Plex Inc. is a Campbell, California-based software and media streaming company. It runs its namesake ad-supported streaming television service and develops media server software that enables users stream their personal media collections to their devices. Plex had 16 million streaming subscribers as of 2023. History. Plex began as a freeware hobby project in December 2007 when developer Elan Feingold created a media center application for his Mac computer by porting the media player XBMC (since renamed Kodi) to Mac OS X.
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