OTT Testing: A Holistic Testing

OTT Testing: A Holistic Testing approach for Streaming Quality Content

An over-the-top OTT media service is a streaming media service offered directly to digital viewers via the internet bypassing traditional platforms of cable, broadcast, and satellite television.

Users want access to high-quality streaming at any device, any place, any time, and any location. Your service/product is judged by the user. OTT takes the user-centric approach by ensuring a seamless viewing experience through multi-device, multi-browser capability leading to an awesome user experience.

Challenges of Media Testing

• In today’s digitized world, there is content on streaming devices. One major challenge of testing the streaming applications is creating an automated and scalable testing platform that includes a holistic approach due to the multiple stakeholders that are involved: broadcasters, content providers, and service providers.

• Based on the preference, the user can view and also download the content that includes movies and TV services, and is delivered directly over the internet to connected devices such as PCs, tablets, smartphones, and consoles. These multimedia devices contain several technologies like audio, video, and wireless protocols. Various factors like Streaming statistics, buffering, latency, Network, etc. also need to be considered to create a flawless streaming experience.

A Holistic Approach to Media Testing

• With such a steep increase in the production and consumption of streaming content, various issues walk handin-hand while working on an OTT platform.

• Hence, it is of utmost importance to have an effective QA testing strategy for your OTT platform that covers various scenarios and major functionalities across the network, infrastructure, and application components including: 1. Application basic functionality working like launching, search, menu options, links verification, recommendations, etc.

2. Playback scenarios like Play, Pause, Forward, etc.

Webomates cloud-based Testing Strategy: Putting your OTT platform to the Test

• Webomates cloud-based QA strategy ensures test coverage for the entire OTT pipeline. The state-of-the-art Media Testing services span Audio Testing, Video Testing, Over the Top (OTT), and STB testing.

• Apart from the conventional feature/functional testing for OTT services, these 7 focus areas are considered while devising a comprehensive OTT Testing strategy. Each area enhances user experience with our intelligent automation and Next-Gen Media testing solutions.

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