Intigral, the media arm of Saudi Telecom Group (stc), has expanded its existing contract with California-based VisualOn to optimize CDN bandwidth and storage costs – using what claims to be the most advanced per-scene transcoding technology in the industry. We know a few names that would like to contest that notion, yet tests have shown the VisualOn Optimizer activating up to 70% savings on bandwidth and storage, while maintaining (and in some cases even improving) end-user quality for Intigral’s VoD networks across the MENA region. VisualOn Optimizer is built on patent-pending proprietary transcoding technology that analyzes content and determines the best transcoder settings to achieve target quality. Part of the appeal for Intigral is that VisualOn Optimizer can be added…