Witbe, a leading provider of test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, has unveiled its new ABR Stream Analysis technology. This innovative offering will be officially launched at the 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 14-17, in the West Hall at booth W2053. The technology enhances the monitoring capabilities of Witbox+ by analyzing the requests between a video app being tested and the network it runs on.
Witbe’s technology involves testing and monitoring real physical devices to measure user quality of experience and identify video issues. The Witbox+ allows teams to observe and monitor services while they are running on any real device, such as smart TVs and mobile devices. The ABR Stream Analysis technology provides service providers with an additional level of monitoring through the network layer. It automatically verifies the availability of video profiles, audio, and subtitle tracks for any streaming asset.
Mathieu Planche, CEO at Witbe, expressed excitement about launching this innovative technology to enhance the monitoring capabilities of the Witbox+. He stated that it was developed in conjunction with their new Ad Monitoring and Matching technology as a natural progression in their mission to assist service providers in accurately testing and monitoring their video offerings. Planche believes that this new offering will help service providers better understand how users’ video-watching experience is impacted by Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) streams.
After the launch, the ABR Stream Analysis technology will be available for purchase either as a software addition to the Witbox+ or as a separate dedicated device in the WitboxABR, a new addition to Witbe’s hardware line. The WitboxABR enables teams to fully utilize the new ABR Stream Analysis technology and conduct network tests at scale by running thousands of sessions simultaneously while also monitoring for CDN errors and SCTE-35 cues.
