What reality check solutions does

Reality Check Solutions (RCS) is a privately held broadcast technology company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Angeles that provides Emmy Award-winning real-time graphics, live data integration, and production workflow automation for major sports leagues, federations, broadcasters, and streaming platforms. The company's product portfolio consists of RCS Graphics for broadcast graphics across Vizrt, Ross Xpression, Singular.live and Unreal Engine platforms; RCS Foundation, a cloud-based proprietary data management service that ingests, consolidates, and distributes sports statistics from providers like Stats Perform, SportRadar, and betMGM to on-air graphics, websites, mobile apps, and touchscreens; RCS Cobb, a bespoke operator interface supporting multi-platform outputs from a single operator; RCS Cutter for content localization at scale; RCS LaunchPad for interactive soccer touchscreen analysis; and RCS Bullets hardware for portable production. RCS has won 13 Emmy Awards and supported 16 Super Bowls, 20+ worldwide leagues, and 60+ PGA/DP World Tour events.

RCS monetizes through four revenue streams: professional services and project-based work (graphics design, build, and implementation for events like CBS Sports Super Bowl 50 and UFC rebrand), managed services and subscriptions (RCS Foundation subscriptions and ongoing support for clients like DAZN and MLB Network), hardware sales and rentals (RCS Bullets standardized for UFC events worldwide), and SaaS/software licensing (RCS Cutter offering both SaaS and project-based pricing with multi-year contracts). The go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise sales targeting tier-1 broadcasters and leagues, with the company functioning as both an implementation partner for graphics platform vendors (Vizrt, Singular.live, Ross, Epic Games) and a proprietary product vendor. Key clients include DAZN (partner since pre-2016 launch across UK, Germany, and Japan), UFC, CBS Sports, MLB Network, IMG Arena/PGA Tour, ESPN, and international leagues including J.League, QTV/SPFL, and TUDN. The company maintains a wholly-owned RCGear subsidiary formed in 2006 for bespoke hardware rental solutions.

Name

reality check solutions

Legal name

Reality Check Solutions

Website

https://rcs.live

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Reality Check Solutions provides Emmy-winning real-time broadcast graphics, cloud-based data integration, and production workflow automation to major sports leagues, federations, broadcasters, and streaming platforms, including DAZN, UFC, CBS Sports, MLB Network, and IMG Arena.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Project-Based Work: Custom graphics design, build, and implementation services for specific client projects. Includes graphics packages, production workflows, custom software development, and on-site support during major events. Examples include CBS Sports Super Bowl 50 graphics package and UFC rebrand implementations.
2. Managed Services and Subscriptions: Ongoing managed services including RCS Foundation data platform subscriptions, remote support, training, and technology consultancy. Provided to DAZN across multiple territories and MLB Network for their data workflows.
3. Hardware Sales and Rentals: Sale and rental of RCS Bullet hardware systems including specialized micro-footprint graphics systems. RCS Bullets have become standard for Vizrt-based graphics hardware on UFC event productions worldwide.
4. SaaS/Software Licensing: Software solutions offered as SaaS or project-based pricing. RCS Cutter provides cloud or on-premise options for generating localized content at scale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Reality Check Solutions provides software, hardware, and services for live broadcast graphics, data integration, and production workflows. The company designs and implements award-winning real-time graphics, builds customized operator interfaces, ingests and distributes live sports data via a proprietary cloud platform, and supplies portable graphics hardware for major sports broadcasts. Its solutions serve sports leagues, federations, television broadcasters, and streaming platforms with end-to-end live production capabilities including remote production support.

Product overview

Reality Check Solutions provides Emmy Award-winning graphics, live data and video solutions for live sports, news and entertainment broadcasts. The portfolio consists of three core platform products (RCS Graphics for broadcast graphics, RCS Foundation for cloud-based data management, and RCS Cobb for operator interface control) plus two specialized add-on modules (RCS Cutter for content localization/scaling, and RCS LaunchPad for soccer touchscreen analysis). The ecosystem integrates with leading graphics platforms (Vizrt, Ross Xpression, Singular.live, Unreal Engine), data providers (Stats Perform/Opta, SportRadar, betMGM), and cloud infrastructure (AWS). RCS Bullets hardware adds scalable production support. Products serve major leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, UFC), networks (CBS Sports, ESPN, DAZN), and international federations worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RCS Cutter: Proprietary solution for expanding commercial opportunities of rights through content localization and monetization at scale
• RCS Cobb
• RCS Foundation
• RCS LaunchPad
• RCS Bullets
• RCS Graphics

Products and services

• RCS Graphics
• RCS Foundation
• RCS Cobb
• RCS Cutter
• RCS LaunchPad
• RCS Bullet Suite

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5 million viewers for INEOS 1:59 Challenge interactive live stream
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• VizrtcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary graphics platform partner. RCS is an early adopter of Vizrt and has delivered exceptional graphics for clients as they adopted 3D graphics. RCS Bullets have become standard for Vizrt-based graphics hardware on UFC event productions.
• Singular.livecoreTechnology or IntegrationKey graphics rendering platform for cloud-based, client-side rendering enabling localization, personalization and interactivity. RCS has extensive experience delivering graphics on Singular platform including DAZN Match Central, Red Bull interactive overlays, and MLB cloud productions.
• Ross Video (Xpression)coreTechnology or IntegrationGraphics platform partner alongside Vizrt and Singular. RCS builds real-time elements across multiple platforms including Ross Xpression for clients like UFC.
• Epic Games (Unreal Engine)strategicTechnology or IntegrationRCS is a development partner for the Unreal Avalanche program - an exciting new broadcast-focused graphics solution from Epic using Unreal engine. This represents cutting-edge broadcast technology development.
• Stats Perform (Opta)coreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary soccer data provider powering RCS LaunchPad with real-time data for analytics. Foundation delivers live data feeds from Stats Perform to multiple clients including DAZN and QTV/SPFL.
• TroikacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign agency partner for major rebrand projects including UFC graphics rebrand for UFC 273 in 2022. Troika developed the rebrand guiding principles and dynamic brand identity that RCS then implemented in broadcast graphics.
• PhotronminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnered with Photron to implement hybrid remote production infrastructure with custom control interface integrating Vizrt and Singular.live graphics with live data for J.League.
• 160over90minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign company partner for Power Slap league launch graphics in 2023. 160over90 established brand values and design that RCS implemented in real-time graphics packages.
• SpalkminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCloud-based production studio used by MLB to composite Singular.live output. Spalk received clean video feeds from host broadcaster and added commentary.
• QTVcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerScottish broadcaster and production partner for SPFL matches. QTV and SPFL use RCS Cobb interface with StatsPerform data integration through Foundation for enhanced live match productions.
• IMG ArenacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContent provider partner for PGA Tour and DP World Tour Par 3 streams. RCS collaborated with IMG Arena, PGA Tour, and DP World Tour to develop cloud graphics workflow for over 60 events.
• Sunset & VineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction partner for INEOS 1:59 Challenge. Sunset & Vine produced the event while RCS provided the full graphics solution including interactive overlays and Vizrt graphics package.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Stats Perform: Stats Perform (Opta) is a primary sports data provider that powers RCS LaunchPad and Foundation integrations. Comparable as a sports data infrastructure player operating one layer beneath RCS in the broadcast technology stack; a strategic partner that could compete vertically in data-driven graphics.

Direct peers

• Ross Video: Ross Video is a long-standing RCS partner (Ross Xpression platform) and a broader broadcast equipment manufacturer offering graphics, production switchers, and infrastructure. Comparable as a hardware-and-software broadcast workflow provider whose products are sometimes deployed alongside or instead of RCS offerings.
• Vizrt Group: Vizrt is both a core technology partner and a competitor — RCS builds on Vizrt engines but Vizrt also offers its own broadcast graphics workflow products. Vizrt's acquisition of NewTek and continued expansion of end-to-end broadcast workflows positions it as the largest integrated competitor to RCS's graphics + data layer.
• ChyronHego: ChyronHego is a direct competitor to RCS Graphics, providing broadcast graphics creation, playout, and data visualization solutions used by major sports broadcasters and leagues. Both companies compete for live sports broadcast graphics engagements with overlapping client bases in North America and Europe.
• Singular.live: Singular.live is both a partner (cloud graphics platform used by RCS for DAZN Match Central, Red Bull Rampage polls, MLB Bettors Eye) and a potential competitor as it expands its own end-to-end cloud graphics creation and workflow tooling. Both companies target the cloud-native interactive broadcast graphics opportunity.
• Deltatre: Deltatre is a sports media technology company providing digital, broadcast graphics, and data solutions to leagues and broadcasters worldwide. Comparable to RCS as an end-to-end sports broadcast and digital experience provider serving top-tier rights holders across multiple sports.

Emerging players

• Hudl: Hudl provides sports video analysis, data, and content tools used by teams, leagues, and broadcasters. Comparable as a sports data and video workflow company that intersects with broadcast-adjacent use cases, though its core market is team-side rather than broadcaster-side.
• WSC Sports: WSC Sports provides AI-powered sports content automation and graphics generation used by NBA, ESPN, and other major rights holders. Comparable as a technology-driven sports content and graphics provider but with a different emphasis on AI-driven automation versus RCS's custom design and workflow approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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