2025 Year In Review

As the curtain closes on another incredible year, the team at Kiswe is looking back with immense pride at all that we’ve accomplished and gratitude for partnerships with incredible clients. This year wasn't just a year of growth. 2025 was a breakthrough year that saw us shatter records, forge exciting new partnerships, and launch revolutionary products. It was a year in which we reaffirmed our mission to connect content owners directly to their audiences through direct-to-consumer (D2C) experiences and scalable digital distribution.

Our success is a testament to the power of our technology and the trust our partners place in us. Ready to dive into the highlights of a year defined by innovation, collaboration, and unforgettable events?

New Partnership Spotlight

We are thrilled to welcome new partners who have leveraged Kiswe's technology to grow their businesses and celebrate once-in-a-lifetime events with global audiences.

Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning

In a major partnership with Mercury Studios, the Kiswe-powered Back to the Beginning livestream event connected over 275,000 Black Sabbath fans in 174 countries, all brought together to celebrate the band’s final concert. This monumental 10-hour livestream featured an impressive lineup of artists, including Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, and Tool, and supported an average watch time of 85% with no technical glitches or outages, a historic technical achievement. 

The Next Chapter League

What started as a single, successful pay-per-view event, selling over 30,000 tickets and generating over $650,000 in revenue, our partnership with The Next Chapter League (TNC) rapidly evolved into a much bigger project. After seeing the incredible fan reaction to their move from YouTube to paid events, TNC quickly transitioned into a hybrid subscription service powered by Kiswe, hosting exclusive on-demand content, tentpole pay-per-view events, and free-to-fan videos. This is a perfect example of how our flexible solutions enable content owners to start small and scale aggressively into long-term D2C revenue models.

East vs West Arm Wrestling

The raw excitement of East vs West Arm Wrestling translated into a worldwide digital sensation this year. Powering multiple pay-per-view events, we helped them reach tens of thousands of viewers worldwide, showcasing the universal appeal of niche sports when paired with a reliable, global streaming solution.

ONE Championship

ONE Championship, the world’s largest martial arts organization, tapped Kiswe to deliver its ONE 173 event to a global audience through its new Kiswe-powered streaming platform, live.onefc.com. This fully branded destination further highlights the importance of direct-to-consumer streaming in ensuring independent sports organizations are able to distribute their events to any fan on any screen.

Joe Hand Promotions

Recognizing the unique needs of commercial venues, we collaborated with Joe Hand Promotions to launch a specialized portal using Kiswe Core. This new tool makes it significantly easier for bars and restaurants to access and distribute pay-per-view events to their customers, unlocking a new revenue stream for event promoters.

Strengthening Existing Relationships

While welcoming new partners, we continued to deepen our relationships and deliver reliable, high-quality solutions for our existing customers.

Localized D2C Sports

It was another banner year for our professional sports partners. By utilizing new features like our CMS, SDK, SCTE marker tool, and alternative production platform, teams like the Utah Jazz and Utah Mammoth were able to improve performance on metrics like subscriber base, fan engagement, and revenue. 

Tentpole Creator Events

Kiswe was once again the go-to provider of D2C distribution for the top digital creators in 2025. Our multi-year partnership with Smosh led to several events this year, including the first-ever livestream of their popular Smosh Mouth podcast and the launch of the We're All Gonna Die series in partnership with Dynasty Typewriter. For the third straight year, we helped Rhett and Link deliver their annual Good Mythical Evening event, a highly anticipated show that Mythical fans circle on their calendars every year. Daniell Howell was also back for a second year, this time with long-time collaborator Phil Lester, sharing scandalous stories and roasting themselves and their own social media presences in the hilarious Terrible Influence global watch party.

Global K-Pop Concerts

Our ongoing collaboration with Weverse continues to be the gold standard for global livestream concerts. In 2025, we powered an astounding 113 live K-pop concerts in partnership with Weverse, including events with artists like j-hope from BTS, TXT, and ENHYPEN, allowing thousands of fans worldwide to connect with their favorite artists through high-quality, interactive digital experiences.

Product Evolution

Our commitment to innovation is reflected in the powerful new tools and features we rolled out this year.

• Kiswe Core: We officially released our new cloud-based distribution platform, Kiswe Core, a centralized platform that streamlines the process of delivering unique feeds to multiple distribution partners, saving content owners time and money.
• Kiswe Connect: To accompany the launch of Kiswe Core, we packaged all of our direct-to-consumer tools and services into Kiswe Connect, the ultimate end-to-end solution for building, operating, and monetizing your own branded fan destination. 

2025 By The Numbers

The real story of 2025 is told through the incredible volume of global events. These statistics are not just numbers, but represent millions of fan moments, connections, and memories powered by Kiswe.

Looking Ahead

We look forward to carrying the momentum of 2025's record success into next year. With new products, strong partnerships, and proven ability to scale global fan experiences, Kiswe is in a position to make 2026 even bigger.

Thank you to all our partners and their fans for making 2025 an unforgettable year for the Kiswe crew. We can't wait to see what we power next!

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