What Qualabs does

Qualabs is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based video technology software engineering outsourcing company that supplies remote dedicated engineering teams to clients in Video Technology, Media & Entertainment, and New Media. The firm organizes its delivery around six specialized labs covering Video Workflows & Streaming, Backend & Platform Engineering, UI/Frontend & Apps, Data Engineering & Analytics, Cloud & DevOps, and Video R&D, enabling full-stack coverage from broadcast and CAS/DRM systems (Verimatrix, Irdeto, Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) through OTT, WebRTC, MPEG-DASH, HLS, CMAF, and emerging MoQ and C2PA standards. Qualabs reports over 13 years of video technology experience and claims a deployment cycle of less than four weeks, leveraging Uruguay's time-zone overlap with the US and Europe to support real-time collaboration.

The company supplements its staffing business with a meaningful open-source product portfolio, including VideoHeadline CMS, FastTrack Live Scheduler, the IETF MoQ Player, VAST-2-SGAI Service, CMAF-HAM Library, CMCD Validator, and contributions to dash.js, Shaka Player, hls.js, and Player.style. It is an active participant in MPEG, IETF, SVTA, and CTA-WAVE standards bodies and maintains co-development partnerships with AMD, EZDRM, Ateme, Cloudflare, Wowza, and SVTA, among others. Named enterprise clients include AMD, Mux, Millicast, V-Nova, EZDRM, SeaChange, Eventuall, and eVisit.

Qualabs generates revenue through professional services on a quote-based, highly customized model: dedicated remote teams adapted to client systems and processes, with pricing not publicly disclosed. GTM is direct enterprise sales with a vertical focus on media-tech buyers; marketing relies on technical content (blog), open-source developer relations, community initiatives (Montevideo Tech, Summer Camp), and industry-conference presence (NAB Show, Demuxed, MHV). The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, headcount, revenue, or ownership structure.

Name

Qualabs

Legal name

Qualabs

Website

https://qualabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Qualabs is a Montevideo, Uruguay-based engineering outsourcing firm that supplies remote dedicated video technology teams to media, entertainment, and new media companies, covering the full software stack across six specialized labs. It supplements staffing services with open-source streaming tools and active standards-body participation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Technology Engineering Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Production Asset Collaboration (shared bins, proxies, live collaboration) (MPAHANAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interoperability & Integration Tooling (APIs, connectors, standards support) (MPAHANAJ)

Keywords

• Video engineering services
• Media technology outsourcing
• Dedicated development teams
• OTT streaming solutions
• Broadcast software development

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dedicated Team Outsourcing: Setting up remote dedicated video software engineering teams tailored to client specific needs, with teams adapting to client systems and processes. Revenue generated through staffing and team augmentation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Qualabs provides outsourced video software engineering through remote dedicated teams, deployed in under four weeks, tailored to Video Technology, Media & Entertainment, and New Media companies. Delivery is organized through six specialized engineering labs covering Video R&D, Video Workflows & Streaming, Backend & Platform Engineering, UI/Frontend & Apps, Data Engineering & Analytics, and Cloud & DevOps, with full-stack coverage of streaming protocols, CAS/DRM, OTT, broadcast, and WebRTC. The firm also develops open-source products (VideoHeadline CMS, FastTrack Live Scheduler, IETF MoQ Player, VAST-2-SGAI, CMAF-HAM Library, CMCD Validator, DASH Overlays) and provides custom platform development such as interactive social streaming and WebRTC modernization.

Product overview

Qualabs is a video technology software engineering outsourcing company offering specialized remote dedicated teams for video technology, media, and entertainment companies. Their portfolio consists of six specialized engineering labs covering Video Workflows & Streaming, Backend & Platform Engineering, UI/Frontend & Apps, Data Engineering & Analytics, Cloud & DevOps, and Video R&D. Additionally, they develop and maintain open-source products including the VideoHeadline CMS (AWS-based content management system), FastTrack Live Scheduler (VOD-to-Live channel scheduler), IETF MoQ Player (Media over QUIC player), VAST-2-SGAI Service (ad insertion proxy), CMAF-HAM Library (HLS-DASH conversion), CMCD Validator (Common Media Client Data validation), and various other video streaming tools and player components. The company also provides project-based services building custom platforms like interactive social streaming and WebRTC communication systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dedicated Video Engineering Teams Remote dedicated software engineering teams specializing in video technology, deployed in less than 4 weeks and adapted to client systems and processes for Video Technology, Media & Entertainment, and New Media companies.
• VideoHeadline CMS Open-source Content Management System for managing and monetizing video content on AWS, supporting VOD and live video distribution in HLS format.
• FastTrack Live Scheduler Open-source VOD-to-Live scheduling accelerator that enables creation and management of virtual live channels with a drag-and-drop interface and multi-channel support.
• IETF MoQ Player Web component-based media player for Media over QUIC (MoQ) protocol designed to lower the entry barrier to MoQ technology and support real-time streaming use cases such as live sports.
• VAST-2-SGAI Service Open-source proxy service that converts VAST responses from Ad Servers into Asset Lists or ListMPD for Server-Guided Ad Insertion workflows.
• CMAF-HAM Library Open-source proof-of-concept library implementing the CMAF Hypothetical Application Model for converting playlists and manifests between HLS and DASH formats.
• CMCD Validator Open-source validation library for Common Media Client Data (CMCD) parameters, providing accurate results to simplify CMCD standard adoption for video developers.
• DASH Overlays Open-source client-side graphic overlay system using MPEG-DASH event messaging, enabling dynamic overlays (HTML, images, video) without server-side pre-processing.
• Interactive Social Streaming Platform Development Custom development of an interactive social streaming platform enabling simultaneous live event viewing with live chat, moderation, and multi-camera handling for events and entertainment experiences.
• WebRTC Communication System Modernization Custom WebRTC communication system modernization using LiveKit to enable real-time video and audio communication with reduced latency for security-sensitive deployments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Remote dedicated teams can be set up in less than 4 weeks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EZDRMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint development of C2PA live signing for live streaming workflows. Combined MoQ, DRM, C2PA Live Signing, and global-scale delivery through Cloudflare into a cohesive end-to-end demonstration at NAB Show.
• AtemecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership for combining C2PA integration within streaming headend with low-latency capabilities enabled by Media over QUIC for live and interactive workflows.
• CloudflarecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Integration of Cloudflare's global MoQ relay infrastructure for ultra-low latency content delivery in combined MoQ + DRM + C2PA streaming demonstration.
• AMDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of AMD AMA Portal for Alveo MA35D card configuration and monitoring, OBS AMD AMA Plugin for hardware encoding, and upstream integration with Wowza Streaming Engine for Alveo U30.
• Player.style (Steve Heffernan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContributions to Player.style open-source project creating video player UI themes using MediaChrome. Developed X-mas theme and IETF MoQ Player web component integration.
• Alex Giladi (Comcast Fellow)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on DASH Overlays demonstration at Demuxed 2025, showcasing real-time client-side overlays for video streaming using MPEG-DASH's event messaging.
• WowzacoreTechnology or IntegrationCreated HLS Server-Guided Ad Insertion plugin for Wowza Streaming Engine and integrated AMD Alveo U30 with Wowza for hardware-accelerated encoding.
• SVTA (Streaming Video Technology Alliance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participation in SVTA working groups for CMAF HAM Library, CMCD standards development, and Common Media Library contributions.
• SVTA Common Media LibrarycoreTechnology or IntegrationBuilt CMAF-HAM library proof of concept in SVTA Common Media Library for converting playlists and manifests between HLS and DASH.
• SVTAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive contributors to SVTA Common Media Library and CMCD standards, including contributions to dash.js CMCD implementation.
• IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participation in MoQ (Media over QUIC) protocol development through Summer Camp projects and IETF MoQ Player development.
• MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in MPEG standards development including MPEG-DASH enhancements and CMAF specifications.
• CTA-WAVEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in CTA-WAVE working groups for DASH-HLS interoperability and video streaming standards.
• hls.jscoreTechnology or IntegrationContributed to hls.js implementation including HLS Interstitials support and VAST-2-SGAI plugin development for ad tracking.
• Shaka PlayercoreTechnology or IntegrationContributed DASH Overlays implementation to Shaka Player open-source project for client-side video graphics.
• MediaChromecoreTechnology or IntegrationBuilt Player.style themes using MediaChrome library enabling video player UI customization across different frameworks.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Endava: Digital engineering services firm with nearshore delivery centers in LATAM and Eastern Europe. Provides similar dedicated team services across multiple verticals including media, with broader scale and enterprise reach than Qualabs.
• Akamai: Global CDN and cloud services provider with substantial media delivery and video infrastructure offerings. Operates in the same video technology ecosystem at substantially larger scale, serving many of the same enterprise customers Qualabs targets.
• Bitmovin: Video encoding and streaming infrastructure provider offering cloud-based transcoding, player, and analytics products. Competes in the same video technology market as Qualabs with a product-focused approach serving similar enterprise customers.
• JW Player: Video player and streaming platform provider serving publishers and broadcasters. Operates in the same video technology ecosystem as Qualabs with a product-led model focused on player technology and ad insertion workflows.
• Globant: Large LATAM-based digital engineering services firm with a significant media and entertainment practice. Competes with Qualabs in enterprise engineering services with substantially broader scale, geographic footprint, and capital base.
• Brightcove: Established enterprise video platform with cloud video hosting, live streaming, and monetization capabilities. Larger incumbent in the video technology space where Qualabs provides specialized engineering services to similar buyer profiles.
• Mux: Video streaming infrastructure platform providing APIs for encoding, analytics, and player. Operates as a product company in the same video technology space as Qualabs' service offerings, and is also a disclosed enterprise customer of Qualabs.
• Wowza: Established video streaming platform serving enterprise customers with live and on-demand infrastructure. A disclosed co-development partner of Qualabs, operating in the same video technology ecosystem with a broader product portfolio.

Direct peers

• Igalia: Spanish open-source consultancy providing dedicated engineering teams with deep expertise in web platform, multimedia, and graphics. Active in W3C, MPEG, and IETF standards bodies with a business model structurally similar to Qualabs' team augmentation approach.
• Collabora: UK-based open-source consultancy specializing in multimedia, graphics, and Linux. Provides dedicated engineering services and contributes to upstream open-source projects including GStreamer, mirroring Qualabs' model of standards participation plus team delivery.

Market position

Strengths6 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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