Zattoo, the leading TV streaming and TV-as-a-Service provider in Europe, and Media Distillery, the leading AI technology provider in video UX optimization, announce their new collaboration within the upcoming launch of Zattoo’s new product Stream API. This includes AI- and Machine Learning-enriched Time Marker Suite, now pre-integrated for Zattoo’s B2B managed platform service for TV streaming service operators.
With over 30 TV platform customers, Zattoo’s B2B operation supports Tier 1 operators including 1&1 in Germany, Eir in Ireland, Salt in Switzerland, and Waoo in Denmark, for whom Zattoo offers fully hosted and managed IPTV, OTT and TV-as-a-Service offerings in a white label product with state-of-the-art features and applications for operators to deliver to customers.
Zattoo is set to launch Stream API, a powerful suite of services, tools and platform that enables application developers and operators to rapidly build, launch and scale the next generation of streaming applications and services. Zattoo’s goal is to create a complementary and strategically curated B2B partner ecosystem to help encourage growth for the managed service offering. Media Distillery is the first technology pre-integrated partner on board, with Media Distillery’s core solutions EPG Correction Distillery™ and Ad Break Distillery™.
“We are delighted to welcome Media Distillery as a partner to enable our joint customers to leverage our complementary platforms to enhance their viewing experiences and unlock new revenue streams,” said Bert Schulzki, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Zattoo. “We believe that fostering a vibrant ecosystem will enable application developers and OTT service providers to work with the best solutions, accelerate their development, and deliver superior end-user experiences.“
“We are proud that Zattoo selected Media Distillery as a partner to enhance user experiences across the operator networks of its ambitious B2B business,” said Roland Sars, CEO of Media Distillery. “We’re eager to work with Zattoo and its operator partners to deliver seamless viewing experiences to customers.”
EPG Correction Distillery enhances viewing because it ensures that EPG programme schedule information is accurate. Linear broadcasts don’t always align with the EPG. Without correction, on replay or catch-up, the viewer might experience the end of the programme being cut off, or see the end of the preceding show. Subscribers will benefit from accurate EPG information, and can select and enjoy catch-up and replay TV without missing any of their desired content.
With Ad Break Distillery, operators can identify the placement of ads for the myriad channels which don’t provide ad break markers. While some broadcasters include ad markers in their transmissions, most do not, and this is where Media Distillery’s Ad Break Distillery comes in.Ad Break Distillery automatically detects the start and stop of advertisement breaks in broadcast video, So operators can provide a consistent user experience across their Replay TV channel line-ups.
Both award-winning solutions are part of Media Distillery’s Time Marker Suite, which harnesses AI and ML to analyse broadcasts across multiple channels in real-time, allowing service providers to enhance catch-up and replay experiences. With Time Marker Suite, operators can more effectively monetize catch-up and replay formats and re-use content archives for FAST and AVOD platforms.
