ATEME delivers HEVC headend for MBC
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Michelle Clancy
| 23 March 2018

Leading broadcast video compression firm ATEME has delivered an H.264 and HEVC live headend solution for multiscreen services to MBC GROUP, the largest private multimedia company in the Middle East and North Africa region.

“Delivering the highest levels of service and quality to our customers is essential,” said Nader Mokhtar, director of MCR/DVB and STB technology at MBC Group. “Integrating ATEME’s TITAN family within our new HEVC platforms will allow us to not only provide outstanding video quality to our viewers, but also lower our operational costs.”

Razik Zaghlouli, sales director at ATEME, added: “We’re thrilled to be able to continue to support such an established group like MBC in its implementation of new platforms using HEVC codec. They are the region's undisputed leader producing a variety of informative and entertaining content watched by a large audience in the Middle East and outside the region. The MENA region has played a significant role in our global growth; this project will reinforce our presence in this territory while delivering high-level content with superior video quality to MBC’s viewers.”