VP Media Solutions

What VP Media Solutions does

VP Media Solutions is a Brussels-headquartered systems integrator founded in 1975 that designs, deploys, and supports media technology infrastructure for broadcasters, telecom operators, production companies, and corporate institutions across the Benelux region. The company's portfolio spans file-based production workflows (including a proprietary File Off-Loader), live IP-based production (ST2110-ready, NDI-based studios), managed technology services delivered on-premise or in the cloud (including a SaaS-style Media Services offering), content distribution (linear playout, OTT, catch-up TV, PVR, DRM, CDN integration), and digital archiving with optional AI-assisted metadata extraction. Underlying technology integrates tier-1 vendor platforms from Grass Valley (including AMPP, for which VPMS is a Benelux Partner and ASP), Harmonic, AWS Elemental, Hexaglobe, Dalet, and hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Oracle, IBM), bound together by in-house workflow tooling and consulting services.

The company makes money through a mix of hardware/integration resale, professional services (architecture, consulting, training, after-sales support with 365-day call center and on-site SLAs), and managed services (including an emerging OPEX-based SaaS model). Its go-to-market is consulting-led enterprise field sales, with sales engineers and pre-sales consultants engaging customers directly in a solution-design process. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is tailored to project complexity and budgetary requirements, with both CAPEX and OPEX structures offered. Customers include Belgian public broadcaster RTBF (ST2110 playout platform), music channels MENTpop and MENT55 (Harmonic Spectrum X deployment), and Cercle de Wallonie (NDI-based 4K studio), among other broadcasters, telecom operators, production houses, and digital archive libraries. The firm remains privately held, with Henri Vander Stichele joining as sole shareholder in April 2023, and CEO Emmanuel Charlet leading day-to-day operations.

Name

VP Media Solutions

Legal name

VP Media Solutions SPRL

Website

https://vpmediasolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VP Media Solutions is a Brussels-based media technology systems integrator, founded in 1975, that designs, deploys, and supports broadcast, OTT, and production infrastructure for broadcasters, telecom operators, production companies, and corporate clients across the Benelux region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Broadcast Media Technology Systems Integration

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Supply Chain Orchestration & Workflow (Ingest-to-Publish, Automation) (MPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Media Storage Infrastructure (On-Prem/NAS/SAN/Object Storage) (MPAHAGAE), Title Mastering, Packaging & Deliverables (IMF, DCP, AS-11, Artwork) (MPAHALAH)

Keywords

• Broadcast systems integration
• Media technology consulting
• OTT platform solutions
• Digital archiving services
• IP-based production infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Consulting Services: Consultancy services beginning with understanding business objectives and designing appropriate technology solutions. Includes system architecture design based on user feedback and business goals.
2. Managed Technology Services: Cloud-based SaaS solution providing media content functionality flexibly. Can support temporary channels, absorb short-term workload, or provide complete media production and distribution capability without customer financing and management.
3. After-Sales Support Services: Premium support services including Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on top of technology supplier warranties. Includes preventive maintenance, on-site controls, spare parts inventory, and dedicated call center support 365 days per year.
4. Training Services: In-house training programs delivered after system implementation. Training covers operational tasks, workflow understanding, and includes support engineer training.
5. Technology Integration and Installation: Supply and integration of media technology platforms and components from technology partners. Includes complete system implementation and commissioning.
6. Content Distribution Solutions: End-to-end OTT platform installation, configuration and management. Includes satellite reception, encoding, origin server, catch-up TV, PVR recordings, VoD transcoding, start-over TV, and CDN integration.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

VP Media Solutions designs, integrates and supports customised media technology systems for broadcasters, TV channels, production companies, telecom operators and corporate/institutional clients. Its offering spans file-based production workflows, live production, managed technology (cloud-based and on-premise), content distribution (linear playout, OTT), digital archiving, architecture and consulting, training, and 365-day after-sales support, supplemented by a cloud-based Media Services SaaS and proprietary tools such as the File Off-Loader and AI-powered archive digitization.

Product overview

VP Media Solutions is a systems integrator offering a portfolio of complementary media technology solutions and services for producing and distributing high-quality AV content. Rather than a single unified software product, the offering is an integrated portfolio combining File Based Production Workflows, Live Production, Managed Technology, Content Distribution, and Digital Archiving as core solution pillars, supplemented by Architecture & Consulting, Training, After-Sales Support, and the cloud-based Media Services SaaS. These solutions are designed to work together as an end-to-end system — from ingest and production through playout and archiving — delivering optimized and streamlined workflows tailored to each customer's specific needs. Notable implementations include large-scale playout centres (50+ channels), telecom headends, NDI-based studios, and RTBF's ST2110-ready IP platform. The company holds Grass Valley AMPP certification and serves as a Grass Valley Authorized Service Provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• File Based Production Workflows Optimized file-based workflows for traditional and live broadcast productions, including automatic file ingest via VP Media Solutions' proprietary File Off-Loader, transcoding, quality control checks, and integration with Production Asset Management and archive libraries; intended for broadcasters and production companies.
• Live Production End-to-end live production solutions incorporating IP-based technology, uncompressed video over IP, switching, monitoring, and integration of 3D graphics, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality tools for enhanced viewer engagement; targeted at broadcasters, production companies and event producers.
• Managed Technology Managed media technology solutions providing flexible OPEX-based alternatives to CAPEX for content distributors, deployable on-premise, in the cloud or in a data centre, supporting temporary channels, peak demand handling and full infrastructure management; offered to broadcasters, telecom operators and content distributors.
• Content Distribution End-to-end content distribution solutions spanning linear playout (including Europe's first tapeless playout system, installed in 1998), OTT platforms, satellite reception, encoding, origin servers, catch-up TV, PVR, VoD transcoding, start-over TV, DRM, CDN integration and social media delivery; targeted at broadcasters, TV channels and telecom operators.
• Digital Archiving Digital archiving solutions using tape and/or disc storage with redundant copy systems stored in separate locations, including tape migration services and optional AI-powered digitisation with speech-to-text and facial/object recognition for metadata extraction; intended for broadcasters, libraries and institutions managing large media archives.
• Architecture and Consulting Strategic technology consulting services starting with customer business objectives and working backward to identify optimal technology solutions, including systems architecture design based on user feedback and business goals; offered to enterprise media, broadcast and telecom customers.
• Media Services (Managed SaaS) Cloud-based managed services offering (Media Services) providing complete media content production and distribution capability for temporary channels, workload absorption and scalable demand peaks, with customisable user interfaces; replaces CAPEX with an OPEX model for broadcasters and content owners.
• Training In-house training services delivered by VP Media Solutions' own training experts upon system implementation, covering all operational personnel including support engineers and complementing technology partner training offerings; targeted at customer operations and engineering teams.
• After-Sales Support Comprehensive after-sales support including 365-day dedicated call centre access, monthly on-site maintenance visits, in-house laboratory for testing, spare parts inventory and premium SLA options on top of technology suppliers' warranties; offered to enterprise media customers.
• RTBF Playout Platform Implementation ST2110-ready IP-based playout platform delivered for Belgian broadcaster RTBF in partnership with Hexaglobe SGT and Harmonic, supporting traditional playout channels, live OTT and cloud-based streams through a single pane of glass with master control, live subtitling and ad insertion capabilities.
• Studio Ecolys (Cercle de Wallonie Studio) NDI-based TV studio solution designed and built for Cercle de Wallonie, providing a 120m3 studio with 4K IP workflows, green screen, five robotic cameras, lighting, network functionalities, mobile field production kits and Adobe Premiere editing solutions; targeted at corporate and institutional customers.

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

40 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and standard.

• Grass ValleycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2023Grass Valley's end-to-end ecosystem of reliable, open standards-based solutions helps content creators, broadcasters and media organizations produce brilliant content. VP Media Solutions is an Authorized Service Provider (ASP) and AMPP Partner in the Benelux region, providing local technical support, certification training, troubleshooting, and guidance for future investments.
• Hexaglobe SGTcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2022Technology partner in RTBF playout project. Hexaglobe SGT provides TV playout automation and Media Asset Management (MAM) software solutions with VEDA Automation and VEDA Media Asset Management platforms.
• HarmoniccoreTechnology or IntegrationHarmonic provides video delivery solutions including HEVC compression of Ultra HD video, cloud media processing for OTT video delivery. VP Media Solutions installs Harmonic's Spectrum X playout server system for customers like MENT channels and RTBF.
• AWS ElementalmajorTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Web Services company combining deep video expertise with cloud capabilities to provide video processing and delivery solutions.
• BroadpeakmajorTechnology or IntegrationDesigns and manufactures video delivery components for Content Providers and Network Service Providers deploying IPTV, Cable, Satellite, OTT and mobile services.
• Imagine CommunicationsmajorTechnology or IntegrationDelivers advanced IP, cloud-enabled, software-defined network and workflow solutions to broadcasters, networks, video service providers and enterprises worldwide.
• TelestreammajorTechnology or IntegrationProducts enable video content to any audience regardless of how it is created, distributed or viewed. Range from desktop components to enterprise-class digital media transcoding and workflow systems.
• DaletmajorTechnology or IntegrationProvides end-to-end content production, management, and distribution workflow solutions for news, sports, program preparation, post-production, archives, radio, education, and government institutions.
• Object MatrixmajorTechnology or IntegrationProvides cloud solutions for Digital Content Governance (DCG), object storage and modernization of digital video workflows. Award-winning software company that pioneered object storage.
• OraclemajorTechnology or IntegrationOracle Cloud provides leading-edge capabilities in software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and data as a service.
• Microsoft AzuremajorTechnology or IntegrationCloud services helping organizations meet business challenges with freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a global network using favorite tools and frameworks.
• IBMmajorTechnology or IntegrationHelps organizations succeed through end-to-end transformation of business models and application of innovative technology and business solutions.
• Blackmagic DesignmajorTechnology or IntegrationCreates high quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners.
• Sony ProfessionalmajorTechnology or IntegrationGlobal provider of A/V solutions and products for various professional markets.
• Panasonic ProfessionalmajorTechnology or IntegrationProvides wide range of technology that can be integrated into various broadcast and professional video environments.
• FOR-AmajorTechnology or IntegrationManufactures wide range of broadcast and production products with focus on cutting-edge technologies including HD, 4K and IP Products.
• SennheiserstandardTechnology or IntegrationFounded in 1945, manufactures headphones, microphones and wireless transmission systems for professional use.
• Wohler TechnologiesstandardTechnology or IntegrationDevelops high quality, award-winning solutions for advanced monitoring of video, audio, and data to Television Broadcasters, Remote Production facilities and Live Studios.
• ArchiwarestandardTechnology or IntegrationHas over 20 years of experience in data management software for backup, synchronization and archiving, primarily aimed at SMB and Media & Entertainment industry.
• VidispinemajorTechnology or IntegrationBrand of Arvato Systems Group enabling companies working with media to focus on core business by providing easy access to technology supporting business needs.
• Studio Network Solutions (SNS)standardTechnology or IntegrationSpecializes in shared storage hardware and software products for Media and Entertainment industry.
• QuantumstandardTechnology or IntegrationProvides comprehensive portfolio of scale-out tiered storage, archive and data protection solutions for on-premise, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Rohde & SchwarzstandardTechnology or IntegrationDevelops, produces and markets information and communications technology products including test and measurement, broadcast and media solutions.
• Bridge TechnologiesstandardTechnology or IntegrationProvides advanced monitoring and analysis systems and patented innovation for hardware, software and the cloud.
• Interra SystemsstandardTechnology or IntegrationGlobal provider of enterprise-class solutions that streamline classification, quality control (QC) process, and monitoring of media content across entire creation and distribution chain.
• AdobemajorTechnology or IntegrationTools and services enable customers to create digital content, deploy it across media and devices, then continually measure and optimize based on user data. VP Media Solutions supplies Adobe Premiere solutions.
• BrainstormstandardTechnology or IntegrationBroadcast graphics company focused on assisting clients create engaging visual experiences with real-time interactive 3D graphics solutions for broadcast and feature film production.
• Square Box Systems (CatDV)standardTechnology or IntegrationSoftware company specializing in multimedia tools based around CatDV digital asset management system.
• OctopusstandardTechnology or IntegrationProducer of newsroom computer systems developing and supplying MOS-compliant newsroom solutions to TV and radio stations worldwide.
• FortinetstandardTechnology or IntegrationProvides network and content security, and secure access products that share intelligence and work together to form a cooperative fabric.
• Arista NetworksstandardTechnology or IntegrationFounded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments.
• VideoFlowstandardTechnology or IntegrationDigital Video Protection (DVP) product used to boost reliability of IP networks for professional live broadcast, enabling broadcast companies to confidently contribute and distribute live video over IP.
• castLabsstandardTechnology or IntegrationPioneers software and cloud services for digital video markets, providing solutions to enable secure distribution of premium movie, TV, and audio assets.
• V-NovastandardTechnology or IntegrationProvides next-generation compression solutions addressing media processing and delivery challenges across entire media delivery chain.
• SIS LIVEstandardTechnology or IntegrationOffers specialized broadcast solutions including 4K, HD, satellite uplinks, streaming, satellite internet and teleport and fibre services.
• APPEAR TVstandardTechnology or IntegrationDesigns and produces solutions for delivery of professional video services enabling operators to deliver broadcast services to millions of users globally.
• BBrightstandardTechnology or IntegrationDevelops high-end 4K and HEVC software-based technologies running on broadcast-grade appliances including live ingest and replay playout servers.
• Pixel PowerstandardTechnology or IntegrationProvides innovative graphics production and integrated playout delivery systems for broadcasters, OB truck companies, playout facilities, post-production houses, venues and sports complexes.
• EmbracestandardTechnology or IntegrationHelps solve operational workflow pains for organisations by implementing automation and collaboration platforms.
• MarquisstandardTechnology or IntegrationMoves media and metadata between different systems in broadcast and post-production workflows.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Harmonic: US-headquartered vendor of video delivery infrastructure (Spectrum X playout, encoding, cloud media processing) deployed by VPMS for customers like MENT and RTBF. Comparable technology footprint but operates as a vendor rather than integrator.
• Imagine Communications: Global broadcast technology vendor offering IP, cloud-enabled, and software-defined workflow solutions. Comparable in product breadth across playout and distribution, with VPMS serving as a regional channel for Imagine products in Benelux.
• Dalet: Global vendor of media asset management, news, sports, and archive workflows for broadcasters and content producers. Comparable as a technology partner whose MAM and workflow tools are integrated by VPMS in customer deployments.
• Vizrt Group: End-to-end broadcast graphics, playout, and newsroom software group spanning Vizrt, NewTek (NDI), and other brands. Highly comparable technology overlap (notably NDI which VPMS deploys in Studio Ecolys), but operates at a far larger global scale.
• Net Insight: Swedish vendor of media network and contribution/distribution infrastructure for broadcasters and service providers. Comparable in serving Benelux broadcasters with media transport technology, though positioned as a vendor rather than systems integrator.
• Grass Valley: VPMS' principal technology partner and a global broadcast infrastructure vendor. Comparable as a strategic anchor across the technology stack VPMS integrates, but operates at much larger scale with a directly competing direct-to-broadcaster sales motion.

Direct peers

• Cinegy: Germany-based broadcast software vendor whose IP-based playout, MAM, and workflow tools overlap with much of VPMS' technology stack. Comparable as a regional broadcast technology specialist competing in the same end markets across EMEA.
• Timeline Television: UK-based broadcast technology integrator and outside broadcast provider serving major UK and international broadcasters. Comparable to VPMS as a regional broadcast systems integrator with managed services, production facilities, and technology partner relationships.
• Qvest Group: Germany-headquartered global systems integrator and managed services provider for media, broadcast, and telecommunications, with a multi-vendor partner portfolio very similar to VP Media Solutions. Directly comparable business model: consulting, integration, cloud/managed services, and after-sales support for broadcasters and telecom operators.
• Broadcast Solutions Group: European systems integrator specializing in turnkey broadcast infrastructure, outside broadcast vans, and studio buildouts. Closely comparable to VPMS on integration-led, multi-vendor broadcast delivery for European broadcasters and production companies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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