Best OTT Video Companies in Australia
The 61 best OTT Video companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Linius Technologies.
When you're mapping the best-funded OTT Video companies in Australia, the numbers tell a stark story fast. This directory tracks 61 companies, with total disclosed funding of just $24M, and virtually all of it sits with one name: Linius Technologies, which has pulled in the full $24M. Everything else on the list starts at $75,000 and drops to zero. No unicorns, no near-unicorns. And yet the market these companies are competing for is forecast at ~$2.7B in 2024, growing at a 30.7% CAGR. That gap between local funding and market opportunity is the real headline here.
So what's actually moving? Globally, OTT is absorbing sports rights, live commerce, and smarter playback infrastructure at speed. Amazon's move into English Premier League streaming signals how aggressively global players are bundling premium content into OTT pipes, and live shopping layered onto OTT platforms is shaping up as the next revenue unlock. As shown in 2022 research, engagement and incremental revenue are the core demand drivers pulling investment into the sector. Australia's local players are building into that current, even if the funding base is still thin.
- business-standard.com
Ranked: Best OTT Video companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linius Technologies Video virtualization technology | $24M | 53 mo ago | Public | Chris Richardson CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 2 | GAMEFACE AI-enabled performance analysis solution for players | $75K | 104 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Font APIFont Awesome+9 | — |
| 3 | Vdyo Online video platform | — | 125 mo ago | Deadpooled | Damian Miles Founder & CEO | 2006 | — | — |
| 4 | Dreampark IPTV software provider | — | 204 mo ago | Acquired | Mikhail Lazarev Founder & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 5 | 5stream Live video streaming platform for event broadcasters | — | — | Unfunded | Tim Kelly Co-Founder & Director | 2010 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21 | — |
| 6 | Asian Interactive Film Festival Online film festival and VOD platform | — | — | Deadpooled | Michael Weatherhead CEO & MD | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | Aura Online white-label video streaming platform | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | aura interactive Aura Interactive provides mobile marketing and advertising services. | — | — | Private | — | 2002 | — | — |
Top 4 OTT Video companies in Australia
#1
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 21 employees$23.8Mraised▾
Linius Technologies Ltd provides video virtualization technology for converting legacy video into virtual video. By converting to virtual video through their proprietary video virtualization engine, users like satellite and cable tv providers can access features such as personalized TV advertising, enhanced search, security, and piracy protection. Users can also tag, index and manage the virtual video file.They have collaborated wih IBM to promote and sell their virtualization engine. The company reported revenues of AUD 41,492 for FY 2016-17.
- Jan 2022Post IPO$2.1M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$5M
- Sep 2019Post IPO$3M
- Feb 2018Post IPO$7.9M
#2
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 18 employees$75Kraised▾
Gameface is an AI-enabled performance analysis solution for players. The company offers video footage analysis so that players can track aspects of the football match such as goals, passing patterns, ball possessions, etc. It enables any players to upload their match footage to analyze it & create a custom report.
- Oct 2017Seed$75K
#3
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2006—raised▾
Vdyo offers an end to end online video management platform to content owners. Its features include video hosting, encoding, delivery through private CDN, digital rights management, advertisements, social media integration, viewer, video analytics and reporting etc. Some of its clients include Wakanim.tv Bluefest music festival, and AACTA TV among others.
- Feb 2016Seed—
#4
Acquired · Seven Mile Beach, Tasmania · founded 2009 · 11 employees—raised▾
IPTV software provider. It offers solutions through its product, Dreamgallery. Enables operators to offer a customized platform to their viewers for accessing live and on-demand content through the television. Primarily caters to the European market.
- 2009Seed—
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