e-commerce video compression
01 Jun
Case Studies

How a Leading e-Commerce Platform Reduced Video Delivery Costs and Improved Playback Performance with Visionular

For mobile-first commerce platforms, video is one of the biggest drivers of user engagement, but it is also one of the largest contributors to infrastructure cost. As one of India's fastest-growing social commerce platforms, our client delivers millions of short-form product videos to users every day, powering product discovery, seller engagement, and conversion across the platform. As video consumption scaled rapidly, the platform faced a growing challenge: how to deliver more video, faster and at lower cost, without compromising quality. To solve this, they partnered with Visionular to optimize their video encoding and delivery architecture. The result was a meaningful reduction...

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ABS CBN Video Compression
12 May
Case Studies

How ABS-CBN’s iWant Scaled Global Streaming Without Increasing Distribution Costs

iWant is a global streaming platform bringing Filipino shows, movies, series, news, and live channels to audiences both in the Philippines and across the world. Launched in 2018 and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, the platform reaches viewers on multiple continents through web, mobile, and smart TV apps. The service runs on a freemium model, offering free ad-supported content alongside subscription and pay-per-view options. Its catalog spans exclusive teleseryes, variety shows, films, and iWant Originals, all delivered securely to millions of users worldwide. Much of iWant's audience is in the Asia-Pacific region, where people primarily watch...

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19 Mar
Case Studies

How FanCode Delivered 1080p Quality to 160 Million Sports Fans Without Increasing Data Costs

FanCode is India's leading digital sports platform, serving more than 160 million sports enthusiasts with live and on-demand content across Formula 1, cricket, football, golf, MotoGP, and more. Launched in 2019, the platform operates under Dream Sports — the country's largest sports technology company and parent of Dream11. FanCode's audience is mobile-first, spread across urban and rural India, and intensely passionate about sport. That passion, however, coexists with a very practical constraint: data costs. For millions of fans, every gigabyte consumed matters.India's mobile streaming market presents a paradox that keeps engineering teams up at night: audiences demand premium video quality, yet...

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02 Dec
Case Studies, H.265/HEVC

Transforming Remote Production: Visionular’s HEVC Technology Powers Intinor’s Next-Generation Streaming Solutions

In the competitive world of professional video streaming, Intinor stands out for delivering broadcast-quality content over standard internet connections. Its integration of Visionular's AI-powered Aurora5 HEVC codec into the Direkt link and Direkt router platforms marks a significant leap forward in remote production capabilities, enabling high-quality multi-camera streaming even in challenging network environments.Remote production teams face a common dilemma: delivering broadcast-quality video while working with limited bandwidth, particularly over 4G/5G networks. The traditional approach using H.264/AVC compression forced users to choose between quality and bandwidth efficiency—a compromise that professional broadcasters increasingly find unacceptable.  "We evaluated several HEVC solutions, but none could deliver...

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mirrortab is visionular's video encoder for live-streaming and cyber-security
21 Mar
Case Studies

MirrorTab: Securing Web Apps Using Hologram Technology

This case study explores the "hologram technology" from MirrorTab for secure web app access, particularly for sensitive applications like banking. The application uses Visionular's AI-powered video encoders to ensure a seamless, high-quality experience at low bitrates, indistinguishable from actual web-based browsing.The internet fuels our modern lives, connecting us to information, services, and opportunities at our fingertips. With a single click, we manage finances, access healthcare portals, and even shop online. However, lurking beneath this convenience lies a hidden danger: browser extensions. These seemingly harmless add-ons, promising grammar perfection, coupon alerts, and productivity boosts, come at a steep price: your sensitive data.Extensions,...

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12 Feb
Case Studies

What’s More Important, QOE or ROI?

ShareChat does both with their short-form video platform. ShareChat, a TikTok-like social media platform is one of India’s largest short-form video platforms boasting massive subscriber growth of 166% and 160 million monthly active users after the departure of TikTok and other popular social platforms from the country. Together with Visionular, they were able to boost platform efficiency, decrease cost and expand viewership to previous unreachable viewers. The Network Situation Despite an initiative to improve the network and its coverage called "Digital India", India’s network still suffers from slow speeds. Below you can see Speedtest's ranking of mobile and fixed broadband speeds around the world....

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12 Feb
Case Studies

HUYA Delivers Improved Viewing Experience With Visionular

Esports gaming is the fastest-growing sector of sports entertainment. Thus, it’s no surprise that the HUYA Live Broadcasting Platform streamed content to 85.1 million MAU’s for 131 esports tournaments with a total viewership of 590 million in the third quarter of 2021. Esports as a competitive category is coming into its own and this is causing the pace of growth and consumer interest to make technology innovation essential. HUYA (NASDAQ: HUYA) is a technology-driven platform and to deliver a consistently great streaming experience they turned to Visionular’s Aurora1 AV1, and Aurora5 HEVC video encoders to stream the highest quality at the lowest bitrate. Recently, HUYA...

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hudl uses visionular's AI-powered video compression for sports streaming
12 Feb
Case Studies

How We Help Hudl “Up” Their Video Quality Game

Is your streaming business burdened by escalating storage and CDN delivery costs? Is this affecting your profitability and threatening the sustainability of your enterprise? Continue reading to discover how Hudl, a premier sports video and analytics provider, navigated a significant storage cost challenge using Visionular's revolutionary AI-transcoding technology. Hudl, a leading provider of sports video and analytics technology, enables teams, athletes, and coaches with the tools they need to analyze game footage and improve their performance. Hudl's product finds use across a diverse array of customer segments, such as - Coaches: for team review purposes, to analyze formations, and evaluate player performances. Athletes:...

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05 Mar
Case Studies

Stage.in – Enhanced Video Quality at Lower Costs

Los Altos, CA: Visionular are thrilled to announce our recent partnership with Stage.in, the leading Indian OTT service that was recently featured on Shark Tank. We are proud to have been chosen as their video encoding technology partner. One of the key advantages of using AuroraCloud is its ability to save 25-35% on CDN delivery costs while delivering high-quality video to their viewers. With AuroraCloud’s advanced compression technology, Stage.in is able to reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred and stored. This not only saves them money on CDN delivery but also enables them to deliver high-quality video to their users with...

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