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Streaming Video Aliance
At OPTICOM, we are proud to announce our membership of the Streaming Video Alliance, an industry consortium comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem.
SVA helps set guidelines for members to abide by in categories such as QoE Industry Guidelines, where we look forward to contributing with our knowledge and innovations for perceptual analysis for QoE, and presenting development progress within International Standards Organisations.
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CONNECT magazine‘s 2018 benchmark of German networks puts Broadband Providers and Streaming-Portals through their Paces: Zafaco and OPTICOM test more Video Streaming Services than ever before.
German operator 1&1 won in 2017, but German Telekom is once again top of CONNECT magazine‘s new 2018 benchmark of German networks. Tested by zafaco GmbH and backed by OPTICOM GmbH‘s POLQA and PEVQ-S MOS tools for voice and video streaming benchmarking, this year‘s test analyzed more video streaming services than ever before: Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, YouTube, Zattoo and public TV ZDF. With 48 test sites all over Germany and about 4.4m measurements carried out during May and June 2018, the annual CONNECT test, now in it‘s 9th year, delivers again comprehensive QoE insights of Germany‘s network infrastructure...
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In Dec. 2017 issue, German test magazine „VIDEO“ employs PEVQ-S to rank quality of Web-TV services incl. Amazon, Facebook, Netflix…
Who wins with the best quality of video streaming service in Germany? “VIDEO” Test and technology magazine, together with Zafaco and OPTICOM’s PEVQ-S technology, benchmark QoE for the most popular video streaming offerings.
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New ITU-T Recommendation P.1203 Supports Quality Estimation of Adaptive Bitrate Bideo Streaming Services
In December 2016, ITU-T SG12 approved recommendation P.1203, which describes algorithms ("models") that estimate the end user media quality for adaptive streaming sessions.
Erlangen, GERMANY – 06. March 2017
The recommendation is applicable to non-intrusive in-service quality monitoring and contributes to the development of high-quality adaptive bitrate video streaming services. By using P.1203, service providers and network operators can now monitor the quality of their video services, and thus take actions if the targeted quality is not reached ...
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New Video Measurement Technology puts Broadband Providers and Streaming-Portals through their Paces: Zafaco and OPTICOM test the Quality of Internet Video Streaming Services throughout Germany
Speed of Internet Access alone is no Guarantee of Quality – A new Fixed Network Test by the Journal “connect” provides greater Transparency for Consumers
Erlangen/Ismaning, – 12. July 2016
In its latest issue (08/16), the German specialist journal “connect” presents a new nationwide fixed network test. Following the current trend that telecom networks are increasingly transforming from voice telephony to video distribution networks, an entirely new focus was placed on WebTV ...
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Neues Video-Messverfahren schaut Breitband-anbietern und Streaming-Portalen in die Karten: zafaco und OPTICOM testen bundesweit die Qualität von Internet-Video-Streamingdiensten
Geschwindigkeit des Internetzugangs allein kein Qualitätsgarant - Neuer Festnetztest der Zeitschrift „connect“ liefert Beitrag zu mehr Transparenz für Verbraucher
Erlangen/Ismaning, – 12. Juli 2016
Die Fachzeitschrift „connect“ hat in ihrer aktuellen Ausgabe (08/16) den neuen, deutschlandweiten Festnetztest vorgestellt. Dem aktuellen Trend folgend, dass sich die Netze der Breitbandanbieter immer mehr von der Sprachtelefonie zu Video-Distributionsnetzen wandeln, wurde ein bisher noch ...
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DSL Provider Benchmark features PEVQ-S to test Streaming Video Quality
“Best German Network Operator 2015” Award by the ‘Connect’ Magazine benchmarks the Streaming QoE of YouTube, Amazon Video and Videoload. For Video and Voice quality characterization OPTICOM’s standardized metrics PEVQ-S and POLQA were applied. Tests included 1.7 M Data Points gathered at 36 sites across Germany.
Erlangen, GERMANY – 06. November 2015
During summer 2015, a large scale, nationwide benchmark based on 1.7 M measurements was conducted, investigating the OTT streaming video quality delivered by various German network operators. For the first time, the video services under study were analyzed with OPTICOM’s new PEVQ-S metric...
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Benchmark and Optimize Streaming Video Quality with OPTICOM’s PEVQ-S
New Measurement Standard for Video Streaming Quality enables accurate testing of Video-on-Demand Services like YouTube, Amazon and Netflix by modelling Subjective Subscriber Experience
Erlangen, GERMANY – 24. February 2015
At Mobile World Congress 2015, OPTICOM, the leading experts for Voice and Video Quality testing algorithms, will feature PEVQ-S, a novel analysis technique for video streaming quality testing, benchmarking and optimization.
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OPTICOM premieres OTT Streaming Video Quality Testing at NAB Show 2014
PEVQ-S enables accurate Picture Quality Benchmarking and Optimization of OTT Video Services, by modelling Subjective Subscriber Experience
Las Vegas, NV – 13. April 2014
OPTICOM, the German pioneer for Voice and Video Quality testing premiers PEVQ-S, a novel analysis technique for OTT video quality measurement, benchmarking and optimization at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas.
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OPTICOM first to premiere Standards-based OTT Video Quality Testing at Mobile World Congress
PEVQ-S enables accurate Picture Quality Benchmarking and Optimization of OTT Video Services, by modelling Subjective Subscriber Experience
Erlangen, GERMANY – 18. February 2014
OPTICOM, the German pioneer for Voice and Video Quality testing launches PEVQ-S, a novel analysis technique for OTT video quality measurement, benchmarking and optimization at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona.
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Anite to integrate OPTICOM’s PEVQ-S streaming video analysis in Nemo tools
Enables operators to more effectively analyse their services, optimise their networks, and ultimately improve the end-user experience
Oulu, Finland – 17. February, 2014
Anite, a global leader in wireless network testing technology, and OPTICOM, the leading provider of signal-based perceptual measurement technology for voice, audio and video, today announced a partnership whereby Anite will implement OPTICOM’s new streaming video quality testing algorithm, PEVQ-S, in its Nemo wireless network testing tools.
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