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Aferian PLC
21 June 2022
21 June 2022
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AFERIAN PLC
("Aferian", the "Company" or the "Group")
Amino software powers Now TV integration
Now TV deploys a fully integrated Amino software stack,
including Amino OS and Amino Engage, to integrate its IPTV service
with OTT in a next generation Android TV user experience (UX) on
its newly launched Android TV box Now H1
The new offering integrates OTT services such as HBO GO,
Netflix, Red Bull TV, Bloomberg and Deutsche Welle
Amino handles the Android TV and Netflix certification processes
to enable Now TV to concentrate on providing great content and user
experience
Aferian plc (LSE AIM: AFRN), the B2B video streaming solutions
company, today announces that Amino has collaborated with Now TV,
the leading pay-TV service in Hong Kong and the media entertainment
arm of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider
and a leading innovator, to integrate its pioneering IPTV service
with popular OTT services such as HBO GO and Netflix.
Mr Derek Choi, Managing Director, HKT Home, said, "We are
thrilled to introduce Now H1 to families in Hong Kong. By
converging the TV and OTT worlds, Amino has helped Now H1 redefine
the viewing experience for Hong Kong consumers by providing a
modern Android TV user experience that combines Now TV content with
preloaded OTT services such as HBO GO, ViuTV, Viu, Netflix, Red
Bull TV and Deutsche Welle."
Amino Engage, Amino's SaaS service management solution,
simplifies Now TV's device and app management to deliver excellent
customer service, experience, and insight into video consumption
metrics for monetization. This increases operational efficiency,
helps Now TV provide high-touch customer support, and boosts
customer loyalty and monetization. The AminoOS device software
enables operators to deliver a modern viewing experience that
seamlessly integrates OTT and IPTV.
Donald McGarva, Aferian Group CEO, said: "As a long-standing Now
TV technology partner, we spend a lot of time talking to them so
that we know exactly where they want to be next week, next month
and in one or more years' time. We knew that Now TV needed a
combination of the rock-solid user experience of pay-TV and the
user-friendly and wide choice of OTT streaming, and that's exactly
what Amino software has delivered - an exciting 'best of both
world's' TV and video service."
For further information please contact:
Aferian plc +44 (0)1954 234100
Mark Wells, Chairman
Donald McGarva, Chief Executive Officer
Mark Carlisle, Chief Financial Officer
Investec plc +44 (0)20 7597 5970
David Anderson / Patrick Robb / Nick Prowting / Cameron MacRitchie
FTI Consulting (Financial communications) +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Tom Blundell
About Aferian plc
Aferian plc (AIM: AFRN) is a B2B video streaming solutions
company. Our end-to-end solutions bring live and on-demand video to
every kind of screen. We create the forward-thinking solutions that
our customers need to drive subscriber engagement, audience
satisfaction, and revenue growth.
It is our belief that successful media companies and services
will be those that are most consumer-centric, data driven and
flexible to change. We focus on innovating technologies that enable
our customers stay ahead of evolving viewer demand by providing
smarter, more cost-effective ways of delivering end-to-end modern
TV and video experiences to consumers. By anticipating
technological and behavioural audience trends, our software
solutions empower our customers to heighten viewer enjoyment, drive
growth in audience share and ultimately their profitability.
Aferian plc has two operating companies: 24i, which focusses on
streaming video experiences, and Amino, which connects Pay TV to
streaming services. Our two complementary companies combine their
products and services to create solutions which ensure that people
can consume TV and video how and when they want it. Our solutions
deliver modern TV and video experiences every day to millions of
viewers globally, via our growing global customer base of over 500
service providers.
Aferian plc is traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM stock
market (AIM: symbol AFRN). Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the
Company has over 350 staff located in offices in San Francisco,
Amsterdam, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Madrid, Porto, Brno, Bath, Buenos
Aires, and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit
www.aferian.com
About Amino Communications
Amino is a global leader in media and entertainment technology
solutions and an IPTV pioneer, working with over 250 operators in
100-plus countries. Drawing on more than 20 years' experience
delivering IP and cloud innovation, Amino enables Pay TV providers
to seamlessly deliver live, local and on-demand broadcast or
streaming content with all the features required in a multiscreen
entertainment world.
Amino Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aferian PLC
and listed on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment
Market (AIM: AFRN), with headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom,
and global offices in California, Finland, Hong Kong, and Portugal.
For more details, visit www.Amino.tv
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