Ooredoo goes live with an IPTV and OTT converged headend powered by Ateme in time for the Qatar World Cup 2022
Ateme has announced that international communications company Ooredoo has gone live with an IPTV and over the top (OTT) converged headend powered by Ateme’s Titan encoders.
Ooredoo delivers mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of 130 million customers across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Doha, Ooredoo also has a presence in other markets, including Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives and Indonesia.
Ooredoo TV, which is Ooredoo Qatar’s TV service, offers live TV, on-demand content libraries and apps, delivered via the company’s fibre network and in-home WiFi to multiple screens. The solution is helping to power Ooredoo TV in time for the World Cup 2022.
For the World Cup, all matches will be available to view on Ooredoo tv on channel 101, beIN Sports HD1. Also, the Ooredoo Sports app has been updated just in time for the event to include competing teams and players. The app – a sports conversational artificial intelligence platform enhanced with augmented reality that enables a transformed fan engagement – allows fans to access information on favourite clubs and players, navigate event venues with the wayfinding feature.
The new converged headend, powered by Ateme’s high video quality, high density software encoders, offers Ooredoo an all-in-one solution for its current IPTV infrastructure and its plans to migrate services to pure OTT for its lineup of 450 linear channels and 1000-plus hours of offline content. The project was completed in 12 weeks with zero down time.
With a focus on innovation and standardization, Ateme ensures its solutions enable customers such as Ooredoo to achieve high video quality at low latency, while its innovative business model provides a flexible expansion to meet increased demand in the future. Ateme’s R&D support also enables a futuristic roadmap and an alignment of features to meet its customers’ future needs.
“We wanted a solution that would meet today’s streaming requirements, while also being ready for the future,” said Saoud Al-Shammeri, assistant director TV and multimedia at Ooredoo Qatar. “Ateme’s converged headend, with its high-density Titan encoders, fit our vision perfectly. It enabled us to optimise our datacentre costs by having a dense solution without any compromise on quality, while also providing an agile and flexible solution to reach more customers on the devices of their choice today and tomorrow.”
Added Rajesh Jagadish, sales director for MEA at Ateme: “This project ensures that Ooredoo customers continue to be served with pristine video quality at lowest latency. We are proud to have accompanied Ooredoo in this transformation and enabled their viewers to stream their preferred content to any device.”