22.07.2021

How A Japanese Telco Migrates To A New OTT Platform With Ease

KDDI, one of Japan’s largest telcos entered the new era of subscription content when they launched their smartphone business in 2009. Their mission was to enable users to fully enjoy the mobile experience. Thus, KDDI created a bold new video-on-demand service called VideoPass. Operating in a highly competitive market, KDDI needed a platform that was flexible to meet the ever changing user demands and market trendscape. However, after VideoPass launched, they quickly realized the technological limitations of their UK-based solutions provider, which would soon become incompatible with rapid changes in the streaming industry.

22.07.2021

Painless Service Transition With Minimized Integration Effort For Live And VOD Content

uP!!!LIVEPASS is a Japanese ticketing service, operated by KDDI—one of the top three telecom operators in Japan, and PIA—the biggest ticketing company in Japan. The platform provides a premium experience of live music events, theatre performance, and other exclusive VIP events. In 2018, uP!!!LIVEPASS hoped to achieve vertical integration through adding video streaming services of live concerts (Live Streaming) and video playback (VOD), enriching users’ entertainment life.

28.06.2021

Seamlessly Integrate Ad-Based Linear Streaming Into An Existing Platform

KKTV is a Taiwanese video streaming service provider that went online in October 2016. KKTV subscribers gain access to thousands of Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Japanese dramas, which they can watch on demand on mobile, tablet or web applications. After gaining momentum to become one of Taiwan's largest on demand streaming services, KKTV wanted to take their business even further. They saw an opportunity in viewers’ willingness to watch advertisements in exchange for free content, so they approached KKStream with an idea: incorporate ad-embedded linear streaming into their existing VOD-streaming platform to generate additional revenue from adver-tisements.

28.06.2021

Transcode An Entire Documentary Library And Adding DRM In Just Three Days

Giloo is a start-up company that has since become Taiwan's largest documentary streaming service for Chinese-speaking world. In 2017, they had a remarkable opportunity to host the first-ever online film festival exclusively featuring over 80 feature-length documentaries