September 1998
Conception of DIVArchive, Front Porch Digital’s future best-of-breed Content Storage Management system, within StorageTek.
April 1999
First DIVArchive customer in Europe (Telecinco – Spain) and worldwide.
February 2000
Front Porch Digital, Inc. is founded to manufacture and distribute BitScream, a software-based transcoding application.
April 2000
DIVArchive showcased for the first time at NAB Las Vegas.
May 2000
StorageTek sells DIVArchive to Managed Storage International.
June 2000
RFO in France selects DIVArchive to migrate off of Avalon Archive system.
April 2001
Front Porch partners with StorageTek and Managed Storage International (MSI) to offer an end-to-end transcoding and archiving solution.
September 2001
First DIVArchive customer in Middle East (Taj Sports – UAE).
January 2002
First DIVArchive customer in Asia (Cable TV – Hong-Kong).
February 2002
Front Porch launches BitScream VOD, a transcoding application customized for the requirements of Video on Demand.
June 2002
Front Porch, StorageTek and MSI partner to deliver the first North American installation of DIVArchive.
August 2002
Front Porch acquires DIVArchive from Managed Storage International.
November 2002
Front Porch installs first DIVArchive system for CCTV in China.
May 2003
Rainbow Media signs a five-year exclusive purchase agreement for transcoding and archive management.
August 2003
Front Porch wins project to migrate MTV Europe off of Avalon archive system
over to DIVArchive.
September 2003
CHUM Television signs three-year exclusive purchase agreement for transcoding and archive management.
February 2004
Front Porch achieves milestone of 50 DIVArchive installations worldwide.
March 2004
Front Porch achieves cash flow-positive operations.
August 2004
Front Porch Digital merges with MSI to form Incentra Solutions. Front Porch Digital becomes the Media and Broadcast Division of Incentra.
October 2004
Front Porch opens field office in Hong Kong to serve growing Asian customer base.
November 2004
TV Azteca installs Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive and becomes the first customer to surpass one petabyte of storage under management.
March 2005
Fully-staffed 24/7 Support Center to serve growing American customer
base is launched.
March 2005
Front Porch Digital reaches profitable operational status.
April 2005
Datamonitor names Front Porch Digital as “The Global Leader” in broadcast
archive management.
July 2005
Front Porch opens field office in Mumbai, India to service growing Indian
customer base.
September 2005
Front Porch achieves milestone of 100th DIVArchive installation worldwide.
December 2005
Front Porch wins Royal Television Society Award of Excellence for DIVAworks.
January 2006
Front Porch installs DIVArchive for VOOM HD, marking it the first HD-dedicated archive in North America.
February 2006
Patent #6,947,598 for “Methods and Apparatus” central to DIVArchive workflow is awarded to Front Porch.
April 2006
FPD launches DIVAnet 2.0 to enable content distribution and sharing between separate DIVArchive installations for multi-site customers.
April 2006
Front Porch is awarded US Patent 7,035,468 for methods and apparatus for archiving, indexing and accessing audio and video data.
May 2006
Front Porch Digital announces its first account win in Latin America at Puma
Television, Venezuela.
July 2006
Genuity Capital Partners purchases Front Porch Digital for $38 million.
September 2006
Front Porch is awarded US Patent 7,110,664 for methods and apparatus for archiving, indexing and accessing audio and video data.
October 2006
Front Porch achieves milestone of 150 DIVArchive installations, now in 40 countries around the world.
April 2007
Front Porch Digital wins first place for the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award in the "New Studio Technology - HD" category.
October 2008
Front Porch Digital aquires SAMMA Systems, Inc
Febrary 2009
Front Porch Digital marks milestone of 300 DIVArchive installations in 60 countries around the world