Real-Time Over The Top (OTT) Technology Gears Up for Growth
September 30 2015 - 1:30PM
WhereverTV Broadcasting Corp.
(OTC:TVTV)
, announced today that it is continuing
to improve and expand its content delivery assets, secure enhanced
digital technologies, and expand its management team to gear up for
growth in the delivery of real-time and live-streaming OTT content
to consumers who prefer to watch content on a mobile or internet
connected device. As part of this continuing strategy, WhereverTV
also announced that it has contracted with Akamai Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), the global leader in Content Delivery Network
(CDN) services, to enhance its user experience and content delivery
platform.
Edward Ciofani, CEO, WhereverTV, stated, “As a
company, we are moving quickly to become a global leader in the
delivery of all forms of content on our OTT platform. And we
believe the relationship with Akamai is a crucial part of
successfully achieving our goals. As we improve and expand our
content delivery assets and secure additional enhanced digital
technologies, our success can only be amplified by a
well-established and successful company like Akamai.”
“WhereverTV recognizes that consumers expect OTT
services to do more than deliver their content of choice where and
whenever they want it,” said John Bishop, CTO, Media, Akamai.
“Viewers are demanding exceptional experiences with video quality
that matches, if not exceeds what they’ve become accustomed to with
broadcast. We are pleased that WhereverTV has chosen Akamai’s Media
Delivery solutions as the foundation for its new service to meet
rising expectations and quickly get up and running with a
high-quality OTT offering.”
Akamai’s Media Delivery solutions are designed
to help further enhance WhereverTV’s ability to deliver content to
a variety of devices including Connected TVs, streaming media
players, smartphones and TabletPCs as well as the ability to
deliver that content in connection with its patented Interactive
Program Guide technology. The relationship strengthens WhereverTV’s
ability to broadcast to any device without regard to data speed
constraints, and with very little latency issues often experienced
with IPTV & OTT streaming or broadcasting.
WhereverTV is using Akamai’s Adaptive Media
Delivery to help provide consistent, high-quality viewing
experiences across different network types at varying connection
speeds, as well as content targeting for compliance with regional
licensing agreements. The OTT provider is also leveraging Akamai’s
Media Services Live for linear streaming along with its cloud-based
NetStorage complemented by Aspera upload acceleration to help
ensure fast, high availability of new content.
Commenting on Akamai’s analytics capabilities,
Ciofani said, “The deep visibility into performance that Akamai
offers will help us monitor and stay on top of the crucial metrics
that directly impact our success with our viewers. These analytics
enable us to manage and optimize content, monetize it, and make
sure our viewers remain interested, engaged, and increasing in
numbers.”
The company has already announced its intentions
to live stream content related to mainstream television and
Country, Rock and Roll, R&B, Hip Hop & Christian music. The
company is also intending to broadcast or partner with event
coordinators in and outside of the music industry.
For more information please click: Internet TV,
Over the Top or WhereverTV.
About WhereverTV Broadcasting Corporation (Symbol:TVTV)
Founded in 2007, WhereverTV is the next generation subscription
television service providing consumers with live-streaming,
genre-specific, and in-language viewing choices from around the
world, delivered to anywhere in the world, and through any internet
enabled device. Programming is identical to existing broadcast and
distribution providers with the only differences being that the
broadcast signals are accessed through the internet via an over the
top (OTT) platform, and channel management is handled by company’s
patented Interactive Program Guide (IPG) technology. WhereverTV
provides an economically beneficial and completely versatile
alternative to traditional cable and satellite services, with the
added benefits of personalization and portability. Also known as
Internet TV, WhereverTV delivers these same channels, shows and
events to SmartTVs and digital media receivers including: GoogleTV,
AppleTV, Roku, Boxee, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Droid Smartphone,
and TabletPCs. The WhereverTV platform enables subscribers to
access licensed and free-to-air content across these devices with
the IPG across unlimited geographies, and wherever there is
internet connectivity. The customer viewing experiences are based
on customer location (geo-targeting) and content-rights management
(subscriptions). Current in-language subscription offerings include
Arabic TV, French TV, Italian TV, and Moroccan TV. Current genre
specific subscriptions include NEWS channels, faith based channels
and more. Apps are presently available for free in App Stores
for iOS (Apple), Android and GoogleTV devices. DVR functionality to
record your shows and view later is presently in the works.
Licensed US TV content subscriptions will be available in 2015.
Please visit: www.wherever.tv, for more info.
This news release contains forward-looking
statements, which may not be based on historical facts. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results
events or developments to be materially different from any future
results, events or developments expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These factors should be considered
carefully and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable
securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any
such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions
to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to
reflect future results, events or developments.
Contact:
Ph: 239-731-5421
Email: pr@wherever.tv
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