OneFootball Kicks Off Collaboration with Bitmovin and Akamai
OneFootball is using Bitmovin’s Live Encoder, which runs on Akamai’s Connected Cloud, 为全球球迷社区提供高质量的直播.
Denver, Colorado(11 Apr 2024)
Bitmovin, a leading provider of video streaming software solutions, and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), announces OneFootball, 它是世界上最大的数字足球平台之一，由皇家马德里等俱乐部支持, Manchester City and FC Bayern Munich, 选择部署Bitmovin的Live Encoder，它将在Akamai Connected Cloud上运行，为观众提供最高水平的音频和视频质量. The joint solution will ensure OneFootball can 通过天空体育等广播合作伙伴提供高质量的流媒体服务, DAZN, and Globo to soccer fans around the world.
OneFootball established itself as an early leader in digital soccer content, 它是苹果应用商店前100个足球新闻和得分应用程序之一. Over the past few years, oneffootball寻求一个独特的机会来弥补分散的足球媒体格局，它不仅仅是一个移动得分应用程序，而且还带来了数百家俱乐部的内容, leagues, federations, blogs, and broadcasters to fans. Now, OneFootball 是否拥有全球2亿活跃用户，并通过提供个性化的足球内容体验，让球迷更接近球场上的行动, products, and services, 包括在免费广告支持或按次付费的基础上直播比赛的能力. oneeffootball的公司理念是重新想象年轻的Z世代和Y世代球迷如何消费与足球相关的内容, 而这些尖端体验需要行业领先技术的支持.
“我们希望技术合作伙伴能够体现创新精神，并提供确保质量的解决方案和工具, reliability, and process ownership,” said Yannick Ramcke, General Manager OTT at OneFootball, “我们与Bitmovin和Akamai合作，因为他们创造了一个解决方案，通过帮助我们代表我们的广播合作伙伴和全球社区安全地提供无与伦比的体验质量，为直播体验树立了新的标准.”
oneffootball开始部署Bitmovin的Live Encoder，这证明了该公司作为OTT分销平台最近的成功增长:其现有的视频流基础设施和流程是为多达1个视频流构建的,000 live matches per month, OneFootball已经开始超出现有解决方案的能力和容量. OneFootball wanted to invest in in-sourcing and custom-building a fit-for-purpose video chain, with preferred, bespoke partners for each step of the modular process.It chose the Bitmovin Live Encoder because of its ability to 通过优化启动时间，保证高质量流的速度和规模，并提供更有效的编码工作流程. 选择Bitmovin的Live Encoder也意味着全球运营的数字媒体平台可以利用Akamai Connected Cloud的强大功能, the 世界上最分布式的云计算、安全和内容交付平台.
“一个致力于世界上最受欢迎的体育运动的平台，由一些最知名的体育俱乐部支持，并拥有市场领先的广播公司，这需要Akamai互联云带来的全球规模和性能,” said Jon Alexander, Vice President of Cloud Technology Product Management at Akamai. “在Akamai上运行Bitmovin的Live Encoder可以帮助像oneffootball这样的组织通过出色的观看体验和始终如一的高质量服务吸引热情的粉丝群.
Bitmovin实时编码器和Akamai是一个动态的二人组，确保高速传输和惊人的视觉质量流,” Stefan Lederer, CEO and co-founder of Bitmovin, “We are incredibly proud that OneFootball has deployed our solution, and the role it will play in providing curated, 为全球球迷社区提供在线体验，并提供超出观众期望的直播视频流.”
Bitmovin Live Encoding是一个完全托管的软件即服务(SaaS)，可以帮助组织进行体育直播, news, and events of all types to viewers on any device. Bitmovin的Live Encoder也有一个直观的用户界面，使所有级别的用户都可以轻松地快速设置直播流, 而Bitmovin强大的API让用户完全控制编码管道的各个方面. 在Akamai Connected Cloud上运行Bitmovin的实时编码器意味着编码器与Akamai云存储预先集成，用于实时点播和实时剪辑. Furthermore, integration with Akamai Media Services Live (MSL4) and Akamai CDN provides secure, efficient content delivery.
Bitmovin will demonstrate its Live Encoding on Akamai Cloud Computing at the 2024 NAB Show 4月14-17日，拉斯维加斯(Bitmovin展位W3013, Akamai会议空间W235LMR).
About Akamai
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About Bitmovin
Bitmovin是为全球数字媒体公司和服务提供商提供视频基础设施的领先提供商. 该公司一直处于行业创新和数字视频流媒体行业所有重大发展的最前沿.
Bitmovin构建了世界上第一个商业自适应流媒体播放器，并部署了第一个可以在任何云平台上运行的软件定义编码服务. Its cloud-native technology offers the most flexible and scalable media encoding, playback, and analytics solutions available with unparalleled device reach, ease of integration, and world-class customer support.
Bitmovin customers benefit from optimized operations, reduced time-to-market, and the best viewer experience possible. Bitmovin is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has major offices in Vienna, Klagenfurt, Austria as well as London and Berlin. The company has over 400 customers across the globe, including ClassPass, BBC, fuboTV, Hulu, and Discovery. For more information, visit www.bitmovin.com.
About OneFootball
Founded in 2008, oneffootball是面向新一代移动优先足球迷的领先足球平台, with plans to become the football marketplace for content, products and services of the future. 它通过其拥有和运营的平台(横跨移动和连接电视应用程序以及网站)和视频分发网络，每月为超过2亿人提供服务, bringing fans closer to the game with breaking news, highlight clips, live streaming, and more. OneFootball is backed by the biggest clubs in the world of football, such as Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, PSG, FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Chelsea FC, Arsenal London, Olympique de Marseille, Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur, Juventus, Torino and the German Football Federation. OneFootball partners with over 200 clubs, leagues, federations, 球员和广播公司将他们的内容带到194个市场的统一足球平台, 并拥有一个视频分销网络，包括全球约250家优质出版商合作伙伴.
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