High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared
by Steven Tielemans on September 4, 2019
In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with CMAF-CTE, using the same encoding settings, and a selected set of chunk and segment sizes for the CMAF setup (meaning a changing GOP size).
What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?
by Steven Tielemans on August 28, 2019
The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and tie customers to their service. This is however hampered by technical hurdles like high- latency, mind boggling video start times and bandwidth constraints. With the …
ABR, Low Latency CMAF, CTE, and Optimised Video Playback
by THEO Technologies on August 9, 2019
Demand for live streaming video is growing, along with consumer aversion to high latency. To enable the delivery of HTTP-based video within nearly 3 seconds, below that of standard IPTV, service providers can look to a proven set of technologies that include multicast ABR, the Common …
Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.
by THEOplayer on June 21, 2019
Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we will talk through a few of the exciting new features, and a few that we aren't so sure about yet. If you want to know the basics about HLS, or a previous solution for …
In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams
by THEOplayer on December 18, 2018
A thumbnail is a reduced size image of a specific frame which helps a viewer to seek to a specific event or scene in a video. Typically, thumbnails are added to a stream using a separate (WebVTT) file which contains pre-rendered images. While this approach works fine for static VOD co …
How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges
by THEOplayer on November 26, 2018
For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few years, we’ve seen the demise of old streaming protocols and the introduction of new ones, the disappearance of browser plugins, an explosion in video capable consumer …
THEO Technologies wins Fast 50 Award in Media and Entertainment Category
by THEOplayer on November 16, 2018
We are proud to announce that THEO Technologies won the 5th edition of Belgian Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award in the Media and Entertainment Category, the annual competition that rewards Belgian companies who develop a technology product or service, experiencing a substantial rev …
THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK 2018 by Streaming Media Readers
by THEOplayer on November 15, 2018
The 2018 Readers’ Choice Award winners have been announced yesterday during Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach, California. The competition gathered more than 25000 votes across 30 categories and... drumroll... THEOplayer got awarded Best Video Player Solution/SDK 2018!
THEO Technologies has been nominated for the Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 50
by THEOplayer on October 25, 2018
THEO Technologies has been nominated for Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 50 competition for technology companies headquartered in Belgium. The Fast 50 award will be given to the country’s fastest-growing technology company, based on its percentage of growth in turnover during the last …
THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome
by THEOplayer on August 13, 2018
THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome 69 Beta. The latest version of Google’s browser was released on August 2 with AV1 decode. Although the support is still in early form, AV1 video playback is now possible thanks to AV1 V1.0 being firmed up. Hooray Your Browser Supports AV1 Good new …