Backlight, a privately owned company headquartered in the United States, was founded in 2021, employs approximately 260 individuals, and reported $50.0M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in software development, operating as a global media and entertainment technology company that has acquired a portfolio of cloud-native software solutions for video content ideation, pre-production, planning, post-production, distribution, and analysis. Backlight operates two divisions: Backlight Creative, which includes the product lines of ftrack, cineSync, iconik Gem, and Celtx; and Backlight Streaming, which includes the product lines of Zype and Wildmoka.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2021

Headcount

287

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Software Development

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

119

News Summary:

Backlight, in collaboration with GEDEON Experiences, Musée d’Orsay, and VIVE Art, debuted the immersive virtual reality experience "A Statue for Liberty: Bartholdi's Dream" at the Orsay on September 16, 2026. This followed the media technology company's showcase of its Iconik and Wildmoka platform innovations at IBC 2026 on September 13. The demonstration focused on advancements in AI-powered discovery, live-to-digital production, and an open, connected platform, building on its unified Creative Operations Platform. Earlier, on September 6, Backlight launched AI-driven innovations for its Creative Operations Platform at IBC2026, introducing the Iconik Publish Panel, which integrates Wildmoka's publishing tools to streamline content distribution to platforms like YouTube and Instagram. This expansion built on Backlight's announcement on September 2, 2026, detailing its plans to enhance its unified Creative Operations Platform with smarter AI-powered discovery, faster live-to-digital production, and a more open and connected platform, with CEO Kathleen Barrett noting the need for tools to manage increasing content demands without added complexity.

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Backlight offers 12 products in the media tech industry. Backlight's product portfolio comprises of production and post production, video processing and playout, user experience and devices, video business systems and content supply chain.
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Backlight's revenues were less than $100M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Backlight's revenue into 8 different product categories.
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Backlight's customers primarily consist of telecoms and search, social, and retail media companies. Examples of Backlight's customers include Google, AT&T and Orange Group. Backlight has commercial and technical partners like Apple, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft.

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