# SnapStream: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/
Covers: 2001 to Aug. 20, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "SnapStream: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 3 product launches from SnapStream since August 2019. The latest, Adds Create for Social clip editor, was announced Aug. 20, 2026. We also record 1 new company.

SnapStream sells live TV and video capture to media, public affairs and communications teams. It records broadcast, cable, streaming and government feeds and indexes captions and transcripts for keyword search. Teams get keyword alerts in real time and can clip and share moments from a searchable archive.

## Facts

- Site: [snapstream.com](https://www.snapstream.com/)
- Founded: 2001
- Category: Media monitoring and analysis
- Status: Active
- Price: priced by number of sources captured; customizable packages, demo first, no list prices; no per-user pricing. For reference only: at the March 2015 SnapStream Cloud launch the starter account was $300 a month for a four-channel tuner (Streaming Media).

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Adds Create for Social clip editor

Announced Aug. 20, 2026.

Users turn TV clips into social posts: auto reframing and 9:16 crop, caption styles and editing, text overlays, and a pane to preview, download or share to social media.

Source: [SnapStream release notes 26.3](https://support.snapstream.com/support/discussions/topics/154001073945).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/#launch-LARREVNAR

### SnapStream 9.6: audio-only streams

Available Dec. 23, 2020.

Release adds support for recording audio-only streams.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [SnapStream blog](https://blog.snapstream.com/topic/new-product).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/#launch-V047

### SnapStream 9.3: clipping across recordings

Available Aug. 21, 2019.

Release adds clipping across recordings, new task notifications and 3x playback in the web player.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [SnapStream blog](https://blog.snapstream.com/topic/new-product).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/#launch-V046

### SnapStream founded

Announced 2001.

The About text says 'Since 2001' SnapStream began as the consumer product Beyond TV, launched by founder Rakesh Agrawal, and grew into an enterprise live video workflow hub.

Source: [SnapStream](https://www.snapstream.com/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/snapstream/#launch-E482

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology