Paris, Athens, February 19, 2025 – Antenna Group, the leading international media, content and entertainment organization that owns and operates a diverse portfolio of media assets in Europe, North America and Australia, has selected Ateme’s cutting-edge transcoding and packaging solution to power ANT1+, its OTT service in Greece, hosted on Google Cloud. This strategic engagement enables ANT1+ to provide a world-class streaming experience for live sports, thereby significantly enhancing audience engagement with seamless, high-quality viewing.
By leveraging Ateme’s innovative solution, ANT1+ delivers superior video quality at low bitrates with low latency, ensuring that fans remain fully immersed in their favorite live events. This optimized performance allows ANT1+ to increase viewer satisfaction and keep sports fans engaged for longer periods.
Ateme’s use of Google Cloud technology also provides ANT1+ with complete flexibility and scalability, allowing them to adapt quickly to peak demands during major live events. The solution allows ANT1+ to continue delivering a premium experience today while remaining future-proof in an evolving media landscape.
Key benefits include:
- Enhanced fan engagement: High-quality video at optimized bitrates and low latency ensures fans stay fully connected to the action, boosting viewer loyalty.
- Cloud flexibility and scalability: Antenna can easily scale their streaming capabilities thanks to the flexibility of Google Cloud, optimizing resource use during peak periods.
- Ateme as a future-proof partner: Ateme offers not only technical excellence but also a seamless partnership, making it easy to innovate and grow.
Costas Colombus, Chief Technical Officer at Antenna Group, highlighted the benefits of the partnership:
“Ateme delivers best-in-class streaming solutions that perfectly align with new video consumption models, which are all about enhancing fan engagement and delivering seamless, high-quality experiences. Their technology allows us to provide our viewers with the very best, while their team is responsive and easy to work with—making them the ideal partner for us as we continue to evolve our platform.”
“We’re excited to empower Antenna Group with a solution that enhances their OTT platform and helps them offer an unparalleled streaming experience for live events,” said Christophe Stigas, Vice President Southern Europe & MEA at Ateme. “By leveraging Google Cloud, we provide a future-proof, flexible solution that meets the needs of broadcasters today and into the future.”
With this collaboration, Antenna Group strengthens its position as a leading provider of premium content in Greece, elevating the streaming experience for all ANT1+ subscribers and keeping sports fans engaged and satisfied.
About Ateme
Ateme is a global leader of video compression and delivery solutions, helping tier-one content providers, service providers and streaming platforms boost their viewership and subscription numbers.
Leveraging an R&D task force that is unique in the video industry, Ateme’s solutions power sustainable TV services, improve end-users’ quality of experience, optimize the total cost of ownership of TV/VOD services, and generate new revenue streams based on personalization and ad insertion. Beyond offering technological agility, Ateme partners with its customers, offering flexible business models that match their financial priorities.
Find out more: www.ateme.com
About Antenna
Founded in 1988, Antenna Group is a leading international content, media, and entertainment organization that owns and operates a diverse portfolio of global media assets in Europe, North America, and Australia, including free and pay TV, streaming, news, cinemas, live events, education, content, production, publishing, digital media, e-commerce, radio and music. With 32 channels and 3 OTT services, the Group has a direct reach of 140 million people through its own platforms, and a total global reach of 500 million via its media partnerships.
It is a 100% privately owned company with a reputation for reliability, integrity, and innovation built over a three-decade track record of successful investing, and a shareholder in Raine Group through which it holds a portfolio of investments that includes Imagine Entertainment and TelevisaUnivision. Additionally, it was an early investor in Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify before they went public. To fulfill its mission to inform and entertain people in a responsible, enriching and balanced way, Antenna is expanding into new global markets and is identifying growth opportunities.