Innovations in Low Latency Live Streaming
by THEO Technologies on April 29, 2022
In April 2022 THEO Technologies exhibited at NAB in Las Vegas. We showcased both our flagship product THEOplayer and our brand new streaming solution THEOlive. Our co-founder and CTO Pieter-Jan Speelmans went on stage to talk about the innovations in low latency live streaming.
Mini Guide on Low Latency
by THEO Technologies on May 11, 2021
When it comes to live video, it's hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is especially noticeable when video is distributed using online streaming platforms. You may have heard the stories of watching a sports event and hearing the neighbours ch …
State of the Industry - How will streaming evolve in 2021
by THEO Technologies on February 1, 2021
2020 was certainly an interesting year: COVID forced people across the world to stay indoors, with bars and theaters closing and cancellations of festivals and events resulting in entertainment to be sought elsewhere. Before the summer, it caused spikes in network consumption due to a …
Mini Guide to Content Protection
by THEO Technologies on December 24, 2019
With piracy on the rise again, it is worth taking a moment to consider how you can prevent your content from being pirated. Pirated content (ranging from link sharing to straight-out downloading of content) generally results in a loss of revenue. While there are many approaches to pro …
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : Bandwidth Usage
by Steven Tielemans on September 5, 2019
We compared the streaming bandwidth between the HESP and CMAF-CTE streams from the test setup. Bandwidths were measured when delivered to the client by measuring the total amount of data transfered over a period of 10 minutes for a live channel distributing a few different types of co …
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol : End-to-end latency compared
by Steven Tielemans on September 4, 2019
In order to compare latency achievements of the HESP protocol, we designed a test scenario where HESP is compared with CMAF-CTE, using the same encoding settings, and a selected set of chunk and segment sizes for the CMAF setup (meaning a changing GOP size).
What is the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and why does the video industry need it?
by Steven Tielemans on August 28, 2019
The media industry is constantly pushing to innovate in order to improve viewer experience in an attempt to attract and tie customers to their service. This is however hampered by technical hurdles like high- latency, mind boggling video start times and bandwidth constraints. With the …
How a Powerful Player API Can Help Solve Today’s Delivery Challenges
by THEOplayer on November 26, 2018
For video engineers it is clear: The online video industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace. During the last few years, we’ve seen the demise of old streaming protocols and the introduction of new ones, the disappearance of browser plugins, an explosion in video capable consumer …
THEOplayer and Microsoft Azure Media Services announce collaboration
by THEOplayer on April 26, 2016
THEOplayer, a leader in HTML5 streaming technology, and Microsoft Azure Media Services announced their joint innovation in online streaming within the cloud. The partnership allows publishers and broadcasters to benefit from cloud flexibility as well as the easy and seamless streaming …