Founded in 2001, the ipercast group is a leading European specialist in secure content management and delivery for the Web and mobile devices.

Based in Paris, ipercast has established itself as the partner of choice for a large number of media and telecom organisations all over the world.

Today, ipercast enjoys a robust market share in France and since 2006 has been developing a strong global presence with offices in Montreal, Hanover, London and representations in Italy, Spain, and South America.

The company pursues a carefully thought-out development strategy, with emphasis on both business fundamentals – with a mix of organic and external growth – and corporate environmental responsibility. Relying on its own CDN network, ipercast has carved out a position of technological leader and provides both streaming services - encompassing all aspects of multimedia stream delivery for both the Internet and mobile devices - and caching services, aimed at optimizing Web presence for businesses.

ipercast was founded in 2001 when it was spun out from ISDnet, an innovative Internet Service Provider, owned by Cable & Wireless. After offering CDN/streaming services for three years as part of ISDnet, ipercast was established as a separate company to set up and operate services on the largest streaming platform in Europe.
With Jean Michel Laveissière as CEO, the spin-off positioned itself as an IP content distribution network, with a particular focus on Web streaming. It immediately began to thrive during the boom of online video and its many applications (VoD, IPTV, Catch-Up TV, UGC, etc.).

Jean-Michel Laveissière founded ipercast with Denis CASTAING in 2001. The company was spun out of Isdnet, a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, where Laveissière was the head of Mulltimedia Services.
LAVEISSIÈRE has over 15 years’ experience in content distribution and content security.
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Jean-David previously worked as Head of Hosting Operations for operator Completel in France. He also worked as a Sales Director for British Telecom prior to joining ipercast in 2004 as Head of Operations.
Jean-David is a member of the company’s board of directors, in charge of ipercast’s business and international development strategy. Jean-David is a qualified engineer and a graduate of the EM-Lyon business school.