# Velostream

**The engineering behind live television on the internet.**

Velostream is an entertainment-technology engineering firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. For nearly two decades its engineers have designed, built and operated live and on-demand streaming systems for the largest names in film and television, including Disney, Fox and Vidgo. The video management system at the center of that work is the subject of U.S. Patent No. 12,581,137.

Credentials: Disney, Fox, ESPN networks, Vidgo, 500+ live channels, 24/7 network operations center.

## Selected work

- **Vidgo**: a live television service with more than 500 channels, dynamic ad insertion and applications on every major device; one of only six OTT platforms certified to carry ESPN networks. Designed, built and operated by the Velostream team. https://velostream.com/vidgo/
- **Fox**: a streaming platform built after the Disney transaction, engineered to reduce cost and simplify operations; a decade earlier, a private screening network that streamed films for Rupert Murdoch to buyers around the world.
- **Disney and ESPN**: streaming platform engineering, and the technical and compliance certification required to carry ESPN networks over the top.
- **College streaming**: a fully automated streaming service for colleges, built by our team and licensed for $30 million. https://velostream.com/college-streaming/

## The patent

U.S. Patent No. 12,581,137 B2, "Video management system for video files and live streaming content." Inventor Stephen Hird. Priority September 9, 2022; filed September 11, 2023; granted March 17, 2026; 10 claims; assignee of record Arivo Entertainment LLC. Full record: https://velostream.com/patent/

## Services

Engineering: live and on-demand platforms; dynamic ad insertion (FreeWheel, Google Ad Manager); content security (Widevine, FairPlay, watermarking); multi-CDN and hybrid multicast delivery; applications for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Vizio, Sony TV, iOS, Android and the web; 24/7 operations from Utah. https://velostream.com/streaming-platform-engineering/

Patent and litigation support: inventor access, claim mapping, infringement and validity analysis, source-level review under protective order, declarations and testimony, reconstruction of the claimed system. https://velostream.com/patent/

## Leadership

Robert Campbell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Stephen Hird, Chief Technology Officer and named inventor of U.S. Patent No. 12,581,137. https://velostream.com/leadership/

## Contact

hello@velostream.com. Velostream LLC, 32 W 200 S #555, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. https://velostream.com/contact/

Machine-readable guide: https://velostream.com/llms.txt