Vodafone and Kaltura Sign a Long-Term Partnership Agreement to Expand Cloud TV Services
Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) have extended their long-term partnership for Cloud TV services. The collaboration, which began in 2014 with the launch of Vodafone TV (VTV), has successfully served millions of subscribers across eight markets.
The extended partnership will focus on evolving current capabilities, expanding the subscriber base, and potentially entering new markets. A key aspect includes exploring new AI-infused Kaltura products to enhance user engagement, personalization, and monetization efficiency. The partnership has been instrumental in Vodafone's transition from traditional IPTV to cloud-native over-the-top services.
Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR) e Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) hanno rinnovato la loro partnership a lungo termine per i servizi Cloud TV. La collaborazione, iniziata nel 2014 con il lancio di Vodafone TV (VTV), ha raggiunto con successo milioni di abbonati in otto mercati.
Il rinnovo della partnership si concentrer脿 sull鈥檈voluzione delle capacit脿 attuali, sull'espansione della base di abbonati e sulla possibile entrata in nuovi mercati. Un elemento chiave sar脿 l鈥檈splorazione di nuovi prodotti Kaltura integrati con l鈥橧A per migliorare l鈥檈ngagement degli utenti, la personalizzazione e l鈥檈fficienza nella monetizzazione. La collaborazione 猫 stata fondamentale nella transizione di Vodafone da IPTV tradizionale a servizi over-the-top nativi cloud.
Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR) y Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) han ampliado su asociaci贸n a largo plazo para servicios de Cloud TV. La colaboraci贸n, que comenz贸 en 2014 con el lanzamiento de Vodafone TV (VTV), ha atendido con 茅xito a millones de suscriptores en ocho mercados.
La extensi贸n de la alianza se centrar谩 en evolucionar las capacidades actuales, ampliar la base de suscriptores y posiblemente ingresar a nuevos mercados. Un aspecto clave incluye explorar nuevos productos de Kaltura con inteligencia artificial para mejorar la participaci贸n del usuario, la personalizaci贸n y la eficiencia en la monetizaci贸n. La asociaci贸n ha sido fundamental en la transici贸n de Vodafone desde IPTV tradicional a servicios OTT nativos en la nube.
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Kaltura (NASDAQ:KLTR) et Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) ont prolong茅 leur partenariat 脿 long terme pour les services Cloud TV. Cette collaboration, d茅but茅e en 2014 avec le lancement de Vodafone TV (VTV), a servi avec succ猫s des millions d鈥檃bonn茅s dans huit march茅s.
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- Successful 10+ year partnership serving millions of subscribers across 8 markets
- Planned expansion into additional markets and subscriber base growth
- Integration of new AI-powered features for enhanced user engagement and monetization
- Strategic alignment with cloud-native and OTT service transition
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Insights
Kaltura secures long-term revenue stream and growth potential by extending its decade-long partnership with Vodafone's multi-million subscriber TV platform.
This partnership extension represents a significant revenue assurance for Kaltura, locking in a major enterprise client that serves several million subscribers across eight markets. The decade-long relationship evolution from traditional IPTV to cloud-native OTT services demonstrates Kaltura's technical adaptability and client retention capabilities 鈥� crucial metrics for SaaS companies.
The agreement delivers three key strategic advantages: revenue stability through multi-year commitment, expansion potential to additional subscribers and markets, and upsell opportunities through new AI-infused products. For context, enterprise customers with multi-year contracts significantly reduce churn risk and customer acquisition costs, two critical SaaS metrics.
The partnership's explicit focus on AI-enhanced features targeting increased monetization signals Kaltura's strategy to increase average revenue per user rather than merely maintaining the status quo. This represents a potential double growth vector 鈥� both expanding the user base and increasing revenue per user.
For investors, this agreement provides greater revenue predictability in Kaltura's business model and validates its competitive position in the cloud TV infrastructure market, particularly important amid increasing competition in the video experience space.
Already partners for over 10 years, the now extended partnership further strengthens Vodafone鈥檚 Cloud TV market leadership across Europe throughout the next decade
New York, Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
(Nasdaq: VOD) and (Nasdaq: KLTR), the AI Video Experience Cloud, today announced that they have extended their partnership around the Kaltura-powered Vodafone TV solution (VTV).听
Vodafone launched VTV in 2014, and it has since grown to serve several million subscribers across eight markets, consistently delivering reliable, high-quality video experiences to viewers.听
Kaltura鈥檚 platform has been supporting Vodafone鈥檚 continued transition from providing traditional on-premises based IPTV services to offering cloud-native over-the-top services. The partnership has driven innovation and growth for both companies and has enabled the rapid rollout and continuous evolution of Cloud TV services.听
Under the extended partnership, Kaltura and Vodafone plan to evolve the current solution in capabilities and functionalities and expand it to more subscribers, and potentially to additional markets. The partnership will also explore the deployment of new AI-infused Kaltura products that further boost user engagement, interactivity, and personalization, and that increase monetization and operational efficiency.听听
The partnership extension reaffirms the depth and breadth of collaboration between the two companies, and the robustness, and scalability of VTV and of Kaltura鈥檚 platform.听听听
鈥淲e partnered with Kaltura over ten years ago due to its innovative vision, and together we鈥檝e built, and deployed to millions of subscribers across multiple countries, a market leading Cloud TV platform that combines the best of OTT and Pay-TV into a scalable service,鈥� said Alberto Ripepi, Group Chief Network Officer at Vodafone. 鈥淲e have a strong partnership with Kaltura, and look forward to continuing our joint innovation, leadership, and growth for many more years.鈥澨�
鈥淚t has been a great privilege and honor to partner with Vodafone over the last decade and bring to market together the worlds鈥� leading cloud TV service,鈥� said Ron Yekutiel, Co-founder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Kaltura. 鈥淲e are very excited to extend and deepen our partnership, as well as about the prospect of deploying new AI-infused offerings that would supercharge customer engagement, interactivity, and personalization, and boost monetization and operational efficiency.鈥澨�
About Vodafone听
Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms company.听 We serve over 340 million mobile and broadband customers, operating networks in 15 countries with investments in a further five and partners in over 40 more. Our undersea cables transport around a sixth of the world鈥檚 internet traffic, and we are developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite communications service to connect areas without coverage. Vodafone runs one of the world鈥檚 largest IoT platforms, with 205 million IoT connections, and we provide financial services to around 88 million customers across seven African countries 鈥� managing more transactions than any other provider. From the seabed to the stars, Vodafone鈥檚 purpose is to keep everyone connected.听
About Kaltura听
Kaltura鈥檚 mission is to create and power AI-infused hyper-personalized video experiences that boost customer and employee engagement and success. Kaltura鈥檚 Video Experience Cloud includes a platform for enterprise and TV content management and a wide array of Gen AI-infused video-first products, including Video Portals, LMS and CMS Video Extensions, Virtual Events and Webinars, Virtual Classrooms, and TV Streaming Applications. Kaltura engages millions of end-users at home, at work, and at school, boosting both customer and employee experiences, including marketing, sales, and customer success; teaching, learning, training and certification; communication and collaboration; and entertainment and monetization. For more information, visit 鈥�
Kaltura Nohar Zmora SVP, Head of Marketing [email protected] Vodafone Media Relations: Vodafone.com/media/contact [email protected]
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