New Production-Ready Sovereign OTT Platforms For Europe

Qvest, Ateme and Scaleway have teamed up to offer broadcasters, media organisations and sports rightsholders production-ready sovereign OTT platforms built entirely on European technology. The joint solution blends Scaleway’s sovereign cloud infrastructure with Ateme’s video delivery capabilities and Qvest’s consultancy, systems integration and managed services to give media companies greater control over their platforms, data and long-term technology choices.

Responding to growing regulatory demands across Europe and strategic pressure to limit reliance on non-European hyperscalers, the partnership provides an immediately deployable option for organisations looking to launch or modernise streaming services.

The end-to-end offering covers the full OTT chain — from ingest, encoding and packaging to content delivery, DRM, analytics and frontend integration. Customers can use it to stand up new services, migrate existing platforms, or consume the complete stack as a managed service operated by Qvest.

Within the collaboration, Scaleway supplies sovereign European cloud infrastructure; Ateme delivers live encoding, packaging, origin, CDN and server-side ad insertion; and Qvest architects the solution, integrates third-party components such as DRM, players and analytics, and can run the platform as a managed service.

The approach aligns with the European Union’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework (CSF) and its SEAL sovereignty model, increasingly used to assess sovereignty in public procurement. Rather than claiming absolute sovereignty, Qvest tailors each platform to the specific requirements of the tender, helping customers achieve the highest practical level of technical sovereignty.

"The growing awareness and demand around digital sovereignty has moved beyond strategy," said Tobias Künkel, Managing Director at Qvest Engage, a subsidiary of Qvest Group. "Now, broadcasters need solutions that can be implemented. Together with Ateme and Scaleway, we are bringing production-ready sovereign OTT platforms to broadcasters that combine operational maturity with European sovereignty."

"Digital sovereignty is becoming a strategic priority for broadcasters across Europe," said Rémi Beaudouin, Chief Strategy Officer at Ateme. "The combination of Ateme’s proven video technology, Scaleway’s European cloud infrastructure and Qvest’s integration expertise gives media organizations a practical path to modernize their OTT platforms while maintaining greater control over their infrastructure, operations and data."

"Europe has all the capabilities required to support the next generation of streaming services. The real challenge is bringing them together in a way that broadcasters can adopt with confidence. This OTT platform turns strategic autonomy into a practical choice by combining proven European cloud and streaming technologies within a complete operational environment. It gives media organizations greater control over their infrastructure and long-term technology decisions," said Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway.

Together, Qvest, Ateme and Scaleway offer a pragmatic route to launch new services, migrate OTT environments away from non-European hyperscalers, or outsource operations through Qvest’s managed service.

Visitors to IBC Show 2026 in Amsterdam, 11–14 September, will be able to see live demonstrations of the full OTT workflow running on sovereign European infrastructure.

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