Los Altos, CA. and New York / Sept. 4th, 2024 / Ant Media, a leader in ultra-low latency streaming solutions, and Visionular Inc., a pioneer in AI-driven video compression technology, are thrilled to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at transforming the live streaming and video compression landscapes.
This partnership combines Ant Media’s cutting-edge streaming capabilities with Visionular’s state-of-the-art video compression technology for H.264/AVC, HEVC, and AV1, thus creating a powerful synergy that promises to
- streamline live-streaming deployments
- reduce the cost of doing business by cutting down on CDN and storage costs,
- improve video quality, and
- enhance video streaming experiences across various applications.
“We believe our partnership with Visionular Inc. allows us to leverage their state-of-the-art video compression technology, ensuring that our users have an option for encoding solutions to deliver unparalleled quality and efficiency with their AI-Driven compression.” said Ahmet Oguz Mermerkaya, Co-Founder at Ant Media Inc.
Cutting-edge AI-driven Video Compression
Visionular Inc., a pioneer in AI-driven video compression leverages AI in its video compression solutions (for AV1, H.265/HEVC, and H.264/AVC) to achieve significant bitrate savings while maintaining or improving video quality and encoding faster.
With over 100 enterprise-customers, including the likes of Pinterest, ShareChat, Hudl, Huya, Josh, and others, Visionular helps content-providers improve their ROI by helping them deliver high-quality video at reduced CDN and storage costs.
Thanks to a finely tuned three-step process of Scene Classification, AI-driven video enhancement, and Content-Adaptive Encoding, Visionular’s technology greatly improves the user experience and significantly reduces costs (storage, delivery, and transcoding) for the content provider owing to its superior compression efficiency.
“Partnering with Ant Media is an exciting opportunity for Visionular to push the limits of video streaming and compression,” said Zoe Liu, Co-Founder and CTO at Visionular Inc.
“By integrating our advanced AI-driven compression technologies for H.264/AVC, HEVC, and AV1 with the Ant Media Server, we’re committed to helping content providers deploy quickly, enhance user experiences, cut operational costs, and maximize their return on investment.”
Ant Media’s Powerful Streaming Engine
Ant Media Server, a renowned product from Ant Media, is a live video streaming engine designed to provide scalable, ultra-low latency / low latency, and adaptive video streaming solutions to meet evolving needs of live streaming demands in the market.
It is trusted by over 2000 enterprises worldwide and simplifies the complex process of streaming, making it accessible to any user. Customers can easily deploy Ant Media’s live video and VoD streaming solutions based on their requirements and preferences.
They can choose to deploy it either on-premises or on public cloud networks such as AWS, Azure, Google, Akamai, Oracle and Digital Ocean. It comes with free SDKs and REST APIs enabling faster and more efficient deployment for variety of different streaming solutions.
Joint Product Showcase at IBC 2024
As part of this collaboration, Ant Media and Visionular will be showcasing their joint offering at IBC 2024 in Hall 14, Booth C19. Attendees will experience firsthand how the integration of Ant Media Server’s ultra-low latency streaming solutions with Visionular’s advanced compression technology can enhance video streaming across various applications.
The joint product will be demonstrated through live presentations, illustrating its capabilities in live auctions, sports, eSports and gaming, news, and online education.
The companies will showcase how Ant Media Server’s ultra-low latency streaming solutions, including WebRTC, LL-HLS, LL-DASH, and HLS, are integrated with Visionular’s innovative compression technologies.
About Visionular
Visionular Inc. is a next-generation video encoding, processing, and streaming software and cloud solution company. With over 100 enterprise customers globally, Visionular leverages the power of AI and machine learning to deliver high-quality video streaming at minimal bitrates. Visionular’s solutions empower video streaming services to reduce CDN and compute costs while improving the visual quality of their videos.
About Ant Media
Ant Media has emerged as a prominent provider of cutting-edge real-time streaming media solutions and products to a global customer base. Ant Media Server, the flagship offering, is deployed on a remarkable network of over 2000 customers with 7,000 servers spanning across 120 countries, showcasing its widespread adoption and reach.
