Zattoo Stream API Press Release

20 August 2024

Zattoo Redefines Streaming at IBC 2024 with Next Generation Stream API Applications and Services

Zurich, August 21, 2024 – Zattoo, Europe’s leading TV Streaming and TV-as-a-Service provider, is unveiling Stream API, a suite of powerful custom-built applications and services at IBC 2024, transforming the way developers and operators craft and deliver next-generation streaming experiences. The company’s exhibiting in the Content Everywhere Hall 5, on Stand A92 throughout the four-day event. Building on its technical expertise spanning two-decades and the success of its fully hosted and managed white-label IPTV, OTT and TV-as-a-Service offerings, Stream API empowers users to rapidly build, launch and scale the next-generation of streaming solutions translating requirements into exceptional experiences with a powerful suite of tools, services and platform, with ease.

“Technology is evolving as budgets are being squeezed and customer development teams face huge challenges,” says Bert Schulzki, Zattoo’s Chief Product and Technology Officer. “Many need to re-build and re-platform, with more devices and fewer resources. They must re-think their approach, become methodical, leverage multipliers and avoid pitfalls. We have the technology and the skills to help them.”

Stream API is engineered to address the multifaceted demands of contemporary streaming. At its core, is a server-side ad insertion (SSAI) Advertising API providing dynamic ad substitution for live streams and on-demand content. This feature unlocks new revenue opportunities with instantly configurable campaigns, supported by Zattoo’s dedicated European ad sales team.

Providing unparalleled streaming quality, Stream API delivers fast, reliable and secure multi-bitrate streams for Live TV, FAST channels and On-Demand content. It leverages a carrier-grade, fully managed head-end and an extensive European content distribution network.

Coming soon is Stream API’s multimedia Playback SDK, designed to streamline playback, DRM, telemetry, and configuration across various platforms. Additionally, real-time video analytics provided by the Playback Telemetry feature offer deep insights into playback events, including startup times, rebuffering incidents, and video quality scores, enabling developers to fine-tune their services with precision.

The company also has plans to introduce Playback Test Automation, a tool that automates testing across multiple devices, ensuring consistent performance and rapid issue resolution during both development and maintenance phases.

Zattoo’s goal is to create a complimentary and strategically curated B2B partner ecosystem to help encourage growth. “Two of the biggest challenges our industry faces are mastering complexity and the rapid pace of technological evolution,” adds Schulzki. “Deciding which technologies to incorporate, what to build, and what to buy for long-term viability is crucial. Achieving a clear separation of concerns through a flexible, modular, maintainable, and scalable architecture is essential and incorporating a TV-as-a-Service (SaaS) API is an effective solution that can bring significant benefits. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our stand at IBC 2024, so they can experience this groundbreaking technology firsthand.”

Stream API will be demonstrated throughout the show on Zattoo’s stand 5.A92 and its partner stand, Media Distillery 5.H75. Zattoo’s Principal Product Manager Aaron Dey will also be demonstrating the solution on the Innovation Stage on September 14th at 12:15pm.

About Zattoo
With over 30 TV platform customers and several million monthly active users, Zattoo is one of Europe's leading TV-as-a-service platforms. Its customers include Tier 1 operators like 1&1 in Germany, Eir in Ireland, Salt in Switzerland, and Monaco Telecom, and local leaders like Epic in Cyprus and Malta or 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 all relevant devices and covering all common ones: Android TV for operator set-top boxes as well as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Smart TVs and mobile devices (iOS / Android / Windows 10). Zattoo gained recognition for its achievements in 2020 with the awarding of the Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the United States. Zattoo is also the first certified climate-neutral TV streaming provider actively driving for the climate-neutral television of the future.

Media information:
For Zattoo:
Hanns Schempp
Head of B2B Marketing, Zattoo
hanns.schempp@zattoo.com
+49172 167 0057

Shree Dash
B2B Marketing Manager Product, Zattoo
shree.dash@zattoo.com
+49170 955 6255

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