Playcast Media Announces Game Publisher and Studio Partnerships for First Ever Pay TV Games-On-Demand Service
“The combination of Playcast Media’s unique streaming technology and a diverse portfolio of high-quality game titles enables us to offer an attractive and robust all-in-one gaming solution to millions of Cable and IPTV customers. This is a new play for pay TV operators and a massive additional distribution channel for the games’ publishers,” said Guy De Beer, CEO of Playcast Media.
For the first time in pay TV history viewers will be able to play their favorite video games directly from their pay television set-top boxes without a gaming console. Playcast Media's system uses a proprietary new technology to deliver any PC video game to ordinary cable and telco set-top on-demand systems. This field proven technology uses ultra high-speed processing to handle off-the-shelf games and distribute the game's audio/ visual output as a regular video stream
“We offer video game publishers the most secure and user-friendly way to monetize their content and we’re very proud to have some of the biggest names in the video game industry partner with us. Content is the driver of this business and we’re committed to deliver the best titles around,” said Playcast Media’s COO, Alon Shtruzman.
Playcast Media is a complete games-on-demand solution for Cable and IPTV operators, which enables next-generation IP owners to seamlessly access hundreds of millions of connected households, with the ease of already established billing customer care and support systems. Playcast Media accelerates the convergence between TV and gaming to present significant new business opportunities for publishers, broadcasters and advertisers alike
In addition to unveiling their service at the Game Developers Conference, Playcast Media will launch their new Games-On-Demand service this spring via Hot Cable in Israel. Playcast is also now engaged in active technical trials with some of Europe’s leading IPTV and cable networks. This is the first of a series of announcements Playcast Media will make this spring.
About Playcast
Playcast Media is a privately held, start-up company based in Israel and
London, UK. Playcast Media was founded by Guy De Beer, a telecom and Cable veteran, previously head of Harmonic's VOD product lines and Dr. Nathan Peterfreund, previously the principal scientist in Harmonic [NASDAQ: HLIT], and one of the authors of the acclaimed H.264 compression standard. Alon Shtruzman, a seasoned media executive, who held senior positions at Fox international channels joined Playcast in 2008 as COO and President of Media. Playcast Media is represented in the United States by United Talent Agency. For more information about Playcast, please visit www.playcast-media.com