1001 Selects the Bitmovin Player to Deliver a Powerful Upgrade in OTT Streaming Performance

Vienna, 05 February 2026 - Bitmovin's Player, an industry-leading video playback solution, has been selected by 1001, Iraq's premier OTT streaming platform, to significantly enhance video streaming performance, reliability, and consistency across devices. By deploying the Bitmovin Player alongside Bitmovin's Observability solution, 1001 is strengthening its technology stack to deliver a higher-quality viewing experience and gain deeper insight into playback performance at scale.

Bitmovin's Player Enables High-Performance OTT Streaming for 1001

1001 is Iraq's leading legal video streaming service, offering a rich mix of hyper-localized and international content designed to meet the needs of a diverse audience. Its catalogue includes exclusive movies, premium TV series, live sports, and international programming, making it the go-to OTT destination for viewers seeking high-quality, localized entertainment.

As part of a wider modernization initiative, 1001 selected the Bitmovin Player to take greater ownership of its OTT infrastructure and future-proof its streaming platform. The company required a video player that could deliver consistent performance across devices while providing the flexibility and control needed by its engineering teams to innovate quickly.

Why 1001 Chose the Bitmovin Player

The Bitmovin Player stood out for its combination of performance, configurability, and cross-platform consistency. With SDKs that behave consistently across web, mobile, and connected TV environments, the Bitmovin Player reduces platform-specific complexity and simplifies development workflows.

In addition to playback, 1001 is leveraging Bitmovin's Observability solution to gain real-time visibility into streaming quality, startup times, rebuffering events, and playback errors. This allows teams to proactively identify and resolve issues, optimize delivery strategies, and continuously improve user experience.

"Since deploying the Bitmovin Player, we've seen clear improvements in playback reliability, startup experience, and overall application stability. The consistency of Bitmovin's SDKs across platforms has simplified development and reduced platform-specific complexity, enabling faster releases and more predictable user experiences. The configurability and analytics provided by Bitmovin give us far greater control over playback quality than we had before."

Bitmovin's Player Supports Scalable Growth and Viewer Experience

For fast-growing OTT platforms like 1001, delivering a seamless viewer experience at scale is critical. The Bitmovin Player is designed to support large audiences while maintaining low latency, high playback reliability, and broad device reach.

"1001 is a thriving OTT service committed to delivering the highest quality viewing experience to its audience. The Bitmovin Player provides flawless playback, advanced observability, and the flexibility required to scale with confidence. We're delighted that 1001 has chosen Bitmovin to help power its streaming experience in Iraq and beyond."

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About Bitmovin

Bitmovin is a leading provider of video streaming solutions for global digital media companies and service providers. The company has been at the forefront of industry innovation and all major developments in the digital video streaming industry.

Bitmovin built the world's first commercial adaptive streaming player and deployed the first software-defined encoding service that runs on any cloud platform. Its cloud-native technology offers the most flexible and scalable media encoding, playback, and analytics solutions available with unparalleled device reach, ease of integration, and world-class customer support.

Bitmovin customers benefit from optimized operations, reduced time-to-market, and the best viewer experience possible. Bitmovin is based in San Francisco, California and Klagenfurt, Austria with offices in Vienna, London, Berlin and Denver. The company has over 400 customers across the globe including ClassPass, BBC, fuboTV, Hulu, and Discovery. For more information, visit https://www.bitmovin.com.