Globecast provides VoD for British Muslim TV
June 30, 2015
British Muslim TV has partnered with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, to launch a new VoD service as part of its TV Everywhere offering. This extends the existing relationship with the broadcaster to now deliver a service covering satellite capacity, VoD and content monetisation. This includes live and on-demand content streaming, content and subscriber management and payment options.
Globecast has worked with British Muslim TV since June 2014, when it was chosen to help the channel launch on the Sky platform and deliver an OTT service. British Muslim TV used to operate on a donation-only basis, but now using Globecast tools is able to better monetise its content via VoD using a simple payment tool.
Globecast has enabled British Muslim TV to create a monthly subscription VoD and OTT offering with unlimited access to British Muslim TV content. This can be accessed via multiple devices. Content is received once, processed by Globecast and packaged for VoD and delivered for OTT access as needed. British Muslim TV can analyse viewer habits, then update its catalogue accordingly, increasing satisfaction with, and usage of, the service.
Wasim Akhtar, Director of Marketing Communications at British MuslimTV, said, “With the addition of our new VoD service, Globecast has helped us to monetise our existing content more effectively and allowed us to respond better to our viewers’ needs, thereby growing our subscriber base more efficiently. They provided an intuitive solution, that allows us to deliver greater visibility of our content for a longer period of time; not only are we offering our audience more ways to access content, but we can also gain additional revenue from existing assets that can then be used to deliver a more unique offering to our viewers.”