Project
Promotion of a new television series Zoey 101 through its online distribution channel.
The issues prior to StreamTheWorld
- Project to be broadcasted uniquely to Canadian viewers
- ISP unable to support large number of simultaneous views
- Content easily copied and used without authorization
- Windows Media Player needs to be installed
- Prohibitive software licensing and hardware costs
The need
- A secure and reliable television content delivery system that allows for a large number of simultaneous views.
- Limit content delivery to Canadian users (Geoblocking feature)
- Automated transcoding of all media files to flash (individual files and bulk)
- Robust content distribution network able to support flash-crowds
- Detailed media delivery confirmation and reporting
- Full online video of television series with a statistics module to measure viewer data
The solution
- dManager content management system
- Localized content module
- dServ monetization platform
The results
- Instant playback of media files
- Ability to launch mix-media campaigns (TV/Internet)
- Few support-related issues
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Astral Media is Canada's largest broadcaster of English and French language pay and specialty television services and plays a vital role as the largest private sector investor in Canadian feature films. Astral Media owns 29 radio stations. Its 21 French language FM stations in Québec comprise three highly complementary networks: Énergie, RockDétente and Boom fm. The Company also owns 7 FM and 1 AM English language stations in the Atlantic provinces.
