SPI/FilmBox taps Evrideo for Gametoon cloud-based playout
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| 18 March 2019

Aiming to reduce time to market, SPI International/FilmBox has transported its esports and computer games channel Gametoon HD broadcast to the Evrideo next-gen cloud-based playout platform.

Gametoon HD is IP-distributed to a variety of pay-TV platforms in Europe and the Middle East with multiple audio languages and is the first SPI/FilmBox channel to take full advantage of Evrideo’s cloud-based playout platform.

Evrideo allows TV channels to get up and running, manage content and deliver professional grade TV feeds to any distribution platform such as cable TV, DTH, DTT, IPTV, OTT and social media networks Facebook and YouTube. It lets any broadcaster to ingest, QC, manage its content, live events, scheduling and graphics on a cloud-based platform running on Amazon AWS with flexibility to manage TV channels using a web browser and simple internet connectivity.

“We were looking for state of art technology that would be more flexible and helpful to reduce time to market,” explained SPI International chief operations officer Guney Yasavur. “By starting to broadcast Gametoon HD from the Evrideo platform we were able to first test the ground with our new channel’s concept, present it quickly and simply to potential customers and audiences, then deliver the commercial feed easily with Evrideo’s unique tools.”

“We are thrilled to serve SPI as a leading European broadcaster which joins many other broadcasters and more than 30 commercial channels’’ added Evrideo CEO Avi Zenou.