Quickplay Media

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.

Quickplay
Founded2004 (2004)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
  • Andre Christensen, CEO
  • Juan Martin, CTO
  • Goutham Vinjamuri, COO
  • Paul Pastor, CBO
Websitewww.quickplay.com

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.

References
  1. "Firstlight's CEO sets out to rekindle QuickPlay's B2B flame". www.lightreading.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Disney/ABC, Discovery Alum Paul Pastor Joins OTT Services Vendor Firstlight Media". www.variety.com. 9 June 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. "AT&T sells Quickplay to Firstlight Media". www.fiercevideo.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. "Firstlight Media Resurrects Quickplay Brand". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  5. Primack, Dan (9 July 2012). "Private equity deals". fortune.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. "AT&T to Enhance Next-Generation Video-Delivery Platform". AT&T Newsroom. about.att.com. AT&T. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. Aycock, Jason (28 June 2016). "AT&T closes acquisition of Quickplay Media". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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