How Witbe Measured Super Bowl Streaming Performance — Insights on Latency, QoE, and 4K Quality

In this interview, Jan Ozer from the Streaming Learning Center speaks with Yoann Hinard, COO of Witbe, about their innovative approach to quality of experience (QoE) testing and their recent Super Bowl performance analysis. Witbe specializes in testing and monitoring real user experiences on physical devices, ensuring accurate insights without emulation.

Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction to Witbe and its services
01:00 - How Witbe’s White Box technology works
02:30 - Typical customer engagements and security considerations
03:40 - Measuring quality of experience metrics
05:00 - Correlation with known metrics like VMF and PSR
06:00 - Super Bowl testing methodology and findings
08:15 - Impact of broadcast delay on streaming quality
09:40 - Analysis of low latency protocols used during the Super Bowl
12:00 - Observations on buffering issues during halftime
14:00 - Factors influencing device performance differences
17:20 - Insights on device support challenges with platforms like Roku and Apple TV
20:00 - Witbe’s NAB plans and new Virtual NOC developments
26:00 - Closing remarks and future insights

Key discussion points include:

📌 Witbe’s Technology: How Witbe's White Box uses HDMI connections to test services on real devices.
📌 Super Bowl Analysis: Insights from Witbe’s monitoring of various streaming services during the 2023 Super Bowl.
📌 Latency and Quality: Findings on streaming delays, buffering, and performance across platforms like YouTube TV, Fubo TV, and others.
📌 Challenges in Device Support: The complexity of maintaining performance across different devices, including smart TVs, Fire TV, and Apple TV.
📌 Upcoming NAB Event: Witbe’s plans to showcase their Virtual NOC solution for faster issue resolution across development and operations teams.

Stay tuned to learn how Witbe’s technology is helping broadcasters and service providers improve their streaming performance.

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Видео How Witbe Measured Super Bowl Streaming Performance — Insights on Latency, QoE, and 4K Quality канала Jan Ozer