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==Technology==
==Technology==
Giraffic’s Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) software debuted at CES 2015 where they demoed their video product on [[Samsung]] Smart TVs, [[Broadcom]] IP set-top boxes and on [[Intel]] Puma Home Gateway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/CES-Report-Giraffic-Demonstrates-Adaptive-Video-Acceleration-101323.aspx|title=CES Report: Giraffic Demonstrates Adaptive Video Acceleration|publisher=streamingmedia.com|date=January 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=הסקייפ של הווידיאו: Giraffic משפרת את הצפייה בתוכני וידיאו ברשת|url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000523079&;fid=594|agency=Globes|date=December 23, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Azuri|first1=Calvin|title=One Million Users Now Signed on for Giraffic's Leading Video Acceleration Cloud|url=http://technews.tmcnet.com/business-video/topics/business-video/articles/218172-one-million-users-now-signed-for-giraffics-leading.htm|agency=TMC News|date=September 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Live streaming latency: As Super Bowl preps its largest live stream ever, the OTT industry scurries to catch up to broadcast|url=http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/special-reports/live-streaming-latency-super-bowl-preps-its-largest-live-stream-ever-ott-in|agency=Fierce Online Video|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>
Giraffic’s Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) software debuted at CES 2015 where they demoed their video product on [[Samsung]] Smart TVs, [[Broadcom]] IP set-top boxes and on [[Intel]] Puma Home Gateway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/CES-Report-Giraffic-Demonstrates-Adaptive-Video-Acceleration-101323.aspx|title=CES Report: Giraffic Demonstrates Adaptive Video Acceleration|publisher=streamingmedia.com|date=January 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=הסקייפ של הווידיאו: Giraffic משפרת את הצפייה בתוכני וידיאו ברשת |url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000523079&;fid=594 |agency=Globes |date=December 23, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307233504/http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000523079&;fid=594 |archivedate=2016-03-07 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Azuri|first1=Calvin|title=One Million Users Now Signed on for Giraffic's Leading Video Acceleration Cloud|url=http://technews.tmcnet.com/business-video/topics/business-video/articles/218172-one-million-users-now-signed-for-giraffics-leading.htm|agency=TMC News|date=September 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Live streaming latency: As Super Bowl preps its largest live stream ever, the OTT industry scurries to catch up to broadcast|url=http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/special-reports/live-streaming-latency-super-bowl-preps-its-largest-live-stream-ever-ott-in|agency=Fierce Online Video|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>


== Patents ==
== Patents ==

Revision as of 07:10, 12 January 2017

Giraffic
Company typePrivate
IndustryStreaming Media
Founded2008
HeadquartersTel Aviv, Israel
Key people
Yoel Zanger(founder and CEO)
Rotem Epelbaum (VP R&D)
ProductsAdaptive Video Accelerator (AVA)
ServicesStreaming media content delivery acceleration; Mobile-to-mobile file transfer acceleration; Mobile video acceleration
Websitewww.giraffic.com

Giraffic is a company that develops "Adaptive Video Acceleration” (AVA(tm)) software that attempts to improve the performance of streaming video.[1] It sells primarily to OTT Video Apps Providers, as well as to Consumer Electronics Device Manufacturers, such as Samsung.[2][3]

History

The company was founded in 2008 by Gil Gat, Boris Malamud and Yoel Zanger. Prior to founding Giraffic, Yoel Zanger co-founded New-Tone Technologies, a value-added services platform for mobile applications based on advanced voice and data technologies.[4] Yoel Zanger is CEO and Rotem Epelbaum is the VP R&D. Giraffic is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and has offices in the United States, Korea and Hong Kong. Directors & Advisors include Menashe Rothschild, Jeffrey Parkinson, Bhupen Shah, Anton Monk, Gregg Bernard, Mitch Singer and Levy Gerzberg. Investors include KEC Ventures and Previz Ventures.[5][6][7][8]

Technology

Giraffic’s Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) software debuted at CES 2015 where they demoed their video product on Samsung Smart TVs, Broadcom IP set-top boxes and on Intel Puma Home Gateway.[9][10][11][12]

Patents

  • US Patent 14/287,276 IL 231685 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE BUFFERING AND NETWORK SHAPING
  • US Patent 9306860. A congestion control method for dynamically maximizing communication link throughput. Filing date October 14, 2013[13]
  • US Patent 8473610. Proactive seeding of data in a peer to peer network. Filing date June 22, 2011[14]
  • U.S. patent 20120054260A1. Asynchronous data streaming in a peer to peer network. Issued March 1, 2012

Partners

Samsung and LG use Giraffic's Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) technology.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Competitors

Companies who offer solutions competitive to Giraffic's include Conviva and Ooyala.

References

  1. ^ "CES Report: Giraffic Demonstrates Adaptive Video Acceleration". streamingmedia.com. January 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "This software promises to make Netflix as reliable as cable TV". digitatrends.com. August 14, 2014.
  3. ^ Gotkine, Elliott (September 30, 2014). "How Giraffic Boosts Streaming to Banish Buffering". Bloomberg.
  4. ^ "Executive Profile Yoel Zanger". Bloomberg. January 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "Directors & Advisors". Giraffic.
  6. ^ "Giraffic". KEC Ventures. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Portfolio". Previzv Ventures.
  8. ^ Gusovsky, Dina (September 23, 2013). "Fund manager Citron tries his hand in Israeli tech". CNBC.
  9. ^ "CES Report: Giraffic Demonstrates Adaptive Video Acceleration". streamingmedia.com. January 5, 2015.
  10. ^ "הסקייפ של הווידיאו: Giraffic משפרת את הצפייה בתוכני וידיאו ברשת". Globes. December 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Azuri, Calvin (September 14, 2011). "One Million Users Now Signed on for Giraffic's Leading Video Acceleration Cloud". TMC News.
  12. ^ "Live streaming latency: As Super Bowl preps its largest live stream ever, the OTT industry scurries to catch up to broadcast". Fierce Online Video. February 3, 2016.
  13. ^ "Patent Application: A congestion control method for dynamically maximizing communication link throughput WO 2014060927 A3". October 14, 2013.
  14. ^ "Proactive seeding of data in a peer to peer network WO 2011161627 A1 Application". December 29, 2011.
  15. ^ Dreier, Troy (January 7, 2016). "CES '16: Giraffic Gives a Speed Boost to Live Online HLS Video". StreamingMedia.com.
  16. ^ Shamah, David (December 31, 2015). "How Israeli tech got into one-third of the world's smart TVs". Times of Israel.
  17. ^ Zanger, Yoel (December 2, 2015). "Who Calls the Shots: TV Manufacturers or Content Providers?". streamingmedia.com.
  18. ^ Zanger, Yoel (August 7, 2015). "The Great UHD Debate: 4K Battles HDR for the Future of TV". streamingmedia.com.
  19. ^ Zanger, Yoel. "Smart TVs are Dumb, Giraffic AVA is Clever". Connections Industry Insight. Parks Associates.
  20. ^ Zanger, Yoel. "Connected TV Insights from Giraffic's Yoel Zanger: Smart TV Interface Needs to be the Smartphone". Connections Industry Insights. Parks Associates.
  21. ^ Archer, John (April 30, 2015). "4K UHD Digest: New Samsung And LG TVs, First 4K TV Channel Launches, New Tech Boosts 4K Streaming". Forbes. Samsung has taken a significant step towards removing this streaming imbalance, though, by incorporating the Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) system from Israeli company Giraffic into its 2015 Smart TVs.
  22. ^ Archer, John (April 27, 2015). "Smart TVs Are Dumb. Every Last Stupid One Of Them". Forbes.
  23. ^ Scott, Wilkinson (January 28, 2015). "Giraffic Adaptive Video Acceleration at CES 2015". AVS Forum.
  24. ^ "Get Clear Insight on 4K & it's Worth". 4KHub.
  25. ^ "Giraffic accelerates MPEG-DASH". Advanced Television. November 21, 2014.
  26. ^ "Samsung Smart TVs Now Accelerated With Giraffic's Adaptive Video Acceleration Technology". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  27. ^ Flomenbaum, Adam (September 9, 2014). "How Giraffic's AVA Technology 'Rebuffs' Re-Buffering Issues and Low Quality Streams". Adweek.
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