iStreamPlanet

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{{Infobox company

| name = iStreamPlanet

| logo = IStreamPlanet-logo.png

| logo_size = 280px

| logo_alt = iStreamPlanet logo, featuring the companies name with a stylized 'i'

| logo_caption = iStreamPlanet's Final Logo

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = {{Plainlist|

• Streaming Media
• Video on Demand

}}

| services = {{Unbulleted list|Video Transcoding|DRM|Content Management|Billing}}

| foundation = 2000

| defunct = {{End date and age|2023|8|14}}

| founder = Mio Babic

| fate = Majority stake acquired by Turner Broadcasting in 2015, and company shut down in 2023

| hq_location_city = Seattle, Washington

| hq_location_country = United States

| area_served = United States

| parent = Warner Bros. Discovery

| products = {{Unbulleted list|Aventus Media Processing Suite|Orbis Direct-To-Consumer Platform}}

| website = {{URL|https://istreamplanet.com/}}

| num_employees = 150

| num_employees_year = 2019

}}

iStreamPlanet was a Seattle, Washington-based company that processes and delivers live video broadcasts over the internet. A majority stake of iStreamPlanet was acquired by Turner Broadcasting in 2015 and was lastly operated by Warner Bros. Discovery.{{cite news|last1=Ramachandran|first1=Shalini|title=Time Warner's Turner Cable Unit Acquires Majority Stake In iStreamPlanet|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/08/14/time-warners-turner-cable-unit-acquires-majority-stake-in-istreamplanet/|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=14 August 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015}} The company was founded in 2000 by former basketball player Mio Babic.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Gerry|title=How Time Warner Is Trying to Fend Off Netflix|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-17/time-warner-s-6-foot-8-croatian-fights-netflix-s-albanian-army|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=17 May 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg Technology|access-date=6 June 2017}}

iStreamPlanet streamed a number of major sporting events, including NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments,{{cite web|last1=Costa|first1=Brandon|title=March Madness Live Rides Success of New Streaming Infrastructure From iStreamPlanet|url=http://www.sportsvideo.org/2017/03/20/march-madness-live-rides-success-of-new-streaming-infrastructure-from-istreamplanet/|website=Sports Video Group|date=20 March 2017 |access-date=16 June 2017}} the Olympics,{{cite web|last1=Rayburn|first1=Dan|title=How The Olympics Were Streamed Online: Q&A With Microsoft & iStreamPlanet|url=http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/03/olympics-streamed-online-qa-microsoft-istreamplanet.html|website=Streaming Media Blog|publisher=Streaming Media|access-date=16 June 2017}} the Super Bowl, the FIFA World Cup, and Formula One auto racing.

iStreamPlanet was formally shutdown in 2023 with 25 employees laid off.{{cite web|title=Warner Bros. Discovery Shutters IStreamPlanet|last1=Rice|first1=Lynette|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/warner-bros-discovery-shuts-down-istreamplanet-1235519412/|website=DEADLINE|date=14 August 2023 |access-date=14 August 2023}} Months before this, external companies had been told that iStreamPlanet was changing models to no longer have external customers outside of Warner Bros. Discovery.{{cite web | url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/spark-sport-streaming-ott-service-closure-tvnz-rights-new-zealand/ | title=Spark to close sports streaming service in 2023 | date=16 December 2022 }}