<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
New	O
York-based	O
software	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
operates	O
in	O
four	O
major	O
markets	O
:	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
TV	O
for	O
operators	O
and	O
media	O
companies	O
,	O
online	O
video	O
platform	O
(	O
OVP	O
)	O
offered	O
mostly	O
to	O
media	O
companies	O
and	O
brands	O
looking	O
to	O
distribute	O
content	O
or	O
monetize	O
it	O
,	O
Education	O
Video	O
Platform	O
(	O
EdVP	O
)	O
offered	O
to	O
educational	O
institutions	O
,	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
Video	O
Platform	O
(	O
EVP	O
)	O
for	O
collaboration	O
,	O
communications	O
and	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
was	O
founded	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2006	O
and	O
was	O
launched	O
at	O
the	O
TechCrunch40	O
industry	O
event	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Choice	O
award	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
vote	O
of	O
the	O
conference	O
's	O
attendees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
won	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Choice	O
award	O
(	O
over	O
250,000	O
users	O
participated	O
in	O
voting	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
Video	O
Sharing	O
category	O
for	O
the	O
Mashable	O
Open	O
Web	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
began	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Public	O
Library	O
,	O
whose	O
team	O
was	O
headed	O
by	O
Joshua	O
Greenberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
was	O
selected	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Global	O
250	O
Winners	O
"	O
by	O
AlwaysOn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
CEO	O
and	O
cofounder	O
Ron	O
Yekutiel	O
was	O
photographed	O
for	O
the	O
article	O
"	O
The	O
Suit	O
,	O
Vers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
and	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
begun	O
a	O
collaboration	O
aimed	O
at	O
bringing	O
rich-media	O
collaboration	O
to	O
Wikipedia	O
and	O
other	O
wiki	B-Protocol
websites.Wikipedia	O
Invites	O
Users	O
to	O
Take	O
Part	O
in	O
Open	O
,	O
Collaborative	O
Video	O
Experiment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wikimedia	O
press	O
release	O
,	O
January	O
17	O
,	O
2008	O
The	O
technology	O
behind	O
this	O
project	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
video-wiki	O
software	O
(	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
purport	O
)	O
that	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
platform	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
collaborative	O
video	O
players	O
that	O
enable	O
all	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
and	O
edit	O
images	O
,	O
sounds	O
,	O
diagrams	O
,	O
animations	O
and	O
movies	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
they	O
do	O
today	O
with	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
sponsor	O
of	O
the	O
Wikimania	O
2008	O
event	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
sponsoring	O
Michael	O
Dale	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
video	O
developer	O
,	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
100%	O
open	O
source	O
video	O
editing	O
solution	O
integrated	O
into	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
a	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Video	O
Alliance	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
organizations	O
,	O
academics	O
,	O
artists	O
and	O
entrepreneurs	O
,	O
geared	O
towards	O
promoting	O
open	O
standards	O
for	O
video	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
Blackboard	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
to	O
integrate	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
's	O
media	O
solution	O
in	O
Blackboard	B-General_Concept
Learn	O
(	O
TM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2014	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
purchased	O
Tvinci	O
for	O
its	O
over-the-top	O
(	O
OTT	O
)	O
TV	O
service.Tom	O
Cheredar	O
:	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
buys	O
Tvinci	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
Swiss	O
army	O
knife	O
of	O
video	O
platforms	O
VentureBeat	O
,	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
In	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
$50	O
million	O
from	O
Goldman	O
Sachs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
partnered	O
with	O
Inception	O
,	O
24i	O
Media	O
,	O
Encompass	B-Application
and	O
Harmonic	O
to	O
showcase	O
OTT	O
experiences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
had	O
450	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
crossed	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
annual	O
recurring	O
revenues	O
(	O
ARR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
had	O
been	O
supposedly	O
planning	O
an	O
IPO	O
,	O
which	O
by	O
September	O
2020	O
had	O
not	O
happened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-founder	O
Shay	O
David	O
,	O
openly	O
stated	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
that	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
had	O
turned	O
down	O
a	O
$500	O
million	O
offer	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
that	O
an	O
IPO	O
would	O
only	O
be	O
possible	O
when	O
the	O
financial	O
data	O
support	O
an	O
IPO	O
at	O
a	O
valuation	O
of	O
close	O
to	O
$1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
develop	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
TV	O
with	O
Dativa	O
through	O
a	O
dedicated	O
data	B-General_Concept
lake	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2020	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Newrow	O
,	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
collaborative	O
online	O
meetings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
currently	O
has	O
offices	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Israel	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
is	O
managed	O
by	O
chairman	O
,	O
CEO	O
and	O
Co-founder	O
Ron	O
Yekutiel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
's	O
original	O
concept	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
collaborative	O
Wiki	B-Protocol
model	O
that	O
uses	O
media	O
rather	O
than	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
's	O
products	O
today	O
include	O
a	O
Video	O
Platform	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
(	O
VPaaS	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
OTT	O
TV	O
(	O
cloud	B-Architecture
TV	O
)	O
Platform	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
player	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
video	O
player	O
SDK	O
,	O
a	O
Webcasting	O
platform	O
,	O
a	O
Lecture	O
Capture	O
offering	O
,	O
a	O
Video	O
Management	O
Platform	O
,	O
a	O
Video	O
Portal	O
(	O
CorporateTube	O
)	O
product	O
,	O
a	O
WordPress	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
Drupal	B-Application
video	O
module	O
,	O
a	O
Blackboard	B-General_Concept
Video	O
Building	O
Block	O
,	O
a	O
Moodle	B-Application
Video	O
Extension	O
,	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Video	O
Webpart	O
,	O
a	O
Canvas	O
Extension	O
,	O
a	O
Brightspace	B-Application
Video	O
Extension	O
,	O
a	O
Sakai	B-Language
Extension	O
,	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
and	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
.NET	B-Application
frameworks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
systems	O
have	O
been	O
deployed	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
Parliament`s	O
online	O
audio-video	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
privacy	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
virtual	O
lounges	O
for	O
one-to-one	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
named	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
as	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
20	O
Tech	O
Innovators	O
to	O
Watch	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Kaltura	B-Algorithm
was	O
added	O
to	O
TechCrunch	O
's	O
"	O
$100	O
million	O
ARR	O
club	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
companies	O
that	O
exceed	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
annual	O
recurring	O
revenue	O
(	O
ARR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
