For European media providers, sovereignty is moving from selling point to strategy. For broadcasters seeking streaming success but facing increasing regulatory pressure to reduce dependency on non-European providers, sovereignty is now becoming a requirement, not a choice. This is the claim from video compression vendor Ateme, cloud infrastructure company Scaleway, and managed services provider Qvest. Succinctly, the European-based trio are hailing a new European-built OTT platform tailored for European broadcasters. On paper, the move looks to be about challenging the market dominance of US cloud hyperscalers like AWS, Google, or Akamai all in the name of doing the heavy lifting for European broadcasters to reduce dependency on external actors and seamlessly slide into European sovereignty requirements. Speaking to Faultline, Qvest Engage Managing Director Oliver…