The new converged headend offers Ooredoo a complete solution for its current IPTV infrastructure.
International communications company Ooredoo has gone live with an IPTV/OTT converged headend powered by Ateme’s Titan encoders.
Headquartered in Doha, Ooredoo delivers mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate-managed services across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.
Ooredoo TV, which is Ooredoo Qatar’s TV service, offers live TV, on-demand content libraries and apps, delivered via the company’s fiber network and in-home Wi-Fi to multiple screens.
The new converged headend, powered by Ateme’s software encoders, offers Ooredoo an all-in-one solution for its current IPTV infrastructure and its plans to migrate services to OTT for its lineup of 450 linear channels and 1000+ hours of offline content. The project was completed in 12 weeks with zero downtime.
Commenting on the development, Saoud Al-Shammeri, Assistant Director of TV & Multimedia at Ooredoo Qatar, said: “We wanted a solution that would meet today’s streaming requirements, while also being ready for the future. Ateme’s converged headend, with its high-density Titan encoders, fit our vision perfectly. It enabled us to optimize our data centre 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.”
Rajesh Jagadish, Sales Director – MEA at Ateme, added: “This project ensures that Ooredoo customers continue to be served with pristine video quality at the lowest latency. We are proud to have accompanied Ooredoo in this transformation and enabled their viewers to stream their preferred content to any device.”
