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SDVI

Cloud-native platform for multi-platform media delivery

Overview

SDVI provides cloud-native media supply chain solutions for large media companies and broadcasters. Its Rally platform automates content receipt, validation, and multi-platform delivery using a broad set of industry-standard tools. It differentiates itself by covering the entire cloud-native supply chain with flexible automation and a consumption-based pricing model, serving major clients such as Fox Networks/Walt Disney Television and Discovery, and earning industry recognition. Its goal is to help media companies modernize operations, move to the cloud, improve efficiency, and reduce costs through scalable, on-demand services.

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Why SDVI is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareEntertainment

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$4.9M

Headquarters

Sunnyvale, CA

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Iyuno's April 2026 rollout expands Rally across 45 studios in 29 countries.
  • NAB 2026 and IBC 2026 launches show product velocity and fresh European demand.
  • Rally Connect now reaches Amazon Prime Video, YouTubeTV, Tubi, Pluto, Sling, and Philo.

What critics are saying

  • Media supply chains commoditize fast; AWS, Dalet, and others bundle similar orchestration by 2027.
  • SDVI's customer concentration in broadcasters and streamers leaves revenue vulnerable to one canceled renewal.
  • Agentic AI and hybrid workflows increase integration complexity; a single failed migration damages Rally credibility.

What makes SDVI unique

  • Rally's April 2026 declarative orchestration separates control plane and data plane.
  • SDVI's July 2026 partner stack adds ElevenLabs, Vionlabs, Accurate.Video, and Spectra BlackPearl.
  • Crunchyroll's 90-day 2026 migration proved Rally handles 50,000 episodes and 400,000 localization components.

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SDVI
Oct 27th, 2026
Swap the tools, maintain the Workflow: automating podcasts in Rally.

Swap the tools, maintain the Workflow: automating podcasts in Rally. Podcasts have become a regular part of the media mix, and teams want to handle them like any other content: as something that moves through a managed, automated media supply chain, not a side project held together by spreadsheets and manual effort. The work behind each episode is well understood. Audio needs to be cleaned up and prepared for hosting platforms, someone has to write the show notes and chapter markers, and sign-off is required before anything is published. SDVI recently added new application services to the Rally Application Services Market to support podcast workflows, and SDVI Corporation built a working example in Rally to show what it looks like when the process is fully orchestrated. The example is simple. A raw recording is processed and transcoded for distribution. An AI model reads the transcript and drafts the episode metadata. A reviewer checks and adjusts that metadata in an audio-focused review tool. Once approved, the episode goes out to hosting platforms. In its demo, Auphonic handled audio processing, OpenAI's ChatGPT generated the title, summary, speakers, topics, and chapters, Accurate.Video Validate provided the review workspace, and Simplecast was the publishing destination. Each Step is a Job to be Done, Rally Orchestrates the Jobs Orchestration is where the value shows up. Rally runs the whole sequence as a single supply chain. It moves content from one application service to the next, passes the transcript and metadata along with it, creates the review task for the right person at the right time, and tracks status at every step. Then it routes the outcome automatically: approved episodes go out to hosting platforms, and rejected ones go back to the team for follow-up. Nobody downloads files between tools, copies text from one window to another, or chases a colleague to find out whether an episode is ready. A user can launch the supply chain in Rally, or an upstream supply chain can trigger it, so podcasts can sit inside your wider content operation rather than beside it. Swap the Service, Keep the Workflow Vendor choice is the other half of the story. Every step in this workflow is defined by the job it does, not the product that does it. Audio processing and transcode, AI metadata generation, human review, and delivery are categories, and Rally treats the service in each one as interchangeable. Already have an audio tool you like? Use it. Want to move to a newer or more cost-effective AI model? Do it without rebuilding the rest of the chain, and tune the prompt to match your house style or platform requirements. New audio and AI services will keep arriving. Your workflow stays stable while the tools inside it can continue to improve. The Human Stays in the Loop While Effort is Lowered Combining automation with choice keeps people where they matter most. AI takes on the most time-consuming part of the job, turning a transcript into a full set of draft metadata and chapter markers. A person still reviews, edits, and approves, so editorial judgment stays human. The hours a producer would spend writing show notes become a short review task, every episode follows the same process with the same checks, and publishing happens as soon as an episode is approved. Because the same supply chain runs for every episode of every show, the effort per episode stays low as your catalog grows. This approach extends well beyond podcasts. Process, enrich with AI, review, deliver: that pattern shows up across media operations, and Rally lets you build it from the application services that fit your business today and still change them tomorrow. If you're planning a podcast workflow or want to see how this pattern fits your own operation, reach out to the SDVI Solutions team. Key Takeaways * Rally orchestrates the full podcast workflow, from raw recording to published episode, as one automated supply chain with no manual handoffs between tools. * Each step is defined by the job it does, so the audio processing service, AI model, review tool, and delivery destination can each be swapped without rebuilding the workflow. * AI drafts the episode metadata and chapters, and a reviewer approves or rejects with a single decision that Rally routes automatically. * The same pattern of process, enrich, review, and deliver applies to content well beyond podcasts.

MediaLinkPro
Sep 3rd, 2026
50,000 episodes in 90 days: inside Crunchyroll's global anime supply chain.

50,000 episodes in 90 days: inside Crunchyroll's global anime supply chain. Crunchyroll unified 50,000+ episodes and 400,000+ localisation components in 90 days. Here is the cloud workflow behind the migration. MediaLinkPro Editor September 3, 2026 · 0 Moving one series into a streaming platform is a delivery job. Moving an anime business built from two catalogues is closer to rebuilding a supply chain while it is still serving customers. Crunchyroll, working with TMT Insights and SDVI, reports that it reconciled and rationalised more than 50,000 episodes, migrated over 400,000 localisation components and completed the core transformation in 90 days. The same platform has since delivered more than 4.2 million assets. Those figures explain why this project is on the IBC 2026 Innovation Awards longlist - and why the real story is not simply "moving files to the cloud." The Crunchyroll, TMT Insights and SDVI media-supply-chain project is longlisted in the Content Distribution category of the IBC 2026 Innovation Awards. Image: TMT Insights. The project followed the unification of the Crunchyroll and Funimation libraries. That created an unusually difficult operations problem: episode masters, subtitles, dubs, artwork, technical metadata, rights information and destination requirements all had to become one dependable content foundation. This article looks at the architecture behind that consolidation, what a 90-day migration really implies, and why late-binding localisation matters far beyond anime. A library merger is a metadata problem wearing a storage problem's coat. At first glance, the headline number is 50,000 episodes. But an episode is not one object. A global streaming service may need a video master, multiple audio mixes, subtitle and caption files, artwork, text metadata, compliance versions and delivery packages for different territories or partners. The relationship among those elements is what makes an episode publishable. Minimum daily averages derived from TMT Insights' reported migration of 50,000+ episodes and 400,000+ localisation components over 90 days. Rounded to the nearest whole item. Join MediaLinkPro to access the full post, like articles, and connect with the global media community.

4RFV
Jul 24th, 2026
SDVI to showcase Next-Generation Rally Platform and new T...

SDVI to showcase Next-Generation Rally Platform and new T... 24/07/2026 At the IBC2026 Show, SDVI will give European media organizations their first hands-on look at the next-generation Rally media supply chain management platform following its recent launch. The centerpiece of SDVIs presence will be a live demonstration of the platforms redesigned orchestration engine, new graphical supply chain builder, and agentic AI interface. SDVI will also showcase new AI-powered integrations for ad break detection, speech translation, and subtitle correction, along with new support for connecting on-premises infrastructure into Rally-managed, cloud-orchestrated supply chains. Together, these developments help media organizations respond to the intensifying pressure to create more content, deliver it to more destinations, and adapt it for more markets, all while giving their operations teams more flexibility. Highlights for SDVI at IBC2026 NEW Next-Generation Rally Platform SDVI will showcase the next-generation Rally platform at IBC2026, the highlight of the companys presence at this year's show. The platform introduces a redesigned orchestration engine built on a declarative architecture that separates the control plane from the data plane, enabling a new graphical supply chain builder, a modular supply chain functions layer, a supply chain rewind capability for faster troubleshooting, and a new foundation for agentic AI integration. IBC attendees can get hands-on time with the new graphical interface at the SDVI stand (5.F88) and see firsthand how it changes the way media supply chains are built, operated, and monitored. Image Link: www.wallstcom.com/SDVI/SDVI-Rally_NextGen-supply_chain_builder.jpg Image Caption: The new Graphical Supply Chain Builder in the next-generation Rally platform from SDVI. NEW Technology Integrations Building on an already extensive ecosystem of technology and application partners, SDVI will demonstrate new Rally integrations at IBC2026. These integrations bring specialized capability into the Rally platform, delivering a more complete and efficient media supply chain without requiring operators to work across disconnected systems: Ad Break Detection: SDVI will demonstrate AI-powered ad break detection using Vionlabs in combination with Accurate.Video Validate Ad Detection mode, accelerating the identification and creation of ad breaks with greater accuracy and speed. Speech Detection and Translation: Rally integration with ElevenLabs delivers AI-powered speech detection and translation, including high-quality voice synthesis for audio translation into new languages. Subtitle Modification: Edit subtitle text, timing, and positioning with Accurate.Video Subtitle integrated with Rally Access, streamlining subtitle corrections and avoiding costly external fixes. Hybrid Infrastructure Support: SDVI will demonstrate how Rally connects on-premises storage systems into cloud-orchestrated media supply chains using Spectra BlackPearl as a software-defined storage gateway, giving media organizations a practical way to bring existing on-premises infrastructure into a Rally-managed workflow without a full migration to the cloud. Company Quote: IBC2026 is where we bring the next generation of Rally to our European customers and partners for the first time, and it is the top highlight of what we are showing this year. Beyond the platform itself, we continue to expand what Rally can do with our partners, showcasing new AI-powered integrations for ad break detection, speech translation, and subtitle correction. And for many of the media organizations we meet at IBC, how Rally works alongside existing on-premises infrastructure matters just as much as what is new in the cloud, which is why our hybrid infrastructure support is such an important part of the story this year. Geoff Stedman, Chief Marketing Officer, SDVI Image Link: www.wallstcom.com/SDVI/SDVI-Geoff_Stedman.jpg Link to Word Doc: www.wallstcom.com/SDVI/260723-SDVI-IBC2026.docx 05/01/2027. Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be... 07/10/2026. Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, today announced the latest Long-Term Supported (LTS) release of Dalet Flex. Build... 06/09/2026. June 9 2026, 23:00 (PDT) Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA Worl... 04/08/2026. Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, t... 25/07/2026. 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SDVI
Jul 23rd, 2026
SDVI to showcase Next-Generation Rally Platform and new Technology Integrations at IBC2026.

SDVI to showcase Next-Generation Rally Platform and new Technology Integrations at IBC2026. Date: 07/23/2026 At the IBC2026 Show, SDVI will give European media organizations their first hands-on look at the next-generation Rally media supply chain management platform following its recent launch. The centerpiece of SDVI's presence will be a live demonstration of the platform's redesigned orchestration engine, new graphical supply chain builder, and agentic AI interface. SDVI will also showcase new AI-powered integrations for ad break detection, speech translation, and subtitle correction, along with new support for connecting on-premises infrastructure into Rally-managed, cloud-orchestrated supply chains. Together, these developments help media organizations respond to the intensifying pressure to create more content, deliver it to more destinations, and adapt it for more markets, all while giving their operations teams more flexibility. Highlights for SDVI at IBC2026 NEW Next-Generation Rally Platform SDVI will showcase the next-generation Rally platform at IBC2026, the highlight of the company's presence at this year's show. The platform introduces a redesigned orchestration engine built on a declarative architecture that separates the control plane from the data plane, enabling a new graphical supply chain builder, a modular supply chain functions layer, a supply chain rewind capability for faster troubleshooting, and a new foundation for agentic AI integration. IBC attendees can get hands-on time with the new graphical interface at the SDVI stand (5.F88) and see firsthand how it changes the way media supply chains are built, operated, and monitored. NEW Technology Integrations Building on an already extensive ecosystem of technology and application partners, SDVI will demonstrate new Rally integrations at IBC2026. These integrations bring specialized capability into the Rally platform, delivering a more complete and efficient media supply chain without requiring operators to work across disconnected systems: * Ad Break Detection: SDVI will demonstrate AI-powered ad break detection using Vionlabs in combination with Accurate.Video Validate Ad Detection mode, accelerating the identification and creation of ad breaks with greater accuracy and speed. * Speech Detection and Translation: Rally integration with ElevenLabs delivers AI-powered speech detection and translation, including high-quality voice synthesis for audio translation into new languages. * Subtitle Modification: Edit subtitle text, timing, and positioning with Accurate.Video Subtitle integrated with Rally Access, streamlining subtitle corrections and avoiding costly external fixes. * Hybrid Infrastructure Support: SDVI will demonstrate how Rally connects on-premises storage systems into cloud-orchestrated media supply chains using Spectra BlackPearl as a software-defined storage gateway, giving media organizations a practical way to bring existing on-premises infrastructure into a Rally-managed workflow without a full migration to the cloud. "IBC2026 is where we bring the next generation of Rally to our European customers and partners for the first time, and it is the top highlight of what we are showing this year. Beyond the platform itself, we continue to expand what Rally can do with our partners, showcasing new AI-powered integrations for ad break detection, speech translation, and subtitle correction. And for many of the media organizations we meet at IBC, how Rally works alongside existing on-premises infrastructure matters just as much as what is new in the cloud, which is why our hybrid infrastructure support is such an important part of the story this year." - Geoff Stedman, Chief Marketing Officer, SDVI

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Apr 7th, 2026
SDVI launches next-generation Rally platform to give media operations teams greater speed, simplicity, and AI readiness.

SDVI launches next-generation Rally platform to give media operations teams greater speed, simplicity, and AI readiness. SUNNYVALE, Calif. - April 7, 2026 - SDVI Corporation today announced the next generation of its Rally media supply chain management platform, introducing a redesigned orchestration engine that represents the most substantial evolution of the Rally platform in the company's history. The new platform gives media operations teams more powerful supply chain orchestration, a significantly simplified user experience, and new tools for building, managing, and evolving supply chains at scale. Key capabilities include a new graphical supply chain builder, a modular supply chain functions layer, and a new foundation for agentic AI integration. The new platform will be showcased at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas, where SDVI will be demonstrating the full range of new capabilities at booth W1553 in the West Hall. Redesigned Rally Orchestration Engine At the core of the next-generation Rally platform is a redesigned orchestration engine built on a declarative supply chain architecture that separates the control plane from the data plane. This architectural shift enables a new set of capabilities that fundamentally change how media supply chains are constructed, operated, and evolved: Declarative Supply Chain Definitions - Supply chains are now defined using a structured declarative approach that separates the control plane from the data plane, making them easier to version, audit, share, and reuse across the organization. Support for nested supply chain definitions (SCDs) allows complex workflows to be composed from modular, reusable subchains, enabling greater consistency and flexibility across large-scale operations. Graphical Supply Chain Builder - A new visual interface allows operators and engineers to design, build, and monitor supply chain workflows graphically, providing a consistent environment across the full supply chain lifecycle. The builder makes it faster and more intuitive to construct and modify workflows without requiring deep technical expertise. Supply Chain Functions - A new functions layer introduces modular, reusable building blocks for common supply chain tasks. SDVI provides a library of prebuilt functions, and customers can bring their own, enabling teams to standardize on proven patterns while retaining the flexibility to build custom logic where needed. Supply Chain Rewind - A new rewind capability enables operators to step back through supply chain execution during a live run, providing a powerful tool for failure analysis and root cause investigation that dramatically simplifies troubleshooting complex workflows. "The next generation of Rally is something we have been building toward for a long time, and we are proud to be bringing it to market now," said Chris Brähler, chief product officer for SDVI. "By redesigning the core orchestration engine around a declarative architecture that separates the control plane from the data plane, we have created a platform that is fundamentally more flexible, more scalable, and more accessible - both for the engineers who build supply chains and the operators who run them every day. The graphical supply chain builder, modular functions layer, and agentic AI interface are not features added on top of the existing platform; they are expressions of a new architectural foundation. We believe this positions Rally - and our customers - to meet the demands of media operations for years to come." Agentic AI Interface The next-generation Rally platform includes a new foundation for integrating AI agents and large language model (LLM) tools directly into supply chain operations, positioning Rally as a first-class component in an agentic AI environment. A new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enables external AI systems to interact with Rally - querying for asset metadata, supply chain status, and operational information, and triggering and controlling supply chain execution based on real-time data and external signals. Because Rally supply chains are expressed in a structured, human-readable definition language, AI agents and language models can also read, interpret, and author them directly - enabling intelligent systems to generate or adapt workflows on demand, without any manual authoring step. Natural language interfaces allow operators to interact with supply chains using conversational prompts, making it faster and more accessible to configure workflows and monitor operations. SDVI has designed this as an extensible foundation for progressively deeper AI integration, with a long-term vision of enabling fully autonomous, AI-driven media supply chain operations. SDVI will offer a first look at these capabilities at NAB 2026, demonstrating how AI agents and LLM tools can interact with and orchestrate Rally-managed supply chain workflows. Further information about SDVI and the company's Rally media supply chain management platform is available at www.sdvi.com.

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