Witbe’s Latest Innovation Monitors Video App Network Requests and ABR Streams for User Experience Data
NEW YORK — April 9, 2024 — Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT), a global leader in test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, today announced its new ABR Stream Analysis technology. Officially debuting at the 2024 NAB Show, Witbe’s latest offering enhances the powerful monitoring capabilities of the company’s award-winning Witbox+ by analyzing the requests between a video app being tested and the network it’s running on. This technology supplies providers with additional data on how a user’s video-watching experience is affected by the Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) stream.
Witbe’s technology tests and monitors real, physical devices to measure user quality of experience and identify video issues. The Witbox+ allows teams to observe and monitor services while they are running on any real device, including smart TVs and mobile devices. Witbe’s ABR Stream Analysis technology offers service providers an additional level of monitoring through the network layer. It can automatically verify that any streaming asset’s video profiles are available, as well as its audio and subtitle tracks.
“Witbe’s ABR Stream Analysis technology was developed alongside our new Ad Monitoring and Matching technology as the natural next step in our mission to help service providers accurately test and monitor their video offerings,” commented Mathieu Planche, CEO at Witbe. “I am excited to launch this innovative technology and further expand the monitoring capabilities of the Witbox+, the most powerful automated testing device on the market.”
Following the launch, Witbe’s ABR Stream Analysis technology will be available for purchase either as a software addition to the Witbox+ or as a separate dedicated device in the WitboxABR, a new offering in Witbe’s hardware line. The WitboxABR allows teams to fully harness the new ABR Stream Analysis technology and perform their network tests at scale, running thousands of sessions simultaneously, along with monitoring for CDN errors and SCTE-35 cues.
Witbe will showcase its ABR Stream Analysis technology at the 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 14-17, in the West Hall at booth W2053. Additional information about Witbe’s technology, Software Suite, and the entire Witbox product lineup is available at www.witbe.net.
Witbe’s Must-See Conference Session at the 2024 NAB ShowYoann Hinard, chief operations officer at Witbe, will speak at the 2024 NAB Show Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference as part of the Digital Online Operations presentations. The session, “AI Innovations in Testing and Monitoring: How Machine Learning is Transforming Testing and Monitoring on Real Devices,” takes place on Monday, April 15 at 1:30 p.m. PDT, at the West Hall Meeting Rooms Level 2 (W222-W223).
Witbe to Present at IP Showcase Theater at the 2024 NAB Show Hinard will also be presenting at the IP Showcase Theater on Wednesday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m. PDT at the 2024 NAB Show. His presentation, “Transitioning from QAM to IP Video Delivery: Best Practices, Challenges, and Considerations for Providers,” will dissect the challenges and strategies for quality control (QC) and monitoring in a rapidly evolving environment where platforms like Android TV and RDK are prevalent.
About Witbe (www.witbe.net)
Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT) provides test automation and proactive monitoring technology for global video services. Headquartered in Paris with locations across the globe, the company makes award-winning hardware and software applications for video streaming providers that test the quality of experience their customers receive. Witbe is the only company on the market capable of testing any video service running on any device (including PCs, smartphones, STBs, and smart TVs) over any network (including fiber, 5G, and OTT).
Thanks to its revolutionary Witbox and powerful Witbe Software Suite, the company recently launched its Ad Monitoring and Matching technology for dynamically inserted streaming ads. Witbe is proud to have customers — including Comcast, Cox, Verizon, Peacock, and Orange — in more than 50 countries. More information and further updates are available at www.witbe.net.
