NetRange Smart TV Portal Expands Content Offering with FAST Channels from OTTera

Content Partners / 18 June 2024 / 0 Comments

NetRange Smart TV Portal Expands Content Offering with FAST Channels from OTTera

Los Angeles, USA & Hamburg, Germany, 18th June, 2024 – NetRange MMH GmbH (‘NetRange‘ an ACCESS company), the global provider of white-labeled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, and OTTera, a leader in OTT (Over-The-Top) applications and FAST (Free Ad Supported TV) channel playout solutions, announced that OTTera’s FAST channels are now available to TV manufacturers and content brands through the NetRange Smart TV Portal ecosystem.

“Thanks to our partnership with NetRange, we have the opportunity to capitalize on the ever-expanding market of Smart TV brands that are eager to enrich their content portfolios by delivering FAST channels through our StreamBridge™ service,” said Jordan Warkol, VP of Business Development, OTTera.

“The OTTera FAST channels joining our Smart TV ecosystem aligns with our strategic goal of offering a diverse and engaging content ecosystem, enabling OTTera to expand the reach of its FAST channels. This agreement enables NetRange to provide its content brand and TV manufacturing customers with increased user engagement, revenue opportunities, and long-term business growth,” said Michi Uemetsu, CTO of ACCESS CO., LTD.

NetRange Smart TV Portals and App Stores offer a seamless avenue for content creators, TV manufacturers, media, and entertainment distributors to capitalize on the connected and Smart TV trend. The company provides portal and ecosystem solutions tailored for Smart TV manufacturers, retailers, and content brands. Moreover, NetRange consistently seeks to broaden its global content selection by collaborating with leading global and local providers, placing particular emphasis on emerging markets. NetRange portals and ecosystems can be operated as global solutions or designed for specific markets; this combination of global content with leading local content is a key focus for NetRange’s Smart TV portfolio.

About OTTera

OTTera is a professional white label service that allows companies to quickly launch highly customized, affordable OTT services. Based in Los Angeles, OTTera powers 600+ live application deliveries and 2k+ live FAST channel deliveries, with more than 300 million users worldwide. The OTTera White Label Service offers companies the latest OTT technologies with one of the widest distribution reaches on the market. For over 14 years OTTera has maintained strong partnerships with the world's largest CE manufacturers such as, LG, Samsung, Vizio, TCL, Sony and Hisense.

The OTTera White Label Service is a fully managed scalable OTT service with native distribution across all major platforms including iOS, tvOS, Android, Android TV, Roku, HTML5, Chromecast and Web. The service offers linear distribution to cable/satellite services and vMVPDs (Samsung, LG, Sling, Xumo, Pluto, etc.), as well as diverse monetization through its advertising division AdNet+.

About NetRange

NetRange, an ACCESS CO., LTD. company (Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, Index, 4813), is the global pioneer of white labelled, licensed App Store provider for Smart TVs, Set Top Boxes, Automotive platforms, and other connected devices such as smart projectors.

NetRange is the One-Stop-Center for Smart TV Brands/ODMs, Chipset vendors, and operators for accessing the licensed contents, covering content agreements, providing backend services and running DRM certification processes. The NetRange solution is integrated on more than 300 partners worldwide including Mediatek, Hisense VIDAA O.S., Arçelik, TCL MOKA, Skyworth Digital, Sharp, Loewe and Changhong. Its fully featured Smart TV Appstore includes local and global premium VoD stores, FAST channels, cloud games, live sports, the latest music, and lifestyle apps.

In addition, NetRange also leverages its content relationships and broadcast technology expertise to provide the Twine4Car Automotive platform solution, a connected car infotainment platform, and VISNOS, a client-based Smart TV OS that significantly reduces the hardware cost for TV manufacturers by enabling Smart TV features through devices with low-powered CPUs. Please visit www.netrange.com for more information.