CommunicAsia 2016: TV5MONDE retains Brightcove for regional OTT services

Brightcove Inc., the leading provider of cloud services for video, announced that TV5MONDE, a global television network and leading broadcaster of French language programming, has selected Brightcove Video Cloud to power its regional Over-The-Top video service, TV5MONDE+ Asie and TV5MONDE+ Pacifique.

Brightcove Video Cloud is a leading online video platform that will be used by TV5MONDE to manage and scale its premium OTT service, delivering live and on-demand content across 42 countries, with over 75 million subscribers in Asia-Pacific. With Brightcove, TV5MONDE is able to take its service further across the region and provide audience with live linear channels and premium content, with an unlimited package, for a flat fee, via its scalable video platform.

TV5MONDE will stream up to four live channels using Brightcove’s Video Cloud, across desktop, iOS, and Android devices. In addition, OTT subscribers can transform their mobile devices into television remote controls whenever they wish to launch TV5MONDE+ Asie or TV5MONDE+ Pacifique on their connected televisions, bringing about greater convenience, ease of use and a more powerful viewing experience.

Alexandre Muller, Managing Director, Asia Pacific of TV5MONDE said, “With Brightcove, we are also able to cater to audiences who want to pay a premium for original French content and explore a new revenue stream for TV5MONDE. We selected Brightcove based on its leadership and experience in helping media companies launch successful OTT services globally, and we are excited to continue to work with Brightcove, as we expand our service with video-on-demand and catch-up television services for subscribers.”

Tomer Azenkot, Vice President, Brightcove Asia said, “In the last year or so, the OTT landscape has seen established television networks taking an international approach and offering  programming over-the-top and across borders. Content is fast becoming a key differentiator for every broadcasters’ OTT strategy. Brightcove’s technology leadership in bringing OTT solutions to market for media companies like TV5MONDE, assures peace of mind, as customers focus on content strategy, whilst leaving the scope of the technology to Brightcove.”

Brightcove Inc. is the leading global provider of powerful cloud solutions for delivering and monetising video across connected devices. The company offers a full suite of products and services that reduce the cost and complexity associated with publishing, distributing, measuring and monetising video across devices. Brightcove has nearly 5,000 customers in over 70 countries that rely on the company’s cloud solutions to successfully publish high-quality video experiences to audiences everywhere. It offers a free 30-day Video Cloud trial.

In an update, announced on 11 August 2016, Frost & Sullivan has awarded Brightcove with its 2016 Market Leadership Award for Global Online Video Platforms (OVP). Brightcove, which was selected for the Award in 2011, 2012, and 2014, was again recognised for its ongoing dominance in market share, brand strength, and growth, including both product and global expansion.

Launched in January 1984, TV5MONDE --the world cultural network in French--is one of the first and largest 24/7 cable TV networks worldwide. With a network of 11 channels reaching 300 million homes worldwide, on all platforms and over-the-top, TV5MONDE offers localised programming, subtitled in 15 languages, to the world’s business and cultural elite as well as the vast global community of Francophiles/Francophones (French-speaking nations).