Quickplay_Media

Quickplay Media

Quickplay Media

Canadian media distribution company

Quickplay is a Canada-based software and platform provider for the distribution of premium video to IP-connected devices. The company's cloud-native platform powers video services for Tier 1 streaming providers,[1] among them aha (streaming service), Rogers Sports & Media's Sportsnet Now, and PLDT's Smart Communications. Quickplay is owned by Firstlight Media Ltd.

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Quickplay is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario;[2] with a headend in San Diego California, and offices in Los Angeles, California, and Chennai, India. Firstlight Media Ltd partnered with Highview Capital Partners to acquire Quickplay Media from AT&T in March, 2020.[3]; the company was rebranded as Quickplay in 2022.[4]

Quickplay had originally been founded in 2004 to power mobile video services for live TV, video on demand (VOD) and radio services for companies including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Mobility, Rogers Wireless, Research In Motion, Sirius XM, and U.S. Cellular. Madison Dearborn Partners became a majority owner in 2012.[5] AT&T announced on May 16, 2016, that it would acquire Quickplay from Madison Dearborn Partners.[6] It remained a subsidiary of AT&T[7] until 2020.

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