Quickplay buyer Firstlight struggles defining experience over legacy

Few had heard of Firstlight Media before the company salvaged the remaining Quickplay assets from the iron grip of AT&T two months ago. Maybe fewer had heard of a technology company founded on the premise of prizing a business from one of the world’s most powerful operators for a reunion with its original co-founder. That is precisely what Firstlight Media set out to do in January 2019, going on to complete the acquisition of Quickplay from AT&T in March 2020 with financial backing from private equity firm Highview Capital. Now with Firstlight coming up for air, offering a modular end-to-end OTT platform, our first bone to pick was why Firstlight sees a future in Quickplay when AT&T clearly does not.…