24i to Showcase its cutting-edge OTT Apps at IBC 2017

Published September 13th, 2017

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 6th, 2017, 24i Media will showcase their turnkey OTT Apps with a wealth of features and innovations to accelerate time to market, reduce cost, simplify deployment and optimize personalization and monetization across all devices and brands, enabling operators, content owners and broadcasters to expand, scale and grow their Internet TV offerings with flexible and powerful OTT Apps.

”We’re very excited about the news and innovations we’ll share at IBC this year” said Martijn Van Horssen, CEO at 24i Media. ”With nearly a decade of experience and a proven track record in delivering flexible, personalized, cost efficient and fast-to-market OTT TV Apps for brands across the globe, 24i deliver leading-edge technologies to help our customers gain an edge in the battle that is shaping the TV industry. At IBC2017, we will demonstrate how our OTT TV app products optimize personalization, accelerate time to market, reduce cost and complexity of multiplatform delivery, and in turn simplify monetization across all devices and brands.

At IBC 24i will showcase their comprehensive suite of innovative products, including:

  • SmartOTT Backstage: 24i’s Content Management system (CMS) designed to empower content owners, broadcasters and operators to unlock the potential of premium video with a service that allows them to enrich and organize their content metadata, offers social interaction, smarter recommendations, personalization, recommendations, continued viewing and superb curated content collections- instantly responsive across devices and regions.

 

  • SmartOTT: 24i’s off-the-shelf white- label product empowering customers to remove complexity from their IPTV and OTT strategy. It’s a cohesive suite that enables customers to simplify syndication and deliver their live and on-demand TV & video content to any screen.

 

  • SmartOperator: 24i’s TV Anywhere front-end solution for TV operators. It is an off-the-shelf product that offers an innovative and uniform user experience across a range of devices.

 

  • SmartTemplate: For partners who need a standardized front-end solution at the lowest cost but with maximum quality, stability and innovation. This build- once, deploy-everywhere Internet TV app template offers your clients easy access to the OTT market space.

 

  • SmartApp: a product customized completely to 24i’s customers needs by supporting each client’s specific TV and OTT strategy, requirements, brand and technology integrations. Our in-depth knowledge and expertise with creating and deploying internet TV Apps, streaming video and interactive TV enables us to develop tailor-made solutions with cutting edge functionalities, realizing truly competitive advantages and strategic value for their customers. Learn more.

 

24i Media will demonstrate its technology innovations at IBC 2017, booth 14.D30, Sept. 15-19 in Amsterdam and welcomes visitors to their booth to get a wide-ranging live demo of their turnkey OTT TV app products and live demonstrations of services powered by 24i including; NPO, Fuse Media, Globo, Fox, Pathe, Nordisk Film, Videoland and many more!

Further information about 24i Media and the company’s products is available at www.24i.com

About 24i Media

24i is an industry-leading global internet TV app developer with award-winning technology that helps customers develop and deploy apps faster and more efficiently on all devices, screens and platforms. 24i empower broadcasters, content owners and operators with future-proof and flexible tools to create and monetize personalized TV apps, while accelerating time-to-market and reducing cost.

24i’s technology framework powers the digital experience for leading brands around the world, including RTL, Fox Sports, Viacom, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Globo, RTE, NPO, Fuse Media and many more, delivering state-of-the-art OTT apps, designed to maximize ROI, create seamless consumer experiences and build personalized engagements across all platforms, turning viewers into fans.

24i Media is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Copenhagen and Brno.

For more information, please visit www.24i.com.

An impression of IBC 2017! Big thanks to everyone who visited our booth!
Big thanks to all of you who visited our booth at IBC and who attended the 24i IBC Kick-off party hosted by Vindicia, Vimond, Improve Digital, NPAW, Cleeng and Nexstreaming. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. It was a great pleasure to have so many people visit our booth and experience our services. OTT Apps At our booth at IBC we showcased our turnkey OTT Apps with a wealth of features and innovations to accelerate time to market, reduce cost, simplify deployment and optimize personalization and monetization across all devices and brands, enabling operators, content owners and broadcasters to expand, scale and grow their Internet TV offerings with flexible and powerful OTT Apps. Meeting or demo? If you did not have the chance to see us at IBC, schedule a meeting and demo with us today or meet with us at one of the other events we attend. Pictures! There were lots of great moments at IBC, we’ve captured a few of them, check out our photo album from IBC here. We look forward to seeing you at IBC 2018! We’ll be at IBC again next year and look forward to seeing you there. Meanwhile- you can find us at various industry events throughout the world, view more events here. Follow us on Twitter @24i_media to stay updated on events we attend, or simply schedule a meeting with us today.
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An impression of IBC 2017! Big thanks to everyone who visited our booth!
Big thanks to all of you who visited our booth at IBC and who attended the 24i IBC Kick-off party hosted by Vindicia, Vimond, Improve Digital, NPAW, Cleeng and Nexstreaming. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. It was a great pleasure to have so many people visit our booth and experience our services. OTT Apps At our booth at IBC we showcased our turnkey OTT Apps with a wealth of features and innovations to accelerate time to market, reduce cost, simplify deployment and optimize personalization and monetization across all devices and brands, enabling operators, content owners and broadcasters to expand, scale and grow their Internet TV offerings with flexible and powerful OTT Apps. Meeting or demo? If you did not have the chance to see us at IBC, schedule a meeting and demo with us today or meet with us at one of the other events we attend. Pictures! There were lots of great moments at IBC, we’ve captured a few of them, check out our photo album from IBC here. We look forward to seeing you at IBC 2018! We’ll be at IBC again next year and look forward to seeing you there. Meanwhile- you can find us at various industry events throughout the world, view more events here. Follow us on Twitter @24i_media to stay updated on events we attend, or simply schedule a meeting with us today.
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 17th 2019 – 24i Media, an industry-leading, global streaming video app developer, today announced that they have partnered with Hisense, a global electronics giant and one of the world’s leading TV manufactures and technology leader. Hisense’s next generation of Smart TV models equipped with a VIDAA system will have the TV GAMES portal, powered by 24i Media, preinstalled as of March 2019.

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Games on Smart TVs is on the rise and the fragmentation that poses a challenge also presents an opportunity, in the form of more sophisticated ad targeting and video advertising. 24i Media is a pioneer in big screen video monetization and is working closely with several SSP and DSP partners to define the ad sector.

"TV GAME and advertisement on Smart TVs is a new and exciting road full opportunities as well as unknown grounds. We are thrilled to join forces with Hisense." Said Petr Mazanec, Head of the TV GAMES product at 24i Media.

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Apr 18, 2017

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24i unveils cutting-edge CMS for VOD, SmartOTT Backstage

24i unveils cutting-edge CMS for VOD, SmartOTT Backstage   Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 13th 2017 – 24i Media, a leading provider of multi-screen TV apps, today announced the launch of SmartOTT Backstage, a powerful Content Management system (CMS) designed to empower content owners, broadcasters and operators to unlock the potential of premium video with a service that allows them to enrich and organize their content metadata, offers social interaction, smarter personalized recommendations, continued viewing and superb curated content collections- instantly responsive across devices and regions. SmartOTT Backstage is a cloud-based and modular system that sits between the clients’ video backend system and their front- end applications, a robust and flexible solution comprised of three core functionalities, an intuitive CMS, a metadata & data-source component and a robust API which enrich and organizes content. Attached to flexible integration points, SmartOTT Backstage handles curated content collections, recommended feeds, scheduling, data-sourcing and metadata whilst providing customers with the opportunity to set up and brand their front-end apps by selection from a rich variety of layout elements and branding options. “We’re super excited to announce the launch of our leading-edge SmartOTT Backstage,” said Martijn Van Horssen, CEO at 24i Media. “We wanted to empower our customers to take full control over their content and curation, with a comprehensive toolbox to manage data for each piece of content, enabling them to meet the demands from their viewers for a personalized service. Our newly launched SmartOTT Backstage enables our customers to leverage the power of metadata and third-party integrations to create a more personalized experience across all devices.” SmartOTT Backstage enables customers to take complete control of their product and content experience, including key features such as:

Seamless integrations; The solution further offers a comprehensive suite of connectors that integrate seamlessly with existing systems and partners, allowing customers to enable/disable a range of integrations. For example analytics (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics) or advertisement (FreeWheel, Google DFP), recommendation, etc.

Powerful and robust API: The flexible API is designed as an independent component, which is integrated with the SmartOTT Backstage Metadata/Data-source component. It can also connect to any source containing metadata, app configurations, etc.

An optimized unified point of access for all applications to retrieve app configurations, metadata and additional services not provided by the OVP, such as recommendations powered by Microsoft Azure.

Metadata enrichment system; a tool to import the metadata from the OVP into the system allowing clients to improve and differentiate their content data

Data-source and import/export tool for all application related configurations, including but not limited to; Template, Menu, Pages, Sections, Playlists, third party integration configurations.

Personalization – combining user preferences and rich metadata for customized content recommendations.

Content and metadata orchestration; a query builder & collection editor allowing customers to create curated playlists, meaningful content collections and schedule publishing- for smarter planning and scheduling of content workflows.

App configuration tool; allowing clients to select the modules & content they want to show on each page of their front-end apps, on any device.

Intuitive branding tool; enabling customers to incorporate their brand & look across all their apps, on any device, from uploading their logo to posting a promotional message.

Advanced user & role management; offering possibilities to customize the roles within an application with granular permissions.

Easily create application pages through a defined set of page blueprints (browse, search, settings), gives customers the freedom to arrange, schedule, order and publish their content as they wish.

The SmartOTT Backstage will be demoed at the 2017 NAB Show (Booth #SU11702CM), April 24 – 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. To learn more about the SmartOTT Backstage or to schedule a meeting with a 24i Media representative at the NAB Show, please visit: http://www.24i.com/meet-us-nab-2017/ About 24i Media (www.24i.com) 24i is a leading vendor in Smart TV apps for all devices including mobile, Smart TV, Set-top-boxes, Pc/ Mac , game consoles etc., empowering broadcasters, content owners and operators with future-proof and flexible tools to create and monetize personalized TV apps, while accelerating time-to-market and reducing cost. 24i’s technology framework powers the digital experience for leading brands around the world, including RTL, Fox Sports, Viacom Media Networks, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Televisa, Fuse Media and many more, delivering state-of-the-art OTT apps, designed to maximize ROI, create seamless consumer experiences and build personalized engagements across all platforms. 24i Media is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Madrid and Brno. For more information, please visit www.24i.com.
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Industry leading Internet TV app leader honored to be amongst the finalist in the industry recognized Streaming Media Readers Choice award 2017. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 16th, 2017, 24i Media, an industry-leading global TV app developer for the world’s top media companies, today announced that it has been named Finalist in the category “Best Multiscreen Solution” in the Streaming Media Readers Choice Award 2017. Nominated by fans and peers alike, 24i and our turnkey, world class TV app solution, SmartOTT, has been named Finalist in the 2017 Streaming Media Readers Choice Award,  in the category for “Best Multiscreen solution”, a category covering Over-the-top and "catch-up" solutions for delivering television content online to multiple devices, including set-top boxes, smart TVs, mobile phones, tablets, and more. Big thanks to everyone who voted for us! “Streaming Media readers are sophisticated users of technology and we’re thrilled by the fact that they’ve noticed our products and casted their vote on us,” said Martijn Van Horssen, CEO at 24i Media. “We’re proud of our broad range of internet TV apps offerings we have, enabling our customers to create flexible and personalized apps across all devices.” Powerful and flexible, SmartOTT, is a turnkey TV app solution for all devices, empowering leading operators, broadcasters, media companies and content owners across the world to seamlessly create, manage, distribute and monetize their premium content across all networks and devices. Powered by 24i’s proven AppCore production framework, the template-based SmartOTT solution ensures fast time-to-market and proven UI & UX. Learn more about SmartOTT. Meet 24i Media at IBC, booth 14.D30 24i Media will be showcasing their feature rich set of TV applications including SmartOTT and SmartOTT Backstage at IBC, booth 14.D30 in Amsterdam, Sept 15-19. Drop by our stand or book a meeting to discover how you can leverage 24i’s next generation tools and technologies to stand out from your competitors and capitalize on our flexible and proven solutions and take your Internet TV ambitions to the next level. About 24i Media (www.24i.com) 24i is an industry-leading global TV app developer with award-winning technology that helps customers develop and deploy apps faster and more efficiently on all devices, screens and platforms. 24i empower broadcasters, content owners and operators with future-proof and flexible tools to create and monetize personalized TV apps, while accelerating time-to-market and reducing cost. 24i’s technology framework powers the digital experience for leading brands around the world, including RTL, Fox Sports, Viacom, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Globo, RTE, NPO, Fuse Media and many more, delivering state-of-the-art OTT apps, designed to maximize ROI, create seamless consumer experiences and build personalized engagements across all platforms, turning viewers into fans. 24i Media is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Copenhagen and Brno. For more information, please visit www.24i.com.      
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