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High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage

05 September 2019

We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared

04 September 2019

In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?

28 August 2019

The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.

21 June 2019

Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we...

HLS
HLS stream
video streaming
online video
latency
low latency

In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams

18 December 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...

support matrix
DVR
MPEG-DASH
video streaming
thumbnails

How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges

26 November 2018

For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few...

cloud
CDN
stream problems
delivering content
"network api"

THEO Technologies wins Fast 50 Award in Media and Entertainment Category

16 November 2018

We are proud to announce that THEO Technologies won the 5th edition of Belgian Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award in...

awards
THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK 2018 by Streaming Media Readers

15 November 2018

The 2018 Readers’ Choice Award winners have been announced yesterday during Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach,...

streaming media west
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
awards
Year Award
best video player

THEO Technologies has been nominated for the Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 50

25 October 2018

THEO Technologies has been nominated for Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 50 competition for technology companies...

THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

Advanced use cases of PWAs with THEOplayer

04 September 2018

In this series of articles, we have described what PWAs are, how they work, can be leveraged by media companies, and...

innovation
THEOplayer
delivering content
progressive web apps
offline playback

PWAs for media companies

28 August 2018

The usage of Progressive Web Apps is on the rise. It makes sense: as explained in the previous article in this series,...

innovation
THEOplayer
progressive web apps
customer case
offline playback

Go to the next level with Progressive Web Apps

21 August 2018

There has been a lot of buzz about Progressive Web Apps (or PWAs) lately. At THEOplayer, we strongly believe in the...

support matrix
innovation
THEOplayer
viewers expercience
progressive web apps

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome

13 August 2018

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome 69 Beta. The latest version of Google’s browser was released on August 2 with AV1...

support matrix
Chrome
google
AV1
video codec

Low Latency HLS - LHLS

09 August 2018

Within our series of articles explaining the needs for, and ways to achieve low latency, we already discussed Chunked...

HLS
innovation
live streaming
latency
LHLS

Low Latency with Chunked CMAF

06 August 2018

In the first part of this content series we discussed latency: what it is and why it is important, and we gave a...

HLS
innovation
CMAF
live streaming
latency

The importance of low latency in video streaming

01 August 2018

When it comes to live video, it’s hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is...

MPEG-DASH
playback speed
live streaming
online streaming
latency

Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards: vote for us!

26 July 2018

We are thrilled to announce that THEOplayer has been nominated for 2018 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award. This...

Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer
awards
best video player

Monetise your content with THEOplayer and Google DFP DAI pre-integration

17 July 2018

At a time when the popularity of online video surges, so do online video ads. Advertisers found in video a new source...

advertising
monetization
THEOplayer
SSAI
google

Chrome's Autoplay Policy: what you need to know

19 June 2018

You might have noticed that lately, when you land on a website, your video starts playing without sound. This is the...

THEOplayer
Chrome
new features
autoplay
video publishers

Optimise your video delivery costs with THEOplayer Network API

01 June 2018

Did you know that a 7 seconds video start-up time can result in 50 percent of your audience giving up on playing the...

reduce buffering
online streaming
new features
delivering content
"network api"

Building better experiences with THEOplayer’s Web Audio API

27 April 2018

Audio is a key factor in visual media and can enhance or destroy your experience: good processed audio can, in fact,...

THEOplayer
new features
audio

THEO Technologies Open House. It's time to celebrate!

29 March 2018

On March 13th we celebrated the official THEO Technologies' Open House at THEOplayer's HQ in Leuven, Belgium....

Events
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies
best video player

NAB Las Vegas. This is what you should not miss

28 March 2018

NAB Las Vegas is just a few weeks away and this year THEOplayer will be exhibiting as World’s Best Online Video Player...

Events
nab show
THEOplayer

AV1 or HEVC? How to choose the best video codec

09 March 2018

The last few months brought us a plethora of presentations, blogposts and articles (as you can read in our previous...

AV1
video codec
HEVC
AOM
MPEG

Meet THEOplayer at BVE

21 February 2018

The UK largest entertainment and media tech event, BVE, is about to kick off in London and THEOplayer will be one of...

Events
THEOplayer
BVE

THEOplayer's new iOS and Android SDK 2.0

01 February 2018

Worldwide market research shows that 57% of consumers watch videos on one of the 3.1 billion mobile devices active...

THEOplayer
new features
customise feature
SDK

Apple brings FairPlay DRM to the iOS Safari browser

26 January 2018

With the 11.2 iOS release, Apple has enabled FairPlay DRM support for their Safari browsers on mobile devices by...

content encryption
Encryption
drm
delivering content

Telenet and THEOplayer: beyond the customer case

25 January 2018

Telenet, the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium, has opened its Head Quarters doors in Mechelen...

partnership
THEOplayer
Telenet
customer case

THEO Technologies & SD Worx win HR Excellence Award for Flex Income Plan (FIP)

20 December 2017

Antwerp, 17 November 2017 – THEO Technologies & Belgian’s leading HR service provider SD Worx received the award for...

hiring
innovation
awards
THEO Technologies

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Readers 2017

06 November 2017

The votes are in... THEOplayer is awarded as the Best Video Player Solution / SDK in the world during the Streaming...

streaming media west
THEOplayer
Year Award
best video player

Ramp and THEOplayer team up to simplify the delivery and playback of enterprise video

26 October 2017

AltitudeCDN™ and the Universal Player are mutually verified to operate seamlessly together as standard components of...

new features
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

The ultimate guide to online video advertising

27 September 2017

The following article provides an insight into the key technologies associated with video advertising and more...

advertising
content monetisation
VPAID2.0
VAST
VMAP

THEOplayer awarded the "Best of Show" at IBC 2017

21 September 2017

THEOplayer has been awarded with the Best of Show award by TVB Europe at IBC 2017. The awards honour innovation and...

THEOplayer
awards
IBC
TVB Europe
Best of Show

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platforms

31 August 2017

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platform...

cross-platform
partnership
html5 player
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies

What is AV1? Past, Present & Future

24 August 2017

Quality Video for the 21st Century – H.264 & H.265 Video codecs serve one key task: reducing the byte size of videos...

reduce buffering
innovation
video streaming
AV1
H.265

For the 2nd year in a row, THEOplayer has been awarded best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Europe

23 August 2017

Streaming Media announced today THEOplayer won for the 2nd time in a row Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the European...

online video
html5 player
nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Improve online video experience with Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and THEOplayer

08 June 2017

What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and how can this technology be leveraged by online video services to optimize the...

playback speed
video monetization
new features
google
progressive web apps

Casting with Chromecast made easy with THEOplayer

24 May 2017

Why is Google Chromecast so popular with users and how can we work with it to optimize the viewer’s quality experience?...

chromecast support
content monetisation
chromecast
google
SDK

The true value of a partnership with THEOplayer

18 May 2017

THEOplayer and Vualto – recipe for successful collaboration The unfolding of THEOplayer’s success Vualto, a global...

case study
partnership
THEOplayer
Vualto
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

Maximising Viewer Experience with Picture-In-Picture

04 May 2017

What is picture-in-picture (PiP) and how can we use it to deliver a more engaging viewer experience when we combine...

video content
new features
viewers expercience
content integration
customise feature

VR & 360° Video Beyond the Hype

13 April 2017

What is the current state and future of VR and 360° video? On Tuesday April 11th, our CPO Maarten Tielemans presided...

THEOplayer
new features
customer case
"content delivery"

Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

10 March 2017

Client-side ad insertion (CSAI) is one of the most used techniques for monetizing video content. With CSAI, ads are...

content monetisation
dynamic ad insertion
SSAI
server-side ad insertion
ad blocking

THEOplayer Nominated as Belgian Scale Up of the Year. Vote for us

27 February 2017

THEOplayer is proud to announce it is a nominee for this year’s Belgian Scale Up of the Year award. This award...

nomination
THEOplayer
Tech Startup Day
Scale Up of the Year award

Online Video in 2017: A Letter from Our CEO

07 December 2016

Steven Tielemans, the CEO and co-founder of THEOplayer, shares his view about the key trends in online video for 2017.

ad revenue
content monetisation
partnership
THEOplayer
new features

Customers Vote THEOplayer the Best Video Player

15 November 2016

THEOplayer has been named the Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the 2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards,...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
html5 player
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Will Your Video Player Still Work in December?

08 November 2016

In less than 1 month, on the 6th of December, Google will be releasing Chrome 55. From this version onward, continuing...

Adobe flash
html5 player
Chrome
google

Multiscreen Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

03 November 2016

The first quarter of 2016 was another record-setting quarter for the online advertising industry, bringing in $15.9...

content monetisation
MPEG-DASH
SSAI
video monetization
"content delivery"

Another Deloitte Rising Star Award Nomination for THEOplayer

27 October 2016

Deloitte just announced that THEOplayer is once again nominated in the Rising Star category of the Deloitte Technology...

deloitte rising star
innovation
THEOplayer
awards

THEOplayer Launches the New, Easy Way to Purchase the Pro License

07 October 2016

5 Ways Your Business Will Benefit From Our New Hassle-Free Licensing Plan I'm happy to announce that as of this week...

ads in HTML5
THEOplayer
pricing

How CMAF Will Influence The Online Streaming Industry

22 September 2016

Many major online content publishers are using a combination of both HLS and MPEG-DASH to reach their audience across...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
CMAF
fmp4
online streaming

THEOplayer at Streaming Media West 2016

21 September 2016

Heading to Streaming Media West 2016? We look forward to seeing you in Huntington Beach!

Events
streaming media west
Periscope
THEOplayer

Help THEOplayer Win the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

14 September 2016

THEOplayer counts on you! Being nominated for the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, we look forward to seeing...

nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

FCC Regulations On Closed Captions – How to Become Compliant

05 September 2016

The TV and broadcasting sector in the US has experienced quite a change in the last years. The FCC introduced new...

closed captions
FCC
THEOplayer

THEOplayer and Yospace announce partnership

25 August 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer and Yospace, the industry leader in Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, have announced a...

partnership
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

Next-Level Content Monetization With Dynamic Ad Insertion In HTML5

25 August 2016

The Challenges Of Video Advertising Today In today’s market, broadcasters, operators and online publishers are dealing...

advertising
content monetisation
online video
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion

3 Reasons to Switch Now to Plugin-Free Streaming In HTML5

10 August 2016

To ensure consistent playback on all devices and platforms, many online video providers still rely on plugins such as...

html5
Adobe flash
Microsoft Silverlight

THEOplayer at IBC Amsterdam 2016

26 July 2016

Deliver world-class viewer experience without plugins. Key features of THEOplayer are: Adaptive playback of MPEG-DASH...

Events
HLS
MPEG-DASH
IBC trade show

The Case of Adobe’s next Zero-Day Flash Vulnerability

13 May 2016

It’s not a secret that Adobe Flash Player has recently seen some serious flaws and vulnerabilities affecting your...

html5
Adobe flash
Uncategorized
vulnerabilities
zero-day exploit

Seamless video transition with preloading

09 May 2016

As an online publisher there is certainly a large stock of videos that piles up in your system. Imagine your viewer...

interactive video
preloading
seamless transition

Reduce buffering with a faster adaptive bitrate

29 April 2016

55% of people watch their favorite movie or TV show online on tablet, laptop or TV every day. But what if you have to...

faster ABR
adaptive bitrate
reduce buffering

How to maximize ad revenue with VPAID 2.0 interactive ads

28 April 2016

$9.14 billion. This is the estimated spending on online video advertising in the US alone and the trend for the coming...

content monetisation
ads in HTML5
mobile ad
VPAID2.0

THEOplayer and Microsoft Azure Media Services announce collaboration

26 April 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer, leader in HTML5 streaming technology, and Microsoft Azure Media Services today announced...

html5
CDN
Microsoft Azure Media Services
partnership

THEOplayer at NAB Show 2016, Las Vegas

06 April 2016

Welcome to Las Vegas! THEOplayer will present the latest features at the NAB Show 2016, April 18-21 in Las Vegas. Take...

NAB Show 2016

Case Study: the University of Manitoba

30 March 2016

The Canadian University of Manitoba and their staff and students have long time been struggling with their custom-made...

support organization
University of Manitoba
video clipping
case study

THEOplayer meets Vivaldi, a new browser for the web

15 March 2016

Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and some more search pages. Who does not know the feeling? Too many tabs...

new web browser
Vivaldi support
partnership

CEA-608/708 Closed Captions - Your content accessible for everyone

26 February 2016

“Wait… What did he just say?” This is a well-known problem for many of the 100 million people who watch online video...

closed captions
CEA-608
CEA-708
subtitles

Case Study: Hudl and THEOplayer help coaches and athletes win

05 February 2016

In this case study we will outline how and why the sports and technology company Hudl uses THEOplayer into their...

cross-platform
frame accurate seeking
Hudl
playback speed
case study

THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More

04 February 2016

The new year started exciting with a new major update of our fully HTML5 based video player THEOplayer. The 1.6 version...

clipping
Edge
frame accurate clipping
ad block detection
MPEG-DASH
multiple audio

Frame-Accurate Clipping in HLS: Share Your Best Moments

02 February 2016

People love watching videos, but sometimes they don't have the time to watch a long video. They are looking for a...

clipping
frame accurate clipping
HLS

Content Protection for HLS with AES-128 Encryption

21 January 2016

With the increase of piracy, protecting media content is one of the key concerns of many publishers. In this article,...

content encryption
content protection
Encryption
HLS
AES-128

Video Trends in 2016: Interactive video in HTML5

13 January 2016

In 2015, 60 percent of people preferred video over reading text. It keeps visitors on your website and is more...

facebook html5
interactive video
micro moments
video trends
video trends in 2016

THEOplayer supports TV-Style Monetization

18 December 2015

Building your audience and monetisation of online video content is of huge importance to making it a sustainable...

ad revenue
content monetisation

Bye Bye Betamax, hello THEOplayer

30 November 2015

A week or two ago, Sony announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Amazing news! I did...

DVR
html5
video recording

THEOplayer nominated for the Deloitte Rising Star Award

05 November 2015

Deloitte announced that THEOplayer is one of the technology startups that has been nominated in the Rising Star...

deloitte rising star
innovation

Case Study: The National Assembly of Wales

29 October 2015

The National Assembly of Wales engages Vualto, THEOplayer (THEO Technologies) and Unified Streaming for their new...

DVR
case study
captions
metadata

The pains of Cross Origin Resource Sharing

22 October 2015

HTML5 is booming and plugin based media distribution is diminishing. This however brings a number of new challenges...

HLS
CORS
html5 player
THEOplayer

Yet another Adobe Flash Exploit

15 October 2015

Yesterday, 14 October 2015, antivirus company Trend Micro notified the world of yet another Flash exploit that is being...

Adobe flash
adobe

No Silverlight on Firefox anymore

09 October 2015

Our customer Mozilla intends to remove support for most NPAPI plugins in Firefox by the end of 2016. The company...

plugin-free
Microsoft Silverlight

BBC embraces HTML5 for its iPlayer

02 October 2015

It is always news if the BBC introduces something new, as they are known to be a first mover in the market. Their...

plugin-free
Adobe flash
html5 player

THEO Technologies announces THEOplayer-DASH

25 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce the availability of THEOplayer-DASH, a video player built from the ground up to support...

content encryption
content protection
MPEG-DASH
drm

THEOplayer 1.5 - Trick Play, ID3 timed metadata, Hot Keys and Adblock detection

24 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce a new version bringing cross-platform support for ID3 timed metadata in HLS, keyboard...

adblock detection
id3
release
metadata

THEOplayer at IBC 2015

10 August 2015

THEOplayer will present the newest possibilities and features of THEOplayer at IBC 2015, September 11-15 in Amsterdam....

IBC trade show
html5 player

Adobe Flash for video streaming? It is time to move on!

14 July 2015

With the recent Hacking Team hack, during which at least two 0-day Adobe Flash exploits have been released in the wild,...

html5
Adobe flash
adobe

THEOplayer Discusses Replacing Flash by HTML5 for Video Streaming at Streaming Media East 2015

10 May 2015

THEOplayer, today announced that founder and HTML5 video streaming expert, Pieter-Jan Speelmans, has been selected to...

html5
Adobe flash
streaming media east
video streaming

THEOplayer Joins Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance Partner Program

24 March 2015

THEOplayer recently joined the Wowza® Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program. Wowza Media Systems (“Wowza”)...

wowza
video streaming
partnership
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

THEOplayer will demo its technology at NAB 2015, Las Vegas

23 March 2015

THEOplayer's unique technology allows live and on-demand content to be streamed using adaptive HTTP-based protocols...

Events
nab show
html5 player

Vualto chooses THEOplayer for HTML5 cross-platform streaming

14 January 2015

Vualto, global specialists in innovative content delivery and management, signed an exclusive UK reseller agreement...

cross-platform
partnership
THEO Technologies
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

New Release: Chromecast support, Thumbnails, Cross-Platform Support Matrix Extended

07 January 2015

We are happy to start the new year with the announcement of a new THEOplayer release with a number of very interesting...

chromecast support
support matrix
frame accurate seeking
program-date-time
release

THEOplayer is expanding the team

01 January 2015

THEOplayer is expanding because of the fast demand growth of our Universal Video Player. We are looking for talented...

hiring
THEOplayer

New Release: Windows Phone support, AES-128, DVR, Advertisements and Closed Captions

04 September 2014

A new version of THEOplayer has been released, bringing support for HLS to Windows Phone, but also adding support for...

advertising
DVR
AES-128
captions
release

THEOplayer will showcase the next generation of HTML5 video playback technology for the web at IBC 2014

13 August 2014

THEOplayer is excited to participate at IBC 2014, September 12-16 in Amsterdam. At the exhibition, we will demonstrate...

IBC trade show
html5 player

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage

05 September 2019

We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared

04 September 2019

In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?

28 August 2019

The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.

21 June 2019

Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we...

HLS
HLS stream
video streaming
online video
latency
low latency

In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams

18 December 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...

support matrix
DVR
MPEG-DASH
video streaming
thumbnails

How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges

26 November 2018

For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few...

cloud
CDN
stream problems
delivering content
"network api"

THEO Technologies wins Fast 50 Award in Media and Entertainment Category

16 November 2018

We are proud to announce that THEO Technologies won the 5th edition of Belgian Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award in...

awards
THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK 2018 by Streaming Media Readers

15 November 2018

The 2018 Readers’ Choice Award winners have been announced yesterday during Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach,...

streaming media west
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
awards
Year Award
best video player

THEO Technologies has been nominated for the Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 50

25 October 2018

THEO Technologies has been nominated for Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 50 competition for technology companies...

THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

Advanced use cases of PWAs with THEOplayer

04 September 2018

In this series of articles, we have described what PWAs are, how they work, can be leveraged by media companies, and...

innovation
THEOplayer
delivering content
progressive web apps
offline playback

PWAs for media companies

28 August 2018

The usage of Progressive Web Apps is on the rise. It makes sense: as explained in the previous article in this series,...

innovation
THEOplayer
progressive web apps
customer case
offline playback

Go to the next level with Progressive Web Apps

21 August 2018

There has been a lot of buzz about Progressive Web Apps (or PWAs) lately. At THEOplayer, we strongly believe in the...

support matrix
innovation
THEOplayer
viewers expercience
progressive web apps

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome

13 August 2018

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome 69 Beta. The latest version of Google’s browser was released on August 2 with AV1...

support matrix
Chrome
google
AV1
video codec

Low Latency HLS - LHLS

09 August 2018

Within our series of articles explaining the needs for, and ways to achieve low latency, we already discussed Chunked...

HLS
innovation
live streaming
latency
LHLS

Low Latency with Chunked CMAF

06 August 2018

In the first part of this content series we discussed latency: what it is and why it is important, and we gave a...

HLS
innovation
CMAF
live streaming
latency

The importance of low latency in video streaming

01 August 2018

When it comes to live video, it’s hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is...

MPEG-DASH
playback speed
live streaming
online streaming
latency

Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards: vote for us!

26 July 2018

We are thrilled to announce that THEOplayer has been nominated for 2018 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award. This...

Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer
awards
best video player

Monetise your content with THEOplayer and Google DFP DAI pre-integration

17 July 2018

At a time when the popularity of online video surges, so do online video ads. Advertisers found in video a new source...

advertising
monetization
THEOplayer
SSAI
google

Chrome's Autoplay Policy: what you need to know

19 June 2018

You might have noticed that lately, when you land on a website, your video starts playing without sound. This is the...

THEOplayer
Chrome
new features
autoplay
video publishers

Optimise your video delivery costs with THEOplayer Network API

01 June 2018

Did you know that a 7 seconds video start-up time can result in 50 percent of your audience giving up on playing the...

reduce buffering
online streaming
new features
delivering content
"network api"

Building better experiences with THEOplayer’s Web Audio API

27 April 2018

Audio is a key factor in visual media and can enhance or destroy your experience: good processed audio can, in fact,...

THEOplayer
new features
audio

THEO Technologies Open House. It's time to celebrate!

29 March 2018

On March 13th we celebrated the official THEO Technologies' Open House at THEOplayer's HQ in Leuven, Belgium....

Events
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies
best video player

NAB Las Vegas. This is what you should not miss

28 March 2018

NAB Las Vegas is just a few weeks away and this year THEOplayer will be exhibiting as World’s Best Online Video Player...

Events
nab show
THEOplayer

AV1 or HEVC? How to choose the best video codec

09 March 2018

The last few months brought us a plethora of presentations, blogposts and articles (as you can read in our previous...

AV1
video codec
HEVC
AOM
MPEG

Meet THEOplayer at BVE

21 February 2018

The UK largest entertainment and media tech event, BVE, is about to kick off in London and THEOplayer will be one of...

Events
THEOplayer
BVE

THEOplayer's new iOS and Android SDK 2.0

01 February 2018

Worldwide market research shows that 57% of consumers watch videos on one of the 3.1 billion mobile devices active...

THEOplayer
new features
customise feature
SDK

Apple brings FairPlay DRM to the iOS Safari browser

26 January 2018

With the 11.2 iOS release, Apple has enabled FairPlay DRM support for their Safari browsers on mobile devices by...

content encryption
Encryption
drm
delivering content

Telenet and THEOplayer: beyond the customer case

25 January 2018

Telenet, the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium, has opened its Head Quarters doors in Mechelen...

partnership
THEOplayer
Telenet
customer case

THEO Technologies & SD Worx win HR Excellence Award for Flex Income Plan (FIP)

20 December 2017

Antwerp, 17 November 2017 – THEO Technologies & Belgian’s leading HR service provider SD Worx received the award for...

hiring
innovation
awards
THEO Technologies

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Readers 2017

06 November 2017

The votes are in... THEOplayer is awarded as the Best Video Player Solution / SDK in the world during the Streaming...

streaming media west
THEOplayer
Year Award
best video player

Ramp and THEOplayer team up to simplify the delivery and playback of enterprise video

26 October 2017

AltitudeCDN™ and the Universal Player are mutually verified to operate seamlessly together as standard components of...

new features
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

The ultimate guide to online video advertising

27 September 2017

The following article provides an insight into the key technologies associated with video advertising and more...

advertising
content monetisation
VPAID2.0
VAST
VMAP

THEOplayer awarded the "Best of Show" at IBC 2017

21 September 2017

THEOplayer has been awarded with the Best of Show award by TVB Europe at IBC 2017. The awards honour innovation and...

THEOplayer
awards
IBC
TVB Europe
Best of Show

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platforms

31 August 2017

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platform...

cross-platform
partnership
html5 player
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies

What is AV1? Past, Present & Future

24 August 2017

Quality Video for the 21st Century – H.264 & H.265 Video codecs serve one key task: reducing the byte size of videos...

reduce buffering
innovation
video streaming
AV1
H.265

For the 2nd year in a row, THEOplayer has been awarded best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Europe

23 August 2017

Streaming Media announced today THEOplayer won for the 2nd time in a row Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the European...

online video
html5 player
nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Improve online video experience with Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and THEOplayer

08 June 2017

What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and how can this technology be leveraged by online video services to optimize the...

playback speed
video monetization
new features
google
progressive web apps

Casting with Chromecast made easy with THEOplayer

24 May 2017

Why is Google Chromecast so popular with users and how can we work with it to optimize the viewer’s quality experience?...

chromecast support
content monetisation
chromecast
google
SDK

The true value of a partnership with THEOplayer

18 May 2017

THEOplayer and Vualto – recipe for successful collaboration The unfolding of THEOplayer’s success Vualto, a global...

case study
partnership
THEOplayer
Vualto
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

Maximising Viewer Experience with Picture-In-Picture

04 May 2017

What is picture-in-picture (PiP) and how can we use it to deliver a more engaging viewer experience when we combine...

video content
new features
viewers expercience
content integration
customise feature

VR & 360° Video Beyond the Hype

13 April 2017

What is the current state and future of VR and 360° video? On Tuesday April 11th, our CPO Maarten Tielemans presided...

THEOplayer
new features
customer case
"content delivery"

Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

10 March 2017

Client-side ad insertion (CSAI) is one of the most used techniques for monetizing video content. With CSAI, ads are...

content monetisation
dynamic ad insertion
SSAI
server-side ad insertion
ad blocking

THEOplayer Nominated as Belgian Scale Up of the Year. Vote for us

27 February 2017

THEOplayer is proud to announce it is a nominee for this year’s Belgian Scale Up of the Year award. This award...

nomination
THEOplayer
Tech Startup Day
Scale Up of the Year award

Online Video in 2017: A Letter from Our CEO

07 December 2016

Steven Tielemans, the CEO and co-founder of THEOplayer, shares his view about the key trends in online video for 2017.

ad revenue
content monetisation
partnership
THEOplayer
new features

Customers Vote THEOplayer the Best Video Player

15 November 2016

THEOplayer has been named the Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the 2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards,...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
html5 player
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Will Your Video Player Still Work in December?

08 November 2016

In less than 1 month, on the 6th of December, Google will be releasing Chrome 55. From this version onward, continuing...

Adobe flash
html5 player
Chrome
google

Multiscreen Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

03 November 2016

The first quarter of 2016 was another record-setting quarter for the online advertising industry, bringing in $15.9...

content monetisation
MPEG-DASH
SSAI
video monetization
"content delivery"

Another Deloitte Rising Star Award Nomination for THEOplayer

27 October 2016

Deloitte just announced that THEOplayer is once again nominated in the Rising Star category of the Deloitte Technology...

deloitte rising star
innovation
THEOplayer
awards

THEOplayer Launches the New, Easy Way to Purchase the Pro License

07 October 2016

5 Ways Your Business Will Benefit From Our New Hassle-Free Licensing Plan I'm happy to announce that as of this week...

ads in HTML5
THEOplayer
pricing

How CMAF Will Influence The Online Streaming Industry

22 September 2016

Many major online content publishers are using a combination of both HLS and MPEG-DASH to reach their audience across...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
CMAF
fmp4
online streaming

THEOplayer at Streaming Media West 2016

21 September 2016

Heading to Streaming Media West 2016? We look forward to seeing you in Huntington Beach!

Events
streaming media west
Periscope
THEOplayer

Help THEOplayer Win the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

14 September 2016

THEOplayer counts on you! Being nominated for the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, we look forward to seeing...

nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

FCC Regulations On Closed Captions – How to Become Compliant

05 September 2016

The TV and broadcasting sector in the US has experienced quite a change in the last years. The FCC introduced new...

closed captions
FCC
THEOplayer

THEOplayer and Yospace announce partnership

25 August 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer and Yospace, the industry leader in Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, have announced a...

partnership
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

Next-Level Content Monetization With Dynamic Ad Insertion In HTML5

25 August 2016

The Challenges Of Video Advertising Today In today’s market, broadcasters, operators and online publishers are dealing...

advertising
content monetisation
online video
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion

3 Reasons to Switch Now to Plugin-Free Streaming In HTML5

10 August 2016

To ensure consistent playback on all devices and platforms, many online video providers still rely on plugins such as...

html5
Adobe flash
Microsoft Silverlight

THEOplayer at IBC Amsterdam 2016

26 July 2016

Deliver world-class viewer experience without plugins. Key features of THEOplayer are: Adaptive playback of MPEG-DASH...

Events
HLS
MPEG-DASH
IBC trade show

The Case of Adobe’s next Zero-Day Flash Vulnerability

13 May 2016

It’s not a secret that Adobe Flash Player has recently seen some serious flaws and vulnerabilities affecting your...

html5
Adobe flash
Uncategorized
vulnerabilities
zero-day exploit

Seamless video transition with preloading

09 May 2016

As an online publisher there is certainly a large stock of videos that piles up in your system. Imagine your viewer...

interactive video
preloading
seamless transition

Reduce buffering with a faster adaptive bitrate

29 April 2016

55% of people watch their favorite movie or TV show online on tablet, laptop or TV every day. But what if you have to...

faster ABR
adaptive bitrate
reduce buffering

How to maximize ad revenue with VPAID 2.0 interactive ads

28 April 2016

$9.14 billion. This is the estimated spending on online video advertising in the US alone and the trend for the coming...

content monetisation
ads in HTML5
mobile ad
VPAID2.0

THEOplayer and Microsoft Azure Media Services announce collaboration

26 April 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer, leader in HTML5 streaming technology, and Microsoft Azure Media Services today announced...

html5
CDN
Microsoft Azure Media Services
partnership

THEOplayer at NAB Show 2016, Las Vegas

06 April 2016

Welcome to Las Vegas! THEOplayer will present the latest features at the NAB Show 2016, April 18-21 in Las Vegas. Take...

NAB Show 2016

Case Study: the University of Manitoba

30 March 2016

The Canadian University of Manitoba and their staff and students have long time been struggling with their custom-made...

support organization
University of Manitoba
video clipping
case study

THEOplayer meets Vivaldi, a new browser for the web

15 March 2016

Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and some more search pages. Who does not know the feeling? Too many tabs...

new web browser
Vivaldi support
partnership

CEA-608/708 Closed Captions - Your content accessible for everyone

26 February 2016

“Wait… What did he just say?” This is a well-known problem for many of the 100 million people who watch online video...

closed captions
CEA-608
CEA-708
subtitles

Case Study: Hudl and THEOplayer help coaches and athletes win

05 February 2016

In this case study we will outline how and why the sports and technology company Hudl uses THEOplayer into their...

cross-platform
frame accurate seeking
Hudl
playback speed
case study

THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More

04 February 2016

The new year started exciting with a new major update of our fully HTML5 based video player THEOplayer. The 1.6 version...

clipping
Edge
frame accurate clipping
ad block detection
MPEG-DASH
multiple audio

Frame-Accurate Clipping in HLS: Share Your Best Moments

02 February 2016

People love watching videos, but sometimes they don't have the time to watch a long video. They are looking for a...

clipping
frame accurate clipping
HLS

Content Protection for HLS with AES-128 Encryption

21 January 2016

With the increase of piracy, protecting media content is one of the key concerns of many publishers. In this article,...

content encryption
content protection
Encryption
HLS
AES-128

Video Trends in 2016: Interactive video in HTML5

13 January 2016

In 2015, 60 percent of people preferred video over reading text. It keeps visitors on your website and is more...

facebook html5
interactive video
micro moments
video trends
video trends in 2016

THEOplayer supports TV-Style Monetization

18 December 2015

Building your audience and monetisation of online video content is of huge importance to making it a sustainable...

ad revenue
content monetisation

Bye Bye Betamax, hello THEOplayer

30 November 2015

A week or two ago, Sony announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Amazing news! I did...

DVR
html5
video recording

THEOplayer nominated for the Deloitte Rising Star Award

05 November 2015

Deloitte announced that THEOplayer is one of the technology startups that has been nominated in the Rising Star...

deloitte rising star
innovation

Case Study: The National Assembly of Wales

29 October 2015

The National Assembly of Wales engages Vualto, THEOplayer (THEO Technologies) and Unified Streaming for their new...

DVR
case study
captions
metadata

The pains of Cross Origin Resource Sharing

22 October 2015

HTML5 is booming and plugin based media distribution is diminishing. This however brings a number of new challenges...

HLS
CORS
html5 player
THEOplayer

Yet another Adobe Flash Exploit

15 October 2015

Yesterday, 14 October 2015, antivirus company Trend Micro notified the world of yet another Flash exploit that is being...

Adobe flash
adobe

No Silverlight on Firefox anymore

09 October 2015

Our customer Mozilla intends to remove support for most NPAPI plugins in Firefox by the end of 2016. The company...

plugin-free
Microsoft Silverlight

BBC embraces HTML5 for its iPlayer

02 October 2015

It is always news if the BBC introduces something new, as they are known to be a first mover in the market. Their...

plugin-free
Adobe flash
html5 player

THEO Technologies announces THEOplayer-DASH

25 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce the availability of THEOplayer-DASH, a video player built from the ground up to support...

content encryption
content protection
MPEG-DASH
drm

THEOplayer 1.5 - Trick Play, ID3 timed metadata, Hot Keys and Adblock detection

24 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce a new version bringing cross-platform support for ID3 timed metadata in HLS, keyboard...

adblock detection
id3
release
metadata

THEOplayer at IBC 2015

10 August 2015

THEOplayer will present the newest possibilities and features of THEOplayer at IBC 2015, September 11-15 in Amsterdam....

IBC trade show
html5 player

Adobe Flash for video streaming? It is time to move on!

14 July 2015

With the recent Hacking Team hack, during which at least two 0-day Adobe Flash exploits have been released in the wild,...

html5
Adobe flash
adobe

THEOplayer Discusses Replacing Flash by HTML5 for Video Streaming at Streaming Media East 2015

10 May 2015

THEOplayer, today announced that founder and HTML5 video streaming expert, Pieter-Jan Speelmans, has been selected to...

html5
Adobe flash
streaming media east
video streaming

THEOplayer Joins Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance Partner Program

24 March 2015

THEOplayer recently joined the Wowza® Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program. Wowza Media Systems (“Wowza”)...

wowza
video streaming
partnership
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

THEOplayer will demo its technology at NAB 2015, Las Vegas

23 March 2015

THEOplayer's unique technology allows live and on-demand content to be streamed using adaptive HTTP-based protocols...

Events
nab show
html5 player

Vualto chooses THEOplayer for HTML5 cross-platform streaming

14 January 2015

Vualto, global specialists in innovative content delivery and management, signed an exclusive UK reseller agreement...

cross-platform
partnership
THEO Technologies
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

New Release: Chromecast support, Thumbnails, Cross-Platform Support Matrix Extended

07 January 2015

We are happy to start the new year with the announcement of a new THEOplayer release with a number of very interesting...

chromecast support
support matrix
frame accurate seeking
program-date-time
release

THEOplayer is expanding the team

01 January 2015

THEOplayer is expanding because of the fast demand growth of our Universal Video Player. We are looking for talented...

hiring
THEOplayer

New Release: Windows Phone support, AES-128, DVR, Advertisements and Closed Captions

04 September 2014

A new version of THEOplayer has been released, bringing support for HLS to Windows Phone, but also adding support for...

advertising
DVR
AES-128
captions
release

THEOplayer will showcase the next generation of HTML5 video playback technology for the web at IBC 2014

13 August 2014

THEOplayer is excited to participate at IBC 2014, September 12-16 in Amsterdam. At the exhibition, we will demonstrate...

IBC trade show
html5 player

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage

05 September 2019

We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared

04 September 2019

In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?

28 August 2019

The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.

21 June 2019

Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we...

HLS
HLS stream
video streaming
online video
latency
low latency

In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams

18 December 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...

support matrix
DVR
MPEG-DASH
video streaming
thumbnails

How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges

26 November 2018

For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few...

cloud
CDN
stream problems
delivering content
"network api"

THEO Technologies wins Fast 50 Award in Media and Entertainment Category

16 November 2018

We are proud to announce that THEO Technologies won the 5th edition of Belgian Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award in...

awards
THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK 2018 by Streaming Media Readers

15 November 2018

The 2018 Readers’ Choice Award winners have been announced yesterday during Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach,...

streaming media west
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
awards
Year Award
best video player

THEO Technologies has been nominated for the Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 50

25 October 2018

THEO Technologies has been nominated for Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 50 competition for technology companies...

THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

Advanced use cases of PWAs with THEOplayer

04 September 2018

In this series of articles, we have described what PWAs are, how they work, can be leveraged by media companies, and...

innovation
THEOplayer
delivering content
progressive web apps
offline playback

PWAs for media companies

28 August 2018

The usage of Progressive Web Apps is on the rise. It makes sense: as explained in the previous article in this series,...

innovation
THEOplayer
progressive web apps
customer case
offline playback

Go to the next level with Progressive Web Apps

21 August 2018

There has been a lot of buzz about Progressive Web Apps (or PWAs) lately. At THEOplayer, we strongly believe in the...

support matrix
innovation
THEOplayer
viewers expercience
progressive web apps

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome

13 August 2018

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome 69 Beta. The latest version of Google’s browser was released on August 2 with AV1...

support matrix
Chrome
google
AV1
video codec

Low Latency HLS - LHLS

09 August 2018

Within our series of articles explaining the needs for, and ways to achieve low latency, we already discussed Chunked...

HLS
innovation
live streaming
latency
LHLS

Low Latency with Chunked CMAF

06 August 2018

In the first part of this content series we discussed latency: what it is and why it is important, and we gave a...

HLS
innovation
CMAF
live streaming
latency

The importance of low latency in video streaming

01 August 2018

When it comes to live video, it’s hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is...

MPEG-DASH
playback speed
live streaming
online streaming
latency

Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards: vote for us!

26 July 2018

We are thrilled to announce that THEOplayer has been nominated for 2018 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award. This...

Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer
awards
best video player

Monetise your content with THEOplayer and Google DFP DAI pre-integration

17 July 2018

At a time when the popularity of online video surges, so do online video ads. Advertisers found in video a new source...

advertising
monetization
THEOplayer
SSAI
google

Chrome's Autoplay Policy: what you need to know

19 June 2018

You might have noticed that lately, when you land on a website, your video starts playing without sound. This is the...

THEOplayer
Chrome
new features
autoplay
video publishers

Optimise your video delivery costs with THEOplayer Network API

01 June 2018

Did you know that a 7 seconds video start-up time can result in 50 percent of your audience giving up on playing the...

reduce buffering
online streaming
new features
delivering content
"network api"

Building better experiences with THEOplayer’s Web Audio API

27 April 2018

Audio is a key factor in visual media and can enhance or destroy your experience: good processed audio can, in fact,...

THEOplayer
new features
audio

THEO Technologies Open House. It's time to celebrate!

29 March 2018

On March 13th we celebrated the official THEO Technologies' Open House at THEOplayer's HQ in Leuven, Belgium....

Events
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies
best video player

NAB Las Vegas. This is what you should not miss

28 March 2018

NAB Las Vegas is just a few weeks away and this year THEOplayer will be exhibiting as World’s Best Online Video Player...

Events
nab show
THEOplayer

AV1 or HEVC? How to choose the best video codec

09 March 2018

The last few months brought us a plethora of presentations, blogposts and articles (as you can read in our previous...

AV1
video codec
HEVC
AOM
MPEG

Meet THEOplayer at BVE

21 February 2018

The UK largest entertainment and media tech event, BVE, is about to kick off in London and THEOplayer will be one of...

Events
THEOplayer
BVE

THEOplayer's new iOS and Android SDK 2.0

01 February 2018

Worldwide market research shows that 57% of consumers watch videos on one of the 3.1 billion mobile devices active...

THEOplayer
new features
customise feature
SDK

Apple brings FairPlay DRM to the iOS Safari browser

26 January 2018

With the 11.2 iOS release, Apple has enabled FairPlay DRM support for their Safari browsers on mobile devices by...

content encryption
Encryption
drm
delivering content

Telenet and THEOplayer: beyond the customer case

25 January 2018

Telenet, the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium, has opened its Head Quarters doors in Mechelen...

partnership
THEOplayer
Telenet
customer case

THEO Technologies & SD Worx win HR Excellence Award for Flex Income Plan (FIP)

20 December 2017

Antwerp, 17 November 2017 – THEO Technologies & Belgian’s leading HR service provider SD Worx received the award for...

hiring
innovation
awards
THEO Technologies

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Readers 2017

06 November 2017

The votes are in... THEOplayer is awarded as the Best Video Player Solution / SDK in the world during the Streaming...

streaming media west
THEOplayer
Year Award
best video player

Ramp and THEOplayer team up to simplify the delivery and playback of enterprise video

26 October 2017

AltitudeCDN™ and the Universal Player are mutually verified to operate seamlessly together as standard components of...

new features
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

The ultimate guide to online video advertising

27 September 2017

The following article provides an insight into the key technologies associated with video advertising and more...

advertising
content monetisation
VPAID2.0
VAST
VMAP

THEOplayer awarded the "Best of Show" at IBC 2017

21 September 2017

THEOplayer has been awarded with the Best of Show award by TVB Europe at IBC 2017. The awards honour innovation and...

THEOplayer
awards
IBC
TVB Europe
Best of Show

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platforms

31 August 2017

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platform...

cross-platform
partnership
html5 player
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies

What is AV1? Past, Present & Future

24 August 2017

Quality Video for the 21st Century – H.264 & H.265 Video codecs serve one key task: reducing the byte size of videos...

reduce buffering
innovation
video streaming
AV1
H.265

For the 2nd year in a row, THEOplayer has been awarded best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Europe

23 August 2017

Streaming Media announced today THEOplayer won for the 2nd time in a row Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the European...

online video
html5 player
nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Improve online video experience with Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and THEOplayer

08 June 2017

What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and how can this technology be leveraged by online video services to optimize the...

playback speed
video monetization
new features
google
progressive web apps

Casting with Chromecast made easy with THEOplayer

24 May 2017

Why is Google Chromecast so popular with users and how can we work with it to optimize the viewer’s quality experience?...

chromecast support
content monetisation
chromecast
google
SDK

The true value of a partnership with THEOplayer

18 May 2017

THEOplayer and Vualto – recipe for successful collaboration The unfolding of THEOplayer’s success Vualto, a global...

case study
partnership
THEOplayer
Vualto
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

Maximising Viewer Experience with Picture-In-Picture

04 May 2017

What is picture-in-picture (PiP) and how can we use it to deliver a more engaging viewer experience when we combine...

video content
new features
viewers expercience
content integration
customise feature

VR & 360° Video Beyond the Hype

13 April 2017

What is the current state and future of VR and 360° video? On Tuesday April 11th, our CPO Maarten Tielemans presided...

THEOplayer
new features
customer case
"content delivery"

Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

10 March 2017

Client-side ad insertion (CSAI) is one of the most used techniques for monetizing video content. With CSAI, ads are...

content monetisation
dynamic ad insertion
SSAI
server-side ad insertion
ad blocking

THEOplayer Nominated as Belgian Scale Up of the Year. Vote for us

27 February 2017

THEOplayer is proud to announce it is a nominee for this year’s Belgian Scale Up of the Year award. This award...

nomination
THEOplayer
Tech Startup Day
Scale Up of the Year award

Online Video in 2017: A Letter from Our CEO

07 December 2016

Steven Tielemans, the CEO and co-founder of THEOplayer, shares his view about the key trends in online video for 2017.

ad revenue
content monetisation
partnership
THEOplayer
new features

Customers Vote THEOplayer the Best Video Player

15 November 2016

THEOplayer has been named the Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the 2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards,...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
html5 player
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Will Your Video Player Still Work in December?

08 November 2016

In less than 1 month, on the 6th of December, Google will be releasing Chrome 55. From this version onward, continuing...

Adobe flash
html5 player
Chrome
google

Multiscreen Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

03 November 2016

The first quarter of 2016 was another record-setting quarter for the online advertising industry, bringing in $15.9...

content monetisation
MPEG-DASH
SSAI
video monetization
"content delivery"

Another Deloitte Rising Star Award Nomination for THEOplayer

27 October 2016

Deloitte just announced that THEOplayer is once again nominated in the Rising Star category of the Deloitte Technology...

deloitte rising star
innovation
THEOplayer
awards

THEOplayer Launches the New, Easy Way to Purchase the Pro License

07 October 2016

5 Ways Your Business Will Benefit From Our New Hassle-Free Licensing Plan I'm happy to announce that as of this week...

ads in HTML5
THEOplayer
pricing

How CMAF Will Influence The Online Streaming Industry

22 September 2016

Many major online content publishers are using a combination of both HLS and MPEG-DASH to reach their audience across...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
CMAF
fmp4
online streaming

THEOplayer at Streaming Media West 2016

21 September 2016

Heading to Streaming Media West 2016? We look forward to seeing you in Huntington Beach!

Events
streaming media west
Periscope
THEOplayer

Help THEOplayer Win the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

14 September 2016

THEOplayer counts on you! Being nominated for the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, we look forward to seeing...

nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

FCC Regulations On Closed Captions – How to Become Compliant

05 September 2016

The TV and broadcasting sector in the US has experienced quite a change in the last years. The FCC introduced new...

closed captions
FCC
THEOplayer

THEOplayer and Yospace announce partnership

25 August 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer and Yospace, the industry leader in Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, have announced a...

partnership
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

Next-Level Content Monetization With Dynamic Ad Insertion In HTML5

25 August 2016

The Challenges Of Video Advertising Today In today’s market, broadcasters, operators and online publishers are dealing...

advertising
content monetisation
online video
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion

3 Reasons to Switch Now to Plugin-Free Streaming In HTML5

10 August 2016

To ensure consistent playback on all devices and platforms, many online video providers still rely on plugins such as...

html5
Adobe flash
Microsoft Silverlight

THEOplayer at IBC Amsterdam 2016

26 July 2016

Deliver world-class viewer experience without plugins. Key features of THEOplayer are: Adaptive playback of MPEG-DASH...

Events
HLS
MPEG-DASH
IBC trade show

The Case of Adobe’s next Zero-Day Flash Vulnerability

13 May 2016

It’s not a secret that Adobe Flash Player has recently seen some serious flaws and vulnerabilities affecting your...

html5
Adobe flash
Uncategorized
vulnerabilities
zero-day exploit

Seamless video transition with preloading

09 May 2016

As an online publisher there is certainly a large stock of videos that piles up in your system. Imagine your viewer...

interactive video
preloading
seamless transition

Reduce buffering with a faster adaptive bitrate

29 April 2016

55% of people watch their favorite movie or TV show online on tablet, laptop or TV every day. But what if you have to...

faster ABR
adaptive bitrate
reduce buffering

How to maximize ad revenue with VPAID 2.0 interactive ads

28 April 2016

$9.14 billion. This is the estimated spending on online video advertising in the US alone and the trend for the coming...

content monetisation
ads in HTML5
mobile ad
VPAID2.0

THEOplayer and Microsoft Azure Media Services announce collaboration

26 April 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer, leader in HTML5 streaming technology, and Microsoft Azure Media Services today announced...

html5
CDN
Microsoft Azure Media Services
partnership

THEOplayer at NAB Show 2016, Las Vegas

06 April 2016

Welcome to Las Vegas! THEOplayer will present the latest features at the NAB Show 2016, April 18-21 in Las Vegas. Take...

NAB Show 2016

Case Study: the University of Manitoba

30 March 2016

The Canadian University of Manitoba and their staff and students have long time been struggling with their custom-made...

support organization
University of Manitoba
video clipping
case study

THEOplayer meets Vivaldi, a new browser for the web

15 March 2016

Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and some more search pages. Who does not know the feeling? Too many tabs...

new web browser
Vivaldi support
partnership

CEA-608/708 Closed Captions - Your content accessible for everyone

26 February 2016

“Wait… What did he just say?” This is a well-known problem for many of the 100 million people who watch online video...

closed captions
CEA-608
CEA-708
subtitles

Case Study: Hudl and THEOplayer help coaches and athletes win

05 February 2016

In this case study we will outline how and why the sports and technology company Hudl uses THEOplayer into their...

cross-platform
frame accurate seeking
Hudl
playback speed
case study

THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More

04 February 2016

The new year started exciting with a new major update of our fully HTML5 based video player THEOplayer. The 1.6 version...

clipping
Edge
frame accurate clipping
ad block detection
MPEG-DASH
multiple audio

Frame-Accurate Clipping in HLS: Share Your Best Moments

02 February 2016

People love watching videos, but sometimes they don't have the time to watch a long video. They are looking for a...

clipping
frame accurate clipping
HLS

Content Protection for HLS with AES-128 Encryption

21 January 2016

With the increase of piracy, protecting media content is one of the key concerns of many publishers. In this article,...

content encryption
content protection
Encryption
HLS
AES-128

Video Trends in 2016: Interactive video in HTML5

13 January 2016

In 2015, 60 percent of people preferred video over reading text. It keeps visitors on your website and is more...

facebook html5
interactive video
micro moments
video trends
video trends in 2016

THEOplayer supports TV-Style Monetization

18 December 2015

Building your audience and monetisation of online video content is of huge importance to making it a sustainable...

ad revenue
content monetisation

Bye Bye Betamax, hello THEOplayer

30 November 2015

A week or two ago, Sony announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Amazing news! I did...

DVR
html5
video recording

THEOplayer nominated for the Deloitte Rising Star Award

05 November 2015

Deloitte announced that THEOplayer is one of the technology startups that has been nominated in the Rising Star...

deloitte rising star
innovation

Case Study: The National Assembly of Wales

29 October 2015

The National Assembly of Wales engages Vualto, THEOplayer (THEO Technologies) and Unified Streaming for their new...

DVR
case study
captions
metadata

The pains of Cross Origin Resource Sharing

22 October 2015

HTML5 is booming and plugin based media distribution is diminishing. This however brings a number of new challenges...

HLS
CORS
html5 player
THEOplayer

Yet another Adobe Flash Exploit

15 October 2015

Yesterday, 14 October 2015, antivirus company Trend Micro notified the world of yet another Flash exploit that is being...

Adobe flash
adobe

No Silverlight on Firefox anymore

09 October 2015

Our customer Mozilla intends to remove support for most NPAPI plugins in Firefox by the end of 2016. The company...

plugin-free
Microsoft Silverlight

BBC embraces HTML5 for its iPlayer

02 October 2015

It is always news if the BBC introduces something new, as they are known to be a first mover in the market. Their...

plugin-free
Adobe flash
html5 player

THEO Technologies announces THEOplayer-DASH

25 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce the availability of THEOplayer-DASH, a video player built from the ground up to support...

content encryption
content protection
MPEG-DASH
drm

THEOplayer 1.5 - Trick Play, ID3 timed metadata, Hot Keys and Adblock detection

24 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce a new version bringing cross-platform support for ID3 timed metadata in HLS, keyboard...

adblock detection
id3
release
metadata

THEOplayer at IBC 2015

10 August 2015

THEOplayer will present the newest possibilities and features of THEOplayer at IBC 2015, September 11-15 in Amsterdam....

IBC trade show
html5 player

Adobe Flash for video streaming? It is time to move on!

14 July 2015

With the recent Hacking Team hack, during which at least two 0-day Adobe Flash exploits have been released in the wild,...

html5
Adobe flash
adobe

THEOplayer Discusses Replacing Flash by HTML5 for Video Streaming at Streaming Media East 2015

10 May 2015

THEOplayer, today announced that founder and HTML5 video streaming expert, Pieter-Jan Speelmans, has been selected to...

html5
Adobe flash
streaming media east
video streaming

THEOplayer Joins Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance Partner Program

24 March 2015

THEOplayer recently joined the Wowza® Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program. Wowza Media Systems (“Wowza”)...

wowza
video streaming
partnership
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

THEOplayer will demo its technology at NAB 2015, Las Vegas

23 March 2015

THEOplayer's unique technology allows live and on-demand content to be streamed using adaptive HTTP-based protocols...

Events
nab show
html5 player

Vualto chooses THEOplayer for HTML5 cross-platform streaming

14 January 2015

Vualto, global specialists in innovative content delivery and management, signed an exclusive UK reseller agreement...

cross-platform
partnership
THEO Technologies
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

New Release: Chromecast support, Thumbnails, Cross-Platform Support Matrix Extended

07 January 2015

We are happy to start the new year with the announcement of a new THEOplayer release with a number of very interesting...

chromecast support
support matrix
frame accurate seeking
program-date-time
release

THEOplayer is expanding the team

01 January 2015

THEOplayer is expanding because of the fast demand growth of our Universal Video Player. We are looking for talented...

hiring
THEOplayer

New Release: Windows Phone support, AES-128, DVR, Advertisements and Closed Captions

04 September 2014

A new version of THEOplayer has been released, bringing support for HLS to Windows Phone, but also adding support for...

advertising
DVR
AES-128
captions
release

THEOplayer will showcase the next generation of HTML5 video playback technology for the web at IBC 2014

13 August 2014

THEOplayer is excited to participate at IBC 2014, September 12-16 in Amsterdam. At the exhibition, we will demonstrate...

IBC trade show
html5 player

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage

05 September 2019

We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared

04 September 2019

In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?

28 August 2019

The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.

21 June 2019

Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we...

HLS
HLS stream
video streaming
online video
latency
low latency

In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams

18 December 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...

support matrix
DVR
MPEG-DASH
video streaming
thumbnails

How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges

26 November 2018

For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few...

cloud
CDN
stream problems
delivering content
"network api"

THEO Technologies wins Fast 50 Award in Media and Entertainment Category

16 November 2018

We are proud to announce that THEO Technologies won the 5th edition of Belgian Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Award in...

awards
THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK 2018 by Streaming Media Readers

15 November 2018

The 2018 Readers’ Choice Award winners have been announced yesterday during Streaming Media West in Huntington Beach,...

streaming media west
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
awards
Year Award
best video player

THEO Technologies has been nominated for the Deloitte's 2018 Technology Fast 50

25 October 2018

THEO Technologies has been nominated for Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 50 competition for technology companies...

THEO Technologies
fast 50
Deloitte

Advanced use cases of PWAs with THEOplayer

04 September 2018

In this series of articles, we have described what PWAs are, how they work, can be leveraged by media companies, and...

innovation
THEOplayer
delivering content
progressive web apps
offline playback

PWAs for media companies

28 August 2018

The usage of Progressive Web Apps is on the rise. It makes sense: as explained in the previous article in this series,...

innovation
THEOplayer
progressive web apps
customer case
offline playback

Go to the next level with Progressive Web Apps

21 August 2018

There has been a lot of buzz about Progressive Web Apps (or PWAs) lately. At THEOplayer, we strongly believe in the...

support matrix
innovation
THEOplayer
viewers expercience
progressive web apps

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome

13 August 2018

THEOplayer now supports AV1 on Chrome 69 Beta. The latest version of Google’s browser was released on August 2 with AV1...

support matrix
Chrome
google
AV1
video codec

Low Latency HLS - LHLS

09 August 2018

Within our series of articles explaining the needs for, and ways to achieve low latency, we already discussed Chunked...

HLS
innovation
live streaming
latency
LHLS

Low Latency with Chunked CMAF

06 August 2018

In the first part of this content series we discussed latency: what it is and why it is important, and we gave a...

HLS
innovation
CMAF
live streaming
latency

The importance of low latency in video streaming

01 August 2018

When it comes to live video, it’s hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is...

MPEG-DASH
playback speed
live streaming
online streaming
latency

Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards: vote for us!

26 July 2018

We are thrilled to announce that THEOplayer has been nominated for 2018 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award. This...

Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer
awards
best video player

Monetise your content with THEOplayer and Google DFP DAI pre-integration

17 July 2018

At a time when the popularity of online video surges, so do online video ads. Advertisers found in video a new source...

advertising
monetization
THEOplayer
SSAI
google

Chrome's Autoplay Policy: what you need to know

19 June 2018

You might have noticed that lately, when you land on a website, your video starts playing without sound. This is the...

THEOplayer
Chrome
new features
autoplay
video publishers

Optimise your video delivery costs with THEOplayer Network API

01 June 2018

Did you know that a 7 seconds video start-up time can result in 50 percent of your audience giving up on playing the...

reduce buffering
online streaming
new features
delivering content
"network api"

Building better experiences with THEOplayer’s Web Audio API

27 April 2018

Audio is a key factor in visual media and can enhance or destroy your experience: good processed audio can, in fact,...

THEOplayer
new features
audio

THEO Technologies Open House. It's time to celebrate!

29 March 2018

On March 13th we celebrated the official THEO Technologies' Open House at THEOplayer's HQ in Leuven, Belgium....

Events
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies
best video player

NAB Las Vegas. This is what you should not miss

28 March 2018

NAB Las Vegas is just a few weeks away and this year THEOplayer will be exhibiting as World’s Best Online Video Player...

Events
nab show
THEOplayer

AV1 or HEVC? How to choose the best video codec

09 March 2018

The last few months brought us a plethora of presentations, blogposts and articles (as you can read in our previous...

AV1
video codec
HEVC
AOM
MPEG

Meet THEOplayer at BVE

21 February 2018

The UK largest entertainment and media tech event, BVE, is about to kick off in London and THEOplayer will be one of...

Events
THEOplayer
BVE

THEOplayer's new iOS and Android SDK 2.0

01 February 2018

Worldwide market research shows that 57% of consumers watch videos on one of the 3.1 billion mobile devices active...

THEOplayer
new features
customise feature
SDK

Apple brings FairPlay DRM to the iOS Safari browser

26 January 2018

With the 11.2 iOS release, Apple has enabled FairPlay DRM support for their Safari browsers on mobile devices by...

content encryption
Encryption
drm
delivering content

Telenet and THEOplayer: beyond the customer case

25 January 2018

Telenet, the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium, has opened its Head Quarters doors in Mechelen...

partnership
THEOplayer
Telenet
customer case

THEO Technologies & SD Worx win HR Excellence Award for Flex Income Plan (FIP)

20 December 2017

Antwerp, 17 November 2017 – THEO Technologies & Belgian’s leading HR service provider SD Worx received the award for...

hiring
innovation
awards
THEO Technologies

THEOplayer awarded Best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Readers 2017

06 November 2017

The votes are in... THEOplayer is awarded as the Best Video Player Solution / SDK in the world during the Streaming...

streaming media west
THEOplayer
Year Award
best video player

Ramp and THEOplayer team up to simplify the delivery and playback of enterprise video

26 October 2017

AltitudeCDN™ and the Universal Player are mutually verified to operate seamlessly together as standard components of...

new features
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

The ultimate guide to online video advertising

27 September 2017

The following article provides an insight into the key technologies associated with video advertising and more...

advertising
content monetisation
VPAID2.0
VAST
VMAP

THEOplayer awarded the "Best of Show" at IBC 2017

21 September 2017

THEOplayer has been awarded with the Best of Show award by TVB Europe at IBC 2017. The awards honour innovation and...

THEOplayer
awards
IBC
TVB Europe
Best of Show

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platforms

31 August 2017

Integration of V-Nova PERSEUS™ 2 with THEOplayer Universal Player maximises picture quality across all HTML5 platform...

cross-platform
partnership
html5 player
THEOplayer
THEO Technologies

What is AV1? Past, Present & Future

24 August 2017

Quality Video for the 21st Century – H.264 & H.265 Video codecs serve one key task: reducing the byte size of videos...

reduce buffering
innovation
video streaming
AV1
H.265

For the 2nd year in a row, THEOplayer has been awarded best Video Player Solution / SDK by Streaming Media Europe

23 August 2017

Streaming Media announced today THEOplayer won for the 2nd time in a row Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the European...

online video
html5 player
nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Improve online video experience with Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and THEOplayer

08 June 2017

What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and how can this technology be leveraged by online video services to optimize the...

playback speed
video monetization
new features
google
progressive web apps

Casting with Chromecast made easy with THEOplayer

24 May 2017

Why is Google Chromecast so popular with users and how can we work with it to optimize the viewer’s quality experience?...

chromecast support
content monetisation
chromecast
google
SDK

The true value of a partnership with THEOplayer

18 May 2017

THEOplayer and Vualto – recipe for successful collaboration The unfolding of THEOplayer’s success Vualto, a global...

case study
partnership
THEOplayer
Vualto
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

Maximising Viewer Experience with Picture-In-Picture

04 May 2017

What is picture-in-picture (PiP) and how can we use it to deliver a more engaging viewer experience when we combine...

video content
new features
viewers expercience
content integration
customise feature

VR & 360° Video Beyond the Hype

13 April 2017

What is the current state and future of VR and 360° video? On Tuesday April 11th, our CPO Maarten Tielemans presided...

THEOplayer
new features
customer case
"content delivery"

Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

10 March 2017

Client-side ad insertion (CSAI) is one of the most used techniques for monetizing video content. With CSAI, ads are...

content monetisation
dynamic ad insertion
SSAI
server-side ad insertion
ad blocking

THEOplayer Nominated as Belgian Scale Up of the Year. Vote for us

27 February 2017

THEOplayer is proud to announce it is a nominee for this year’s Belgian Scale Up of the Year award. This award...

nomination
THEOplayer
Tech Startup Day
Scale Up of the Year award

Online Video in 2017: A Letter from Our CEO

07 December 2016

Steven Tielemans, the CEO and co-founder of THEOplayer, shares his view about the key trends in online video for 2017.

ad revenue
content monetisation
partnership
THEOplayer
new features

Customers Vote THEOplayer the Best Video Player

15 November 2016

THEOplayer has been named the Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the 2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards,...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
html5 player
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

Will Your Video Player Still Work in December?

08 November 2016

In less than 1 month, on the 6th of December, Google will be releasing Chrome 55. From this version onward, continuing...

Adobe flash
html5 player
Chrome
google

Multiscreen Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

03 November 2016

The first quarter of 2016 was another record-setting quarter for the online advertising industry, bringing in $15.9...

content monetisation
MPEG-DASH
SSAI
video monetization
"content delivery"

Another Deloitte Rising Star Award Nomination for THEOplayer

27 October 2016

Deloitte just announced that THEOplayer is once again nominated in the Rising Star category of the Deloitte Technology...

deloitte rising star
innovation
THEOplayer
awards

THEOplayer Launches the New, Easy Way to Purchase the Pro License

07 October 2016

5 Ways Your Business Will Benefit From Our New Hassle-Free Licensing Plan I'm happy to announce that as of this week...

ads in HTML5
THEOplayer
pricing

How CMAF Will Influence The Online Streaming Industry

22 September 2016

Many major online content publishers are using a combination of both HLS and MPEG-DASH to reach their audience across...

HLS
MPEG-DASH
CMAF
fmp4
online streaming

THEOplayer at Streaming Media West 2016

21 September 2016

Heading to Streaming Media West 2016? We look forward to seeing you in Huntington Beach!

Events
streaming media west
Periscope
THEOplayer

Help THEOplayer Win the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

14 September 2016

THEOplayer counts on you! Being nominated for the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, we look forward to seeing...

nomination
Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
THEOplayer

FCC Regulations On Closed Captions – How to Become Compliant

05 September 2016

The TV and broadcasting sector in the US has experienced quite a change in the last years. The FCC introduced new...

closed captions
FCC
THEOplayer

THEOplayer and Yospace announce partnership

25 August 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer and Yospace, the industry leader in Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, have announced a...

partnership
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

Next-Level Content Monetization With Dynamic Ad Insertion In HTML5

25 August 2016

The Challenges Of Video Advertising Today In today’s market, broadcasters, operators and online publishers are dealing...

advertising
content monetisation
online video
server-side ad replacement
dynamic ad insertion

3 Reasons to Switch Now to Plugin-Free Streaming In HTML5

10 August 2016

To ensure consistent playback on all devices and platforms, many online video providers still rely on plugins such as...

html5
Adobe flash
Microsoft Silverlight

THEOplayer at IBC Amsterdam 2016

26 July 2016

Deliver world-class viewer experience without plugins. Key features of THEOplayer are: Adaptive playback of MPEG-DASH...

Events
HLS
MPEG-DASH
IBC trade show

The Case of Adobe’s next Zero-Day Flash Vulnerability

13 May 2016

It’s not a secret that Adobe Flash Player has recently seen some serious flaws and vulnerabilities affecting your...

html5
Adobe flash
Uncategorized
vulnerabilities
zero-day exploit

Seamless video transition with preloading

09 May 2016

As an online publisher there is certainly a large stock of videos that piles up in your system. Imagine your viewer...

interactive video
preloading
seamless transition

Reduce buffering with a faster adaptive bitrate

29 April 2016

55% of people watch their favorite movie or TV show online on tablet, laptop or TV every day. But what if you have to...

faster ABR
adaptive bitrate
reduce buffering

How to maximize ad revenue with VPAID 2.0 interactive ads

28 April 2016

$9.14 billion. This is the estimated spending on online video advertising in the US alone and the trend for the coming...

content monetisation
ads in HTML5
mobile ad
VPAID2.0

THEOplayer and Microsoft Azure Media Services announce collaboration

26 April 2016

Leuven, Belgium. THEOplayer, leader in HTML5 streaming technology, and Microsoft Azure Media Services today announced...

html5
CDN
Microsoft Azure Media Services
partnership

THEOplayer at NAB Show 2016, Las Vegas

06 April 2016

Welcome to Las Vegas! THEOplayer will present the latest features at the NAB Show 2016, April 18-21 in Las Vegas. Take...

NAB Show 2016

Case Study: the University of Manitoba

30 March 2016

The Canadian University of Manitoba and their staff and students have long time been struggling with their custom-made...

support organization
University of Manitoba
video clipping
case study

THEOplayer meets Vivaldi, a new browser for the web

15 March 2016

Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and some more search pages. Who does not know the feeling? Too many tabs...

new web browser
Vivaldi support
partnership

CEA-608/708 Closed Captions - Your content accessible for everyone

26 February 2016

“Wait… What did he just say?” This is a well-known problem for many of the 100 million people who watch online video...

closed captions
CEA-608
CEA-708
subtitles

Case Study: Hudl and THEOplayer help coaches and athletes win

05 February 2016

In this case study we will outline how and why the sports and technology company Hudl uses THEOplayer into their...

cross-platform
frame accurate seeking
Hudl
playback speed
case study

THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More

04 February 2016

The new year started exciting with a new major update of our fully HTML5 based video player THEOplayer. The 1.6 version...

clipping
Edge
frame accurate clipping
ad block detection
MPEG-DASH
multiple audio

Frame-Accurate Clipping in HLS: Share Your Best Moments

02 February 2016

People love watching videos, but sometimes they don't have the time to watch a long video. They are looking for a...

clipping
frame accurate clipping
HLS

Content Protection for HLS with AES-128 Encryption

21 January 2016

With the increase of piracy, protecting media content is one of the key concerns of many publishers. In this article,...

content encryption
content protection
Encryption
HLS
AES-128

Video Trends in 2016: Interactive video in HTML5

13 January 2016

In 2015, 60 percent of people preferred video over reading text. It keeps visitors on your website and is more...

facebook html5
interactive video
micro moments
video trends
video trends in 2016

THEOplayer supports TV-Style Monetization

18 December 2015

Building your audience and monetisation of online video content is of huge importance to making it a sustainable...

ad revenue
content monetisation

Bye Bye Betamax, hello THEOplayer

30 November 2015

A week or two ago, Sony announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Amazing news! I did...

DVR
html5
video recording

THEOplayer nominated for the Deloitte Rising Star Award

05 November 2015

Deloitte announced that THEOplayer is one of the technology startups that has been nominated in the Rising Star...

deloitte rising star
innovation

Case Study: The National Assembly of Wales

29 October 2015

The National Assembly of Wales engages Vualto, THEOplayer (THEO Technologies) and Unified Streaming for their new...

DVR
case study
captions
metadata

The pains of Cross Origin Resource Sharing

22 October 2015

HTML5 is booming and plugin based media distribution is diminishing. This however brings a number of new challenges...

HLS
CORS
html5 player
THEOplayer

Yet another Adobe Flash Exploit

15 October 2015

Yesterday, 14 October 2015, antivirus company Trend Micro notified the world of yet another Flash exploit that is being...

Adobe flash
adobe

No Silverlight on Firefox anymore

09 October 2015

Our customer Mozilla intends to remove support for most NPAPI plugins in Firefox by the end of 2016. The company...

plugin-free
Microsoft Silverlight

BBC embraces HTML5 for its iPlayer

02 October 2015

It is always news if the BBC introduces something new, as they are known to be a first mover in the market. Their...

plugin-free
Adobe flash
html5 player

THEO Technologies announces THEOplayer-DASH

25 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce the availability of THEOplayer-DASH, a video player built from the ground up to support...

content encryption
content protection
MPEG-DASH
drm

THEOplayer 1.5 - Trick Play, ID3 timed metadata, Hot Keys and Adblock detection

24 August 2015

THEOplayer is proud to announce a new version bringing cross-platform support for ID3 timed metadata in HLS, keyboard...

adblock detection
id3
release
metadata

THEOplayer at IBC 2015

10 August 2015

THEOplayer will present the newest possibilities and features of THEOplayer at IBC 2015, September 11-15 in Amsterdam....

IBC trade show
html5 player

Adobe Flash for video streaming? It is time to move on!

14 July 2015

With the recent Hacking Team hack, during which at least two 0-day Adobe Flash exploits have been released in the wild,...

html5
Adobe flash
adobe

THEOplayer Discusses Replacing Flash by HTML5 for Video Streaming at Streaming Media East 2015

10 May 2015

THEOplayer, today announced that founder and HTML5 video streaming expert, Pieter-Jan Speelmans, has been selected to...

html5
Adobe flash
streaming media east
video streaming

THEOplayer Joins Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance Partner Program

24 March 2015

THEOplayer recently joined the Wowza® Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program. Wowza Media Systems (“Wowza”)...

wowza
video streaming
partnership
THEOplayer Partner Success Team

THEOplayer will demo its technology at NAB 2015, Las Vegas

23 March 2015

THEOplayer's unique technology allows live and on-demand content to be streamed using adaptive HTTP-based protocols...

Events
nab show
html5 player

Vualto chooses THEOplayer for HTML5 cross-platform streaming

14 January 2015

Vualto, global specialists in innovative content delivery and management, signed an exclusive UK reseller agreement...

cross-platform
partnership
THEO Technologies
THEO Technologies Partner Success Team

New Release: Chromecast support, Thumbnails, Cross-Platform Support Matrix Extended

07 January 2015

We are happy to start the new year with the announcement of a new THEOplayer release with a number of very interesting...

chromecast support
support matrix
frame accurate seeking
program-date-time
release

THEOplayer is expanding the team

01 January 2015

THEOplayer is expanding because of the fast demand growth of our Universal Video Player. We are looking for talented...

hiring
THEOplayer

New Release: Windows Phone support, AES-128, DVR, Advertisements and Closed Captions

04 September 2014

A new version of THEOplayer has been released, bringing support for HLS to Windows Phone, but also adding support for...

advertising
DVR
AES-128
captions
release

THEOplayer will showcase the next generation of HTML5 video playback technology for the web at IBC 2014

13 August 2014

THEOplayer is excited to participate at IBC 2014, September 12-16 in Amsterdam. At the exhibition, we will demonstrate...

IBC trade show
html5 player

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage

05 September 2019

We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared

04 September 2019

In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?

28 August 2019

The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and...

adaptive bitrate
CDN
live streaming
low latency
fast zapping
HESP
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol
low bandwidth
scalable

Apple's Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS - what you need to know.

21 June 2019

Apple recently announced their Protocol Extension for Low-Latency HLS (Preliminary Specification). In this blogpost we...

HLS
HLS stream
video streaming
online video
latency
low latency