iWorld
SeaChange powers Quickline multiplatform video with time-shifting & catch-up TV
MUMBAI: Swiss cable network operator The Quickline Group has raised the bar on personal television excellence with its introduction of Quickline TV, based on an end-to-end suite of integrated software and services from SeaChange International spanning multiplatform content management and delivery, monetization and subscriber experience, including RDK-V-based set-top box software.
The Quickline Group is one of the leading full-service providers of entertainment and communication in Switzerland. With its scalable and open SeaChange platform, Quickline maintains an optimally efficient, centralized video operation that supports 25 independent regional cable television operators representing approximately 400,000 Swiss households. Quickline is the country’s third-largest TV provider and fourth-largest Internet and telephony provider.
SeaChange Adrenalin multiscreen television software, integrated with SeaChange’s RDK-based Nucleus set-top software, drives Quickline TV from the back office operation through to TVs, PCs and mobile devices at home and on the go. Quickline TV achieves the pinnacle of truly differentiated personalized TV services with its innovative subscriber profiles, which give multiple viewers on a single household cable subscription the ability to enjoy uniquely curated experiences across devices, presenting thousands of hours of on-demand video, recommendations and time-shifted TV programming to suit an individual’s own content tastes and viewing preferences.
SeaChange also delivered Quickline TV’s OTT device apps for Android and iOS enjoyment, in addition to leading end-to-end integration of third-party technology providers for content delivery network, video encoding, content security and advanced set-tops, among other components.
“Quickline is on a mission to produce meaningful innovation that results in Switzerland’s best entertainment and communication experience,” said Quickline Residential MD Yann Steulet. “Quickline TV is the latest success to embody our desire to win and inspire consumers with unsurpassed value every day. Through its meticulous focus on monetising high-quality video everywhere, SeaChange has been instrumental in helping us to elevate multiplatform entertainment to a new level in the Swiss market and for the world at large.”
“SeaChange is accustomed to collaborating with many customers to define the forefront of innovative entertainment,” said SeaChange CEO Ed Terino. “With Quickline’s groundbreaking achievements in personalisation, ease of enjoyment and RDK implementation, we believe the eyes of the media world will be on Quickline TV as a new ideal for video service provider evolution.”
SeaChange develops open software solutions that perfect mission-critical performance in multiplatform content management, video back office, advertising and user experience. SeaChange offers proven interfaces to empower service providers and content owners with flexibility to innovate with the widest range of third-party technologies to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving market for video entertainment. SeaChange is deployed across a variety of clients and devices, including solutions developed organically by service providers themselves, best-of-breed client/device solutions, and now with the option of also leveraging a rich set of extensively customizable clients, which provide the front-end for Quickline TV.
Gaming
MTG gaming chief Benninghoff joins NODWIN board as esports firm primes for IPO
The Gurugram-based esports firm is pursuing a public listing, has returned to profitability and is growing revenues by 42 per cent
GURUGRAM: NODWIN Gaming is moving fast. The Gurugram-based gaming and esports company has launched a pre-IPO fundraising round, appointed UBS as lead adviser for both the round and a subsequent public listing, and landed a heavyweight board director, all in one go.
The new board member is Arnd Benninghoff, executive vice president of gaming at Stockholm-listed Modern Times Group (MTG), who has overseen the group’s strategic investments and portfolio growth since 2014. He is no stranger to building things: Benninghoff has founded and built fifteen companies, served as chief digital officer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, managing director of SevenVentures, and chief executive of Holtzbrinck eLAB. He began his career as a journalist at Deutsche Presse Agentur and various TV networks, holds a Diplom-Kaufmann in business and administration from the University of Münster, and previously sat on the board of Edgeware AB.
The numbers back the ambition
NODWIN is not pitching a story without substance. The company has returned to EBITDA profitability and posted a 42 per cent year-on-year revenue surge, reaching $58.5m in the first nine months of FY2026. The pre-IPO round will combine a primary issuance to fund global expansion through organic growth and acquisitions, alongside a secondary sale to give existing shareholders some liquidity.
Akshat Rathee, co-founder and managing director of NODWIN Gaming, said Benninghoff understands “the entire lifecycle of the gaming and media ecosystem, from the boots-on-the-ground reality of building startups to the strategic complexity of managing multi-billion dollar global portfolios.”
Benninghoff, for his part, said the company “sits at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and technology, making it one of the most exciting players in the global gaming landscape today.”
A portfolio built for the global south
Founded in 2014 by Rathee and Gautam Virk, NODWIN has quietly assembled one of the more compelling esports portfolios outside the Western hemisphere. Its properties include DreamHack India and Comic Con India, and it recently acquired StarLadder, the Ukraine-based tournament organiser behind premier events in CS:GO and Dota 2. The company also serves as a long-term strategic marketing partner for the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), the world’s most prominent fighting game tournament, helping push it into new geographies.
Its geographic focus spans South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Backers include Nazara Technologies, KRAFTON, Sony Group Corporation, JetSynthesys, and the founders’ investment vehicle Good Game Investments.
What comes next
With UBS running the books, a board freshly reinforced with European media and gaming expertise, and revenue heading in the right direction, NODWIN is laying the groundwork deliberately. The esports industry has burned investors before with big promises and thin margins. NODWIN’s return to profitability, combined with a real portfolio of owned intellectual properties across gaming, music and youth culture, gives it a more credible runway than most. The IPO clock is now ticking.
