MwareTV partners with THEO Technologies to boost viewer Quality of Experience
by THEO Technologies on September 11, 2023
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 11th September 2023 - MwareTV, a leading cloud-based multi-tenant TV platform provider, is proud to announce its strategic collaboration with THEO Technologies. This partnership empowers MwareTV to integrate THEOplayer into their TV platform, delivering top …
Decoding the decoders: THEOplayer Android SDK decoder selection extension
by Daniel Dallos on July 20, 2023
Today, most streaming services are supporting more than 10 platforms with close to the same number of apps in different stores. Supporting all these platforms is a hygiene factor. It just has to work. Large streaming providers such as Netflix, Youtube, Peacock and Twitch are setting t …
THEOplayer 5.0 is here!
by Bart Van Oosterhout on April 6, 2023
We're excited to announce that THEOplayer 5.0 is now available! This new version marks the official rollout of all the developments and improvements we've accomplished over the past few months.
Benefits of a commercial React Native video player vs DIY with open source
by Bart Van Oosterhout on December 21, 2022
Why is React Native important? React Native is one of the most popular open source UI software frameworks. It allows you to develop fully in Javascript without having acquired previous knowledge or experience in native platforms. This framework brings a single code base, promoting the …
THEOplayer adds support for MPEG-5 LCEVC
by Bart Van Oosterhout on September 7, 2022
London, UK, Leuven, Belgium- September 7th, 2022 – THEO Technologies, on a mission to change the way the world streams video over the Internet, and V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announce that THEO Technologies' THEOplayer, an award-winning video play …
Optimizing LL-HLS: How does HESP fare against LL-HLS?
by Negar Hajihoseini on October 20, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. Additionally, we have also discussed the importance of GOP size and its impacts on the overall viewing experience and provide 4 recom …
Optimizing LL-HLS: 4 Recommendations For The Best Low-Latency Streaming
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 22, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. Additionally, we have also discussed the importance of GOP size and its impacts on the overall viewing experience. In this blog, we w …
Optimizing LL-HLS: The Impacts of GOP size on Viewing Experience
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 14, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. In this blog, we will take a dive into the importance of Group of Pictures (GOP) and its impacts on the overall viewing experience. A …
Optimizing LL-HLS: 4 Key Factors affecting its performance
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 9, 2021
In the previous LL-HLS series, we’ve covered how it works and how the end-to-end solution should look as well as suitable use cases and THEO’s recommendations for LL-HLS implementations. In this blog series, we want to focus on how to tune better for Low Latency Streaming with an intr …
Buy vs Build: The Advantage of a Commercial Video Player
by Craig Ferguson on July 20, 2021
When planning (or re-evaluating) your approach to the video player component of your video delivery workflow, you will more than likely at some point reach a crossroads when considering the decision to follow the open-source or commercial video player path. Whilst both options are ent …