Testronic Acquires Giant Interactive

Testronic has recently acquired Giant Interactive who have been nominated for three honors at the upcoming 2022 DEG – The Digital Entertainment Group Technology and Operations Awards.

The DEG Tech Ops Awards recognize exceptional technology accomplishments in the digital supply chain achieved by both companies and individuals. The Awards encourage and promote excellence and showcase the importance of the industry's technology and operations teams supporting the digital supply chain.

Giant Interactive has been nominated for the "Best Multi-Company Team Collaboration Award" for their partnership in working with the Global Content Servicing & Solutions team at Warner Bros. Discovery on digital deliveries for a large-scale and time-sensitive content project. Giant expedited new MEC – media entertainment core workflows plus software and hardware requirements to successfully deliver multi-language episodic and feature content packages.

"We are honored to be recognized for our technology and exceptional teamwork accomplishments collaborating with Warner Bros. Discovery’s impressive team," commented Meri Hassouni, SVP Client Services, Giant Interactive. "This nomination is a true demonstration of excellence in collaboration, communication, and technical execution. I am so proud of our Giant Interactive team for problem solving, quick adaptation and client collaboration. We are amongst great companies with the nominees and our nomination is already a win for us regardless of the final award."

Testronic is honored with a nomination for a "Technology Innovation Award", for the development of its Remote Access Lab. The lab offers clients and their developers with enhanced productivity, flexibility and cost savings, as it provides them with 365/24/7 global remote access to real-world devices and technology for QA test automation, performance monitoring, content delivery testing and UAT – all in real-time. This novel solution, spearheaded by Testronic project managers, Kevin Lebre and Beau Yarrow, was developed to address the challenges that arose during the global COVID pandemic.

Additionally, Testronic has been nominated for the "Best Multi-Company Team Collaboration Award" for its collective work with Witbe, a test automation and QoE monitoring solutions provider for content platforms. Testronic project manager, Kevin Lebre, and Florian Castaignede with Witbe have been personally nominated for this award for their innovative teamwork in co-creating Testronic’s Remote Access Lab and test automation framework.

"It is a significant accomplishment for our employees and company to be recognized for our technical advancements that have so effectively impacted the digital supply chain," commented Jason Gish, president film and television, Testronic. "We've really pushed the boundaries with our innovations and collaborations in developing and implementing our Remote Access Lab and I would like to personally congratulate our very own Kevin Lebre and Witbe's Florian Castaignede for their nominations and contributions."

This year's DEG Awards winners will be recognized in person at an awards ceremony on October 12, 2022 at the DTS Sound Space in Los Angeles, California.

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