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THEO Technologies

THEO Technologies is a video player solution scale-up company founded by Steven Tielemans, Maarten Tielemans and Pieter-Jan Speelmans in Leuven (Louvain), Belgium[1]. The company was founded in 2012 as The Open Telly and was changed to THEOplayer, and finally to THEO Technologies[1].

Their product, THEOplayer is a modular HTML5 video player that uses adaptive streaming formats such as Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming and MPEG-DASH. The player can be used on web browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge), smartphones, tablets and SmartTVs.

Usage

The modular player SDKs allows for the integration of digital rights management (DRM), video analytics, and ad insertions.

SDKs supported by THEOplayer include:


 * HTML5
 * iOS
 * iPadOS
 * Android
 * Chromecast
 * tvOS
 * Android TV
 * Tizen
 * WebOS
 * FireTV
 * Roku

Awards

THEOplayer won the Best Video Player Solution/SDK category in the European Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards in 2016[2], 2017[3], 2018[4] and 2019[5]. THEOplayer has also won the Global Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award for Best Video Player Solution/SDK in 2017[6], 2018[7] and 2019[8].

THEO Technologies was awarded the fastest growing tech company in the Media and Entertainment Category of Belgium Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards in 2018[9] and 2019[10]-- and was the 5th fastest growing tech company in Belgium.

THEO Technologies was announced as the 47th fastest growing tech company in the EMEA region in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards[11].

Notable Partnerships


 * Amazon Web Services (AWS)[12]
 * Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS)[13][14]
 * Microsoft Azure Media Services[15]

Funding

In 2019, the company secured Series A Funding led by SmartFin Capital with participation from PMV and Media Invest Vlaanderen (MIV)[16].

References


 * 1) Claes, Dominiek. "Theo uit Leuven haalt 10 miljoen dollar op". Het Belang Van Limburg (in Dutch). Het Belang Van Limburg.
 * 2) Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Winners". Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 3) Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "2017 Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards Winners". Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 4) Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "The 2018 Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Award Winners". Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 5) Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "The 2019 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Award Winners". Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Streaming Media Europe Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 6) Streaming Media Editorial Staff (3 November 2017). "The 2017 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Winners". Streaming Media Magazine. Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 7) Streaming Media Editorial Staff (14 November 2018). "The 2018 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award Winners". Streaming Media Magazine. Streaming Media Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 8) Streaming Media Editorial Staff (20 November 2019). "The 2019 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award Winners". Streaming Media Magazine. Streaming Media Magazine.
 * 9) "2018 Fast 50 ranking announced: The fastest growing tech companies in Belgium". Deloitte. Deloitte. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 10) "2019 Fast 50 ranking and winners announced: Deloitte Belgium Technology Fast 50". Deloitte Belgium. Deloitte.
 * 11) "Technology Fast 500 EMEA Winners 2018" (PDF). Deloitte. Deloitte. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
 * 12) "THEO Technologies and AWS Bring Scalable Low-Latency Video to Streaming Devices AWS Elemental". AWS Elemental. AWS Elemental.
 * 13) Zacks Equity Research. "Verizon Partners With THEO & IRIS.TV for Enriched Streaming". Yahoo Finance. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
 * 14) Verizon Digital Media. "Partnership Integrations: Verizon Media Platform". Verizon Digital Media. Verizon Digital Media. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
 * 15) "Laatste nieuws van het THEOplayer". MediaNet Vlaanderen. MediaNet Vlaanderen. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
 * 16) "Leuvenaars achter videotechnologie halen 9 miljoen op voor wereldwijde expansie | Smartfin". SmartFin. SmartFin. Retrieved 22 April 2020.