one of the hottest tech companies to work for. A recent announcement from Built In named Wowza one of the best places to work for midsize companies nationwide and one of the best places to work in Colorado.
Wowza Expands Leadership Team to Support Growth
Capitalizing on the sustained adoption of its pioneering deployable Engine technology as well as more than 50% compounded cloud annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth over the past two years, Wowza’s most recent growth investment is marked by the addition of Michael Phillippi as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mark Lockwood as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Matt Thompson as Vice President of Marketing and follows Wowza’s hiring of Erin Sawyer as Chief Financial Officer in early 2022.
Clearhaven’s Wowza Acquires Flowplayer
Wowza, a portfolio company of private equity firm Clearhaven Partners (Clearhaven), has acquired Flowplayer, a Sweden-based video player specialist.
The acquisition comes amid a period of significant growth and product development for Wowza.