Observed Signal · Apr 8, 2026 · Company Profile · Source: State of Streaming · Impact: 1/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
State of Streaming Adds Viki Profile
State of Streaming's publisher page contains a company profile for Viki, a Rakuten-owned streaming app. Viki is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2010. The platform distributes Asian dramas, movies and variety shows from Korea, China, Japan and Taiwan, and supports community-subtitled content. Its listed business model is international, offering subscription and ad-supported options. The page also lists multiple State of Streaming article headlines related to streaming/advertising topics and includes Rakuten in Viki's corporate family.
Directory/company profile entry with basic corporate facts; not a substantive industry announcement.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Viki is a streaming app focused on Asian dramas, movies and variety shows with community subtitles.
- Parent company: Rakuten.
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA.
- Founded: 2010.
- Business model listed as international subscription and ad-supported.
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State of Streaming Adds Wavve Profile
State of Streaming hosts a company profile page for Wavve and an index of recent streaming and ad‑tech articles. Wavve is described as a South Korean streaming platform headquartered in Seoul, founded in 2019, and jointly operated by KBS, MBC, SBS and SK Telecom. The platform offers live TV and K‑dramas and supports international subscriptions. The page also lists multiple State of Streaming article headlines covering CTV/OTT and streaming ad topics (e.g., Roku milestone, Netflix ad infrastructure, FreeWheel contextual targeting, TiVo Ads household ID). The page is a directory-style listing and publisher hub rather than a single news story or technical release.
State of Streaming Adds Vidgo Profile
This page is a State of Streaming publisher directory entry and editorial index that aggregates recent articles about streaming, CTV and ad-supported video topics and includes a company profile for Vidgo. The Vidgo profile lists HQ (Provo, UT), founding year (2018) and a brief product description: affordable live TV streaming focused on sports and Spanish‑language programming with 150+ channels. The page also catalogs linked articles covering industry topics such as Roku surpassing 100 million streaming households, Netflix’s ad business running on Amazon infrastructure, FreeWheel adding an AI contextual targeting layer, and TiVo Ads building a household identifier that extends to in‑car environments. The page is owned by State of Streaming (© 2026) and provides navigation to articles, briefs, podcasts, a directory and other resources.
State of Streaming Adds Kanopy Profile
State of Streaming's publisher page lists recent streaming- and adtech-focused articles and provides a company profile for Kanopy. The Kanopy entry notes it is a streaming app founded in 2008, headquartered in San Francisco, parented by OverDrive, and offers free streaming for library cardholders with a catalog of 30,000+ films including the Criterion Collection. The page aggregates headlines covering CTV/streaming industry topics (Roku reaching 100M streaming households, Netflix's ad business on Amazon infrastructure, FreeWheel adding contextual AI, TiVo Ads building a household ID, and others). The site copyright is marked 2026 and links to State of Streaming resources (articles, briefing, podcast, directory).
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