ATEME is a global leader in HEVC, H.264, MPEG2 video compression solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT. The company primarily targets bandwidth sensitive applications wher its unrivalled compression efficiency delivers an increased quality of experience, while reducing its customers operating costs. Thanks to a pioneering commitment to standards and two decades of continued research investment, ATEME offers today the most advanced implementations of the MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and HEVC/H.265 codecs. These in-house codecs are the pride of the company and the heart of ATEME’s products and solutions. The company addresses compression applications ranging from Ultra High Definition TV and 3D to web and mobile streaming.
ATEME originally stands for “Assistance Technique et Etudes de Materiels Electroniques”, or Technical Assistance and Design of Electronic Equipment in English. Founded in 1991 in Bièvres, near Paris, by Dominique Edelin and Michel Artières, the company started as a design house with a dozen employees. Today, ATEME employs over a hundred employees and is a worldwide leader in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression market.
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