EMAM

What EMAM does

EMAM, Inc. (doing business as eMAM and eMAM Solutions) is a privately held, founder-led media asset management (MAM) and production asset management (PAM) software company headquartered in New York, NY and founded in 2006 by David S. Miller. The company builds and sells the eMAM platform, which enables broadcast, production, enterprise, government, and education organizations to ingest, organize, search, collaborate on, review, approve, share, deliver, and archive video and multimedia content across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments. eMAM 6.0, released September 2025, ships a redesigned client interface with WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 accessibility, AVCHD/XDCAM/ARRI ALEXA/RED R3D camera ingest, Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve extension panels, ServiceNow integration, and the eMAM Next on-premises AI appliance providing speech-to-text, title generation, and summaries in air-gapped environments.

The platform is offered through a tiered package model: eMAM Enterprise (up to 50 users), Workgroup (25 users), Publish (10 users), and Vault (5 users) for on-premise/hybrid, plus eMAM Cloud Service (SaaS) and eMAM Cloud Platform (PaaS, hourly billing) on AWS. Pricing is quote-based; licensing is available as perpetual license, annual subscription, or cloud subscription. Distribution is direct enterprise sales supplemented by a channel partner network anchored by Empress Infotech (Empress Cybernetic Systems PVT Ltd, India), with self-serve onboarding through emamcloud.com and marketplace availability on AWS Marketplace and Alibaba Cloud Marketplace — the first MAM on AWS Marketplace. The company monetizes through a mix of one-time license, recurring subscriptions, cloud usage, and professional services.

EMAM integrates with nearly 100 technology partners spanning editing (Adobe Creative Cloud, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Apple Final Cut Pro), storage (AWS S3/Glacier, Azure Blob Archive, IBM COS, Quantum StorNext, NetApp StorageGrid, Wasabi, Infortrend), transcoding (Telestream Vantage, AWS Elemental, Ateme, Drastic Technologies), AI (TwelveLabs, OpenAI Whisper, Deepgram, Google Cloud AI, Azure Computer Vision, Amazon Rekognition, DALL-E 3), broadcast automation (Grass Valley Morpheus, Ross Inception, Playbox Neo, EVS), newsroom (MOS gateway), and delivery (Brightcove, Vimeo). SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications were achieved in April 2024. The company has remained privately held with no institutional venture or private equity investment and is operated alongside related founder entities including Empress Media, Inc. (1998), Empress Info Tech (2008), and ESRevolution (2018), with engineering and implementation support from Empress Infotech's offices in Kochi and Ernakulam, India.

Name

EMAM

Legal name

EMAM, Inc.

Website

https://emamsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

eMAM is a privately held media asset management (MAM) and production asset management (PAM) software vendor founded in 2006, serving broadcasters, production companies, enterprises, government, and education with cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployments and integrations spanning roughly 100 technology partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Asset Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Application Performance Engineering & Observability (APM) (BPAEAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) Services (BPAEABAA)

Keywords

• Media asset management
• Production asset management
• Broadcast workflow software
• Video archive management
• Media collaboration platform

Headquarters

HQ city

West New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (Perpetual): Permanent software licenses for on-premise deployments. One-time purchase model with support and maintenance contracts.
2. Annual Software Subscriptions: Subscription-based licensing model for ongoing access to software, updates, and support.
3. Cloud Services (SaaS): Cloud-based service subscriptions including eMAM Cloud Service and eMAM Cloud Platform (PaaS) with hourly, monthly, and annual billing options.
4. Professional Services: Implementation, customization, training, and support services through Empress Infotech and channel partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

eMAM is a media asset management (MAM) and production asset management (PAM) software platform that lets organizations ingest, organize, search, collaborate on, review, approve, share, deliver, and archive video and multimedia content from local, cloud, or hybrid storage. It is sold via perpetual software licenses, annual subscriptions, cloud SaaS, hourly cloud PaaS, and an on-premise AI appliance (eMAM Next), and integrates with nearly 100 partner tools across editing, storage, AI, broadcast automation, and delivery.

Product overview

eMAM is a unified media asset management (MAM) and production asset management (PAM) platform organized as a core product with multiple deployment tiers and specialized modules. The core platform is offered in four on-premise/hybrid tiers: eMAM Enterprise (up to 50 users, full features for large organizations), eMAM Workgroup (up to 25 users for production teams), eMAM Publish (up to 10 users for media sharing), and eMAM Vault (up to 5 users for archive-focused workflows). Cloud deployment is available via eMAM Cloud Service (SaaS, monthly/annual subscription on AWS with bundled storage) and eMAM Cloud Platform (PaaS, hourly billing on AWS). The eMAM Next on-prem AI appliance (beta, introduced September 2025) extends AI capabilities—speech-to-text, title generation, summaries—into secure air-gapped environments. Supporting modules include the eMAM Feeder desktop app for ingest, the eMAM Director web interface for management, eShare for link sharing, eSend for branded email distribution, eBin for review/approval, eMAM Desklink for desktop access, and extension panels for Adobe Creative Cloud, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, and Apple Final Cut Pro. The eMAM AI Panel enables natural language interaction with video content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• eMAM Enterprise: Large enterprise media asset management solution with 50 user licenses, unlimited storage, on-premise and cloud support.
• eMAM Workgroup
• eMAM Publish
• eMAM Vault
• eMAM Cloud
• eMAM Next
• eShare
• eSend

Products and services

• eMAM Media Asset Management Platform Core eMAM media asset management and production asset management platform that ingests, organizes, searches, collaborates on, reviews, approves, shares, delivers, and archives video and multimedia content across local, cloud, and hybrid environments for broadcasters, production companies, corporate media teams, government agencies, and educational institutions. Sold via perpetual license or annual subscription for on-premise deployment.
• eMAM Cloud Service (SaaS) Turnkey cloud-hosted version of eMAM on AWS, available as a monthly, annual, or multi-year subscription via AWS Marketplace and emamcloud.com. Includes 10 user licenses, 5TB Preserve cloud archive storage, 1TB Create online storage, up to 10 hours AI tagging, internal/external review, eShare link sharing, and partial restore for organizations that want MAM without on-premise infrastructure.
• eMAM Cloud Platform (PaaS) Hourly-billed cloud Platform-as-a-Service deployment of eMAM on AWS with annual discount, unlimited storage, AI tagging billed to the customer's AWS account, internal and external review/approval, partial restore, and eShare sharing for organizations that want AWS infrastructure control combined with the eMAM software layer.
• eMAM Next On-Premises AI Appliance On-premise AI appliance introduced with eMAM 6.0 (September 2025) that delivers AI-powered media intelligence, including speech-to-text, title generation, and summaries, inside secure air-gapped production environments without requiring cloud AI services. Targeted at broadcasters, government agencies, and regulated enterprises that cannot send media to public AI services.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration94 records

AI capability11 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AvidcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2024Integrated panel for Avid Media Composer allowing Avid editors to access eMAM's integrated tools and ecosystem directly from their editing environment.
• Twelve LabscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2024Strategic integration for video AI tagging and understanding. Enables video content analysis, semantic search, and automated metadata enrichment using TwelveLabs video understanding models (Marngo and Pegasus).
• Empress InfotechcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEmpress Infotech (Empress Cybernetic Systems PVT Ltd) provides long-term staff for development, support, and implementation of the eMAM system. Located in India with offices in Kochi and Ernakulam.
• AdobecoreTechnology or IntegrationExtension panels for Adobe Creative Cloud apps (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Enables in-app media management, search, preview, and project sync.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationeMAM Cloud Service available on AWS Marketplace. Integrations with AWS S3, Glacier, Elemental MediaConvert, Lambda, and other AWS services for cloud deployment.
• TelestreamcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Vantage for automated transcoding workflows and quality control. Also integrates with Wirecast and Lightspeed for live streaming.
• DaVinci Resolve (Blackmagic Design)coreTechnology or IntegrationExtension panel for DaVinci Resolve Pro enabling direct access to eMAM media libraries within the editing environment.
• OpenAI WhispercoreTechnology or IntegrationOn-premises speech-to-text transcription using OpenAI Whisper model for accurate audio transcription.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Iconik: Iconik is a SaaS-based media asset management platform targeting creative teams, agencies, and corporate video users. It competes with eMAM's Publish and Workgroup tiers with a modern cloud-native, usage-priced model that emphasizes collaboration and integrations.
• Vimond (Vimond Media Platform): Vimond provides a cloud-based media platform for OTT publishing, live streaming, and content monetization. It overlaps with eMAM's distribution and delivery capabilities but is more narrowly focused on the OTT end of the value chain.

Direct peers

• Dalet: Dalet provides enterprise MAM, workflow orchestration, and newsroom solutions for broadcasters and media organizations. It is one of the most direct competitors to eMAM in the broadcast and news media asset management space, with comparable on-prem and cloud deployment options.
• EditShare: EditShare provides media asset management, shared storage, and collaborative editing tools targeting post-production and broadcast teams. Its FLOW MAM directly competes with eMAM in production asset management and collaborative media workflows.
• Adobe Frame.io: Frame.io is a cloud-native media review, collaboration, and asset management platform now integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud. It targets the same creative and post-production media workflows as eMAM's collaboration and review/approval modules, with a modern self-serve go-to-market that competes for the Publish and Workgroup tiers.
• Tedial: Tedial provides MAM, PAM, and business orchestration solutions (smartWork) for broadcasters, sports organizations, and content owners. It is a similarly-sized direct MAM competitor with comparable hybrid deployment and sports content management positioning.
• Prime Focus Technologies (CLEAR): Prime Focus Technologies offers the CLEAR Media Cloud MAM and supply chain platform serving media, entertainment, and broadcast customers. It competes with eMAM in content management, versioning, and OTT distribution workflows for enterprise media operators.
• Avid (MediaCentral): Avid's MediaCentral platform is a tightly integrated MAM, newsroom, and production environment widely used by broadcasters and post-production teams. While also a tech partner of eMAM (Avid Media Composer extension panel), Avid's native MediaCentral directly competes for the same enterprise broadcast accounts.
• Imagen (Widevine): Imagen is a cloud-native media management platform focused on live capture, archive, and low-latency distribution for sports, news, and enterprise media. It overlaps with eMAM Vault and Cloud Service for archive and OTT delivery use cases, though primarily cloud-only.
• Grass Valley (STRATUS / AMPP): Grass Valley provides broadcast-centric MAM and production workflows (STRATUS and the AMPP cloud platform) targeting live news, sports, and playout customers. It directly overlaps with eMAM's broadcast and live ingest use cases and is also a technology partner for Morpheus automation integration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/emamsolutions
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCvm6jIuiKu2kc46ouU1XGKg
• Facebookfacebook.com/emamsolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emamsolutions

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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