STV Group PLC STV Player secures additional new content partners
March 05 2019 - 8:13AM
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STV Group PLC
05 March 2019
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STV PLAYER SECURES ADDITIONAL NEW CONTENT PARTNERS
5 March 2019
STV has confirmed two new partnerships with international
content providers, Flame Distribution and Jukin Media to provide
additional programming and choice for viewers as its video on
demand service, STV Player, continues to expand.
Jukin Media is owner/ operator of multimedia entertainment
brands FailArmy, The Pet Collective, and People Are Awesome; those
immensely popular properties provide comedic and inspirational
video content to tens of millions of followers on social media, and
will now be available on STV Player.
"We're committed to making our brands available everywhere
there's an active, enthusiastic audience consuming video content,
and STV Player absolutely fits that description," said Cameron
Saless, Chief Growth Officer of Jukin Media.
Flame Distribution is an international distributor of factual,
unscripted and documentary content representing more than 140
independent producers from around the world. Programmes which will
air on STV Player include Recipes That Rock and Grand Tours of
Scotland.
Thomas Gould, Flame's VP Sales - Middle East, Hungary &
Turkey Worldwide Transport Sales & Digital Sales EMEA, said:
"Flame is delighted to be working with STV. We feel that our titles
will be a perfect match for their customers and will play a role in
generating more customers for their service. We look forward to
working with STV on more future deals!"
Last year, STV announced a new strategic growth plan for the
business, creating a dedicated digital division to drive growth
through the STV Player and deliver a personalised STV for everyone.
These new partnerships follow recent extensions to the range of
content available through Eleven Sports, Hopster and Little Dot
Studio to deliver increased choice across children's, factual,
drama, entertainment and sports programming.
Today's announcement follows the launch, last week, of STV
Player+, an ad-free subscription video on demand service for Scots
at home and abroad. Strategic partnerships have also recently been
confirmed with both Sky and Virgin extending the reach of the STV
Player to new audiences.
Richard Williams, STV's Managing Director, Digital, said: "Flame
and Jukin Media offer hugely popular programming and content, and
we are delighted that, through these partnerships, we are able to
further enhance our offering to STV viewers."
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For further information, please contact the STV press
office:
Katie Martin
0141 300 3109
katie.martin@stv.tv
Anna Hendry
0141 300 3830
anna.hendry@stv.tv
NOTES TO EDITORS
About STV Player
STV's popular catch-up and live streaming service, STV Player,
allows users to watch their favourite STV programmes live and on
catch up, free of charge.
STV favourites such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Britain's
Got Talent and The Voice are available to view free of charge live,
and for up to 30 days. Viewers can also catch up on the latest news
and discussions with STV News at Six and Scotland Tonight, and
watch favourites from the STV archive including top dramas Taggart
and Rebus.
STV Player is now available on a variety of platforms including
iPhones and iPads, Android tablets and smartphones, Samsung Smart
TVs, YouView set-top boxes, , Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire tablets,
Google Chromecast, Freeview Play devices, Roku, NOW TV and via
player.stv.tv.
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