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

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providers, among them

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Now, and

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. Quickplay is owned by Firstlight Media Ltd. Quickplay is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario; 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 AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...

in March, 2020.; the company was rebranded as Quickplay in 2022. Quickplay had originally been founded in 2004 to power mobile video services for live TV,

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(VOD) and radio services for companies including

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, and

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became a majority owner in 2012.

announced on May 16, 2016, that it would acquire Quickplay from Madison Dearborn Partners. It remained a subsidiary of

until 2020.

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*{{Official website, https://quickplay.com
Mediacaster Magazine
Quickplay Meets Growing Demand for HD Multiscreen Video Services
Techcrunch
PE Firm Madison Dearborn Pays $100M For A Majority Stake In Cloud Video Company Quickplay Media

Madison Dearborn Invests $100M in Cloud Provider Quickplay Companies based in Toronto Streaming television Mobile television Video on demand services Former AT&T subsidiaries