Vidgo, Inc.

Vidgo, Inc. is a privately held American company founded in 2017. Sources place its headquarters in either Atlanta, Georgia, or Salt Lake City, Utah. It has a small number of employees, with estimates ranging from six to sixteen. Financial data for the private company is not consistently reported, though one source estimated its 2024 revenue at approximately $690,000. In late 2023, the company experienced a multi-day service outage after a technology vendor withdrew its support, and as of early 2024, it was reportedly not possible for new customers to subscribe to the service.

Vidgo is an over-the-top (OTT) television streaming service provider. The company offered subscribers contract-free access to live television channels, with a focus on sports, news, and entertainment programming. Its packages included a variety of English and Spanish-language channels from major content providers such as the Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation, and Paramount Global. Service tiers offered over 100 channels, and the company promoted a "Social TV" feature for users to chat while watching programs. The service was available on most major streaming devices, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV.

The company's patent litigation posture is that of an operating company defending its technology. All three of its tracked patent cases name Vidgo as a defendant, with zero cases as a plaintiff. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Courts for Utah and Delaware. This defensive position is consistent with an operating company being targeted for its use of technology in its products and services.

All of Vidgo's tracked patent lawsuits were filed by entities of Dish Network in September 2023. The cases, brought by DISH DBS Corporation and Dish Technologies L.L.C., allege that Vidgo's streaming service infringes on patents related to adaptive bitrate streaming technology. This technology allows the quality of a video stream to adjust in real-time based on a user's internet connection speed. Dish has filed similar lawsuits against other streaming competitors, including Fubo, based on patents it acquired.