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Looking to launch your service on Android TV? Find out which benefits of Google’s OS are most interesting for modern operators, and how to get started.

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Thinking about developing a Pay TV service for Smart TV? These three key considerations will help you get started.

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Wiztivi brings together the best of video, audio and voice control, and opens up new possibilities for a significant level of customisation.

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Wiztivi is nominated in the best “Mobile Video Solution” category of the prestigious European Readers’ Choice Awards.

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Paris, France. 4th August 2021 – The prestigious “European Readers’ Choice Awards” are back, and like every year, Wiztivi is nominated in the best “Mobile Video Solution” category.

Each year, the “European Readers’ Choice Awards” survey the European streaming media industry to identify best in class market solutions on the market. Since anyone can vote, it is also an opportunity for end users to have their say on the most valuable products.

Wiztivi is once again very happy to be shortlisted in the “Mobile Video Solution” category. This nomination shows the impressive performance of our TimelessUI Universe product, a cutting-edge user interface that meets the technical requirements of all devices by offering a unified user experience, whatever the type of screen.

Help us win in 2 clicks

To win this Award, your help is essential and every vote counts.

To help us :

• Go to the voting page,
• Select the “Mobile Video Solution” category,
• Choose “Wiztivi – TimelessUI Universe”,

Submit your vote, and this is it.

Cast your vote up to August 20th, and together, let’s win this award!

Vote for us now

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Wiztivi has published a scientific article in the “Revue des Interactions Humaines Médiatisées” (Journal of mediatised human interactions).

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Wiztivi, which actively participates in research to support users with disabilities, has published a scientific article in the “Revue des Interactions Humaines Médiatisées” (Journal of mediatised human interactions).

The creation of user interfaces relies above all on understanding the end user’s needs. The question is, how does one identify and understand these needs when the user is unable to express them? This is the case for some people with disabilities, who have trouble communicating and sometimes difficulties with social interaction.

Marine Guffroy, PhD in HMI computing and User Researcher at Wiztivi, has recently participated in the writing of a scientific article proposing an adaptation of traditional design methods, in order to support these people in difficulty. It is illustrated how the human environment (family, professional staff, medical staff), called an “ecosystem”, is therefore essential for understanding the needs of people with disabilities.

How does this ecosystem intervene in the design cycle? Where is its place? How does the person with a disability participate? How can we go beyond classical design methodologies?

This article is the result of several years of research, three field studies and a collaboration between the laboratories of Valenciennes, Toulouse and Le Mans. The publication in the “Revue des Interactions Humaines Médiatisées”, particularly recognized for several years in the field of Human Machine Interaction, is a great reward.

Read the article

Congratulations to all the authors of this paper!

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To support the launch of its 5G offer, Orange has deployed Streamava, Wiztivi’s Cloud Gaming platform, on mobile devices.

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Paris, France. 18th May 2021. To support the launch of its 5G offer, Orange has deployed Streamava, Wiztivi’s Cloud Gaming platform, on mobile devices.

Since 2012, Streamava has been chosen by Orange as its cloud gaming solution to offer its subscribers the possibility of transforming their television set into a real games console. Thanks to a solid partnership and constant improvement work over the years, the advent of 5G was a natural next step to extend this offer to also cover mobile devices.

Streamava is the world’s leading cloud gaming platform available from Wiztivi. This complete white label solution meets all the needs of operators:

• multiscreen, adapting to new trends and making it possible to reach a wider audience,
• complete catalogue of first-class content, regularly enriched according to the operator’s needs, with more than 300 games from top publishers,
• flexibility to host the solution on the operator’s own infrastructure or on the cloud.

In the vast cloud gaming market, Streamava is establishing itself as a profitable business, offering new sources of revenue to operators. This win-win solution for all stakeholders ensures product longevity throughout the value chain.

For the end user, there is no need to buy an expensive games console anymore, nor to download games. It is a solution designed for the whole family experience: the multiplayer mode allows everyone to have fun together, while personal profiles allow every member of the family to keep track of their progress in games. Thanks to these personal profiles, it is possible to play on several screens simultaneously. Parental control allows the setting of playing time, the control of access to games according to PEGI ratings and keeps the gaming experience safe for the younger ones.

Wiztivi is already working to further enrich the user experience and the future will bring new and exciting features.

Ari Bensimon, CEO at Wiztivi, declared: “With a cloud gaming service operational for more than ten years now, Wiztivi confirms its status as a pioneer in streamed gaming and is proud to support Orange in this new stage of its development”.

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70 students met for an online Hackathon to innovate on the theme of “digital technology at the service of time”.

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On January 25th, 26th and 27th, Wiztivi participated as a project leader in the first hackathon of the IMT Atlantique, a French graduate engineering school.

For 48 hours, 70 students met for an online Hackathon and found original, prototyping & coding solutions to innovate on the theme of “digital technology at the service of time”. Christopher Crosnier (engineer) and Séverine Lebrun (UX-UI designer and sustainable development officer) represented Wiztivi, and were among three project leaders: 

• Wiztivi with screen time management of audiovisual services,
• Bodet Software with the Home office week-being,
• The University Hospital Center of Nantes with the team schedule.

 

A pertinent topic of our times

Concerns about screen usage time are growing, especially regarding the impact on children’s development. As a digital player, it was important for Wiztivi to anticipate this societal issue in order to protect users from possible excessive or inappropriate use of screens. As part of this eco-responsible approach, we therefore asked the students to create a digital service allowing the user to analyze and regulate his/her consumption of TV services. The idea is to sensitize the users through a playful awareness of their consumption time and to make them an active participant thanks to responsible gaming.

 

Proposals from the students

Twelve teams of students, supervisors and project leaders gathered on Discord and videoconferencing to co-create and coordinate a small feat of organization and technique. Four teams of six people worked on Wiztivi’s subject, and each group has chosen to approach it in a different way, which resulted in a great wealth and diversity of proposals. Presentations, interactive prototypes, wireframes and mock-ups were four of the different focal points of the proposals.

 

Proposal 1: Playful management of children’s screen time by parents

By Nicolas Dieryck, Samuelle Mollard, Glenn Louarn, Valentin Menoret, Xavier Aleman and Vincent Beiglig.

 

Proposal 2: Effective management of screen time for students

By Adrien Mazet, Alexandre Naudi, Ander Friou, Gabriel Souvignet, Jules Lesaulnier and Stéphane Yang.

 

Proposal 3: Encouragement of users to engage in activities other than screen viewing.

By Nicolas Gouraud, Christophe Dos Santos Neto, Isuru Haupe, Raphaël Hascoët and Gabriel Guedj.

 

Proposal 4 (? 3rd place hackathon): Awareness of children and parents on screen time integrated into the Wiztivi TV product.

By Omar Dramé, Julien Kerlero De Rosbo, Oscar Gloaguen, Thomas Herbelin and Maxime Laug.

 

Assessment

The subject dealt with thoroughly, with a surprising result in three days from different groups (from the 1st to the 3rd year, with generalist and technical profiles). The file deserves to be pursued in the future in order to offer more and more innovative products.

 

By Séverine Lebrun

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Wiztivi has introduced a brand-new mobile compatible version of Streamava, its white label and off-the-shelf cloud gaming product.

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Paris, France. 4th February 2021. In partnership with SFR and for the launch of the operator’s 5G offer, Wiztivi has introduced a brand-new mobile compatible version of Streamava, its white label and off-the-shelf cloud gaming product.

Streamava is developed by Wiztivi Gaming, the pioneer of on-demand gaming service, active on the market for more than 15 years. SFR has been using this white label cloud gaming product for its subscribers since 2010, allowing end users to stream games directly from remote servers to their television via their set-top box. Thanks to strong partnerships with some of the major publishers around the world, Streamava offers a catalog of more than 300 games.

Since the end of 2020, Streamava is available on mobile, both for Android and iOS devices. Making this possible was a common achievement from all Wiztivi’s teams:

• Wiztivi’s integrated Studio has conceived and designed a fully tailored User Interface, offering to SFR’s customers the best user experience,
• Wiztivi Gaming, the Finnish cloud gaming branch of the company, took care of the platform management and the technical adaptations to provide subscribers with a perfectly optimized playing experience.

As a result, players can now benefit from their own gaming universe, with a welcome home page that displays the user’s personalised content, their favourite games and the highlights of the week.

Depending on the title, three game modes are possible:

• Touch screen, supporting the touchable interface,
• On-screen virtual gamepad, displaying the control buttons as an overlay on the streamed game.
• Physical gamepad, connected to the phone via Bluetooth or charging port, to have the best gaming experience for all the games in the catalog.

Streamava also allows players to start a game on television and continue it on mobile. 

Ari Bensimon, CEO at Wiztivi, declared: “The availability of Streamava on mobile devices is a major achievement of the Wiztivi teams. With the technical platform, the UI design, the game catalog and this new Android and iOS compatibility, we are able to offer our customers a complete cloud gaming product among the most advanced on the market.”

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Wiztivi now offers a unique solution allowing operators, media and OTT players to easily integrate voice control into their user interface.

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Paris, France. 26th January 2021 – Wiztivi now offers a unique solution allowing operators, media and OTT players to easily integrate voice control into their user interface.

Voice assistants are still relatively new, but they have great potential and numerous possible applications. Suppliers are expanding their offering at breakneck speed and the end user is now becoming more and more familiar with voice control systems.

With its partner Sagemcom, Wiztivi has enabled Vodafone and SFR to create a unique TV experience with high-end smart speakers. It provides a wraparound sound experience and the user can enjoy sound quality to match the picture quality TVs offer.

In addition, Wiztivi seamlessly integrates Alexa (Amazon), Google Assistant (Google) or proprietary voice control systems. The interactions are integrated and clearly notify the user, without interrupting the TV experience: depending on the type of request, the responses are either displayed on the television screen or the expected action is immediately executed. The commands can therefore be varied, such as “What’s the weather forecast?”, “Fast forward the video ten minutes”, or even “Who is the new President of the United States?”.

The key point of our solution is to hide the complexity of the technology itself, while allowing the end users to get the most out of it as easily as possible. The main benefit is to make the user experience easy to understand, intuitive and useful at all times.

From the provider’s perspective, the possibilities are endless: device pairing, skills activation, command request and display in an unintrusive way, navigation on the TV menu using the voice, pairing a Spotify account directly or from a mobile, managing interruption during a phone call… Thanks to the proper integration of the voice assistant, many potential uses can become reality to provide the best customer service on the market.

Wiztivi is getting ready to support its customers in setting up this solution. To go further and build your own voice control experience, feel free to contact us.

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For the fourth year in a row, Wiztivi has joined the prestigious of the 101 most influential companies in its market.

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For the fourth year in a row, Wiztivi has joined the prestigious list of Streaming Media magazine and is one of the 101 most influential companies in its market.

If streaming has gone mainstream, the companies that enable it mostly work behind the scenes. However, they support the major media and operators in their development and actively participate in their success.

The industry is being more dynamic than ever with always tougher competition. This is why the spotlighting of Streaming Media magazine is a particularly prestigious and expected award each year. With over 20 years of expertise, this magazine publishes the list of the 101 most important, influential and interesting companies in the online video space.

For these four consecutive years, Wiztivi is proud to be part of this list once again. Whether it is TimelessUI Universe, our flagship UI product, or Streamava, our Cloud Gaming platform, this nomination is the reward of many years of development, improvements and innovations that allow us to stand out from our competitors. It’s also a strong message to all of our hard-working teams, with recognition from the entire video industry.

We are already looking into the coming year with many projects that we are sure will continue to attract the interest of our peers. We can’t wait to present them to you!

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2020 has been a surprising year, but at Wiztivi it has also been rich in events, with the culmination and success of many projects. Let’s go back to the key moments of the company.

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It is time to turn the page on 2020, a year that has changed our habits more than we ever expected. Yet at Wiztivi, this year has been rich in events, with the culmination and success of many projects.

First, Wiztivi has had a splendid facelift with a new graphic identity: a new logo, but also a brand-new website, offering you a user experience that you will probably not find anywhere else. And to go further in demonstrating our know-how, we have opened our Instagram and Behance pages which tell you more about some of our projects.

This particular year having prevented us from meeting you at the trade shows, we have created the Wiztivi Business Meetings. Thanks to this 100% virtual event, we were able to maintain the proximity that is dear to us, while meeting the expectations of our future partners wishing to attend remote demonstrations.

These demonstrations allowed us to share the growing success of TimelessUI Universe, our flagship UI product already used by millions around the world. Always focused on improvement, TimelessUI Universe has added another string to its bow by becoming compatible with RDK technology. It is therefore the guarantee of a unified user experience on all devices, at a lower cost. This improvement, along with all those listed on our roadmap, allowed TimelessUI Universe to be selected by the World Summit Awards as the best digital solution in France. Ask Benshi or TV5MONDE what they think about it! And of course, in parallel with these continuous improvements, we keep supporting our historical customers to develop in new markets, such as LGI which has expanded into three new countries.

Wiztivi is not only a leader in UI development and design. We are also the pioneers of cloud gaming and have created Streamava, a complete platform dedicated to operators that has been on the market for ten years already. To support the deployment of 5G in France at the end of 2020, we adapted Streamava to the mobile device, offering access to a catalogue of more than 300 games anywhere, anytime.

Many projects are already in the pipeline for the coming year. Discover in our new blog many articles, technical or strategic ideas, dealing with hot topics in our ecosystem. Until you can discover them, we warmly thank all of our customers and partners for their unwavering confidence, and we are more than ever ready to meet the challenges that 2021 will offer us.

Happy new year everyone. Take care of yourself and your loved ones, hoping that 2021 brings you everything you need.

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TV5MONDE adapts to new uses and media for the consumption of video in Europe by offering a new distribution platform with an optimized experience.

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TV5MONDE selects Wiztivi to further its reach for linear TV with Smart TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire Stick and STB

Paris, France. 17th December 2020 – TV5MONDE adapts to new uses and media for the consumption of video in Europe. To support them in their project, the company chose WIZTIVI to further its accessibility to its linear content by offering a new distribution platform with an optimized experience on new distribution channels.

TV5MONDE decided to call on Wiztivi for the development, maintenance and supervision of a multilingual OTT app allowing its audience to access a linear channel in HD with subtitles.

The app is currently available on Samsung Smart TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV (in certain territories only*). Further developments are to be made in 2021, including via set-top boxes of Pay TV operators.

 

TimelessUI Universe, the answer to technical challenges

Thanks to TimelessUI Universe, Wiztivi’s flagship user interface product, TV5MONDE is able to offer access to the European channel in HD, with five subtitles (French, English, Spanish, German, Romanian), replay and on-demand kids’ content under the brand TiVi5monde+. An Arabic version for the Middle East is under discussion too.

As usage evolves, TV5MONDE thus strengthens accessibility to content through new distribution channels where a new audience can be found, and enhances the user experience by increasing the variety of content available in one place.

“Wiztivi is delighted to contribute to the deployment of French-speaking language content throughout Europe thanks to these new distribution channels. One of our challenges was to deliver the exact same user experience across all these different environments, and we’re pleased to see how successful the project has turned out to be” declared Thibault Demartial, VP Sales at Wiztivi.

“Working with Wiztivi was essential for successfully launching our app”, said Diane Couderc, Regional Director at TV5MONDE Europe. “With Wiztivi’s technology, we got access to first-class streaming and broadcasting expertise, allowing crucial features such as subtitling and geo-blocking functionality to work smoothly on all the different environments. It will allow us to reach out to a new audience and we are very much looking forward to moving on to other technical environments, and other languages such as Arabic”.

(*Austria, Germany, Greece, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Moldavia Romania, Spain, UK).

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Benshi and Wiztivi are teaming up to deploy Benshi’s service on Samsung Smart TVs and Android TVs.

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Paris, France. 15^th December 2020 – Benshi, a French SVOD platform for children aged 3 to 11, and Wiztivi, leader in the development and design of user interfaces, are teaming up to deploy Benshi’s service on Samsung Smart TVs and Android TVs.

Recently selected as best national digital solution by the World Summit Awards, Timeless^UI universe is Wiztivi’s fully-featured off-the-shelf, cross-platform User Interface product. The UI has been fully customized for deployment on Benshi‘s new Samsung Smart TV and Android TV apps, thus meeting the specific needs of the content provider and perfectly translating the brand’s universe onto these devices.

As the service is intended for young children, the features have been adapted to their use with a graphic design creating a reassuring environment for the youngest. Simplified thematic search allows, from any chosen category, all corresponding content to be found on a single page.

“To adapt to the customs of families, we felt it was essential to distribute our service on television,” said Adrien Desanges, President and founder of Benshi. “We are very happy with the Smart TV application we developed with WIZTIVI. Intuitive, simple and powerful, it will enable all our users to enjoy great cinematic moments with their families. Our presence on Smart TVs marks a new stage in our development and confirms our desire to expand our service on TVs. We look forward to working with Wiztivi again in the future.”

From the Benshi application on Samsung Smart TVs, subscribers will have access to a catalog of more than 200 films carefully selected by children’s cinema professionals, and enjoy unique guidance, precise and well-argued age recommendation for each film, detailed opinions on the film and good reasons to watch it.

Ari Bensimon, CEO at Wiztivi, added: “We are very happy to have been able to collaborate with Benshi in this exciting project of extension to new markets. Thanks to Timeless^UI Universe, we were able to provide them with our expertise on Samsung and Android TV. In return, Benshi, thanks to its long-standing experience, has enabled us to enrich our services to the youngest. We would like to thank Benshi for the quality of this ambitious partnership and we have no doubt that they will meet the success they deserve in their new projects.”

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Wiztivi’s flagship UI product becomes the best national digital solution in the race for the international World Summit Awards.

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Paris, France. 19 November 2020 – Wiztivi’s flagship user interface product continues to write its history and becomes the best national digital solution in the race for the international World Summit Awards.

 

Timeless^UI Universe, worthy representative of France

Smart content delivered using cutting-edge technology offers immense opportunities to keep offering the most efficient services while always being more respectful of our planet. Timeless^UI Universe was nominated as best national digital solution for France at the international World Summit Awards, selecting digital innovation with strong impact on society. With this nomination in the Category “Business & Commerce”, Timeless^UI Universe qualifies for evaluation by the WSA Online Jury 2020 after making its way amid the thousands of competing international applications.

Timeless^UI Universe is a best in class user interface embedding a resolutely innovative design, voice control and content-centric navigation. It provides a complete catalogue of features that operators can choose from, offering the best user experience for their subscribers. It is also an entirely cross-platform solution, delivering a single code for all types of devices (set-top box, smartTV, console, mobile and tablet): future developments are therefore facilitated and the UI evolve over time with new trends. This flexible and global approach reduces development costs and time-to-market challenges all the same.

 

WSA: a highly competitive award looking to the future

The WSA 2020 nominees will be evaluated based on seven fundamentals criteria: Content, Functionality, Design, Technology, Innovation, Impact and Value.

“WSA combines two major perspectives in its initiative – first the commitment on the UN SDGs, and how to use ICTs to development.  And second the development of a global knowledge society. The UN SDGs must be our measurement – in terms of what to look at and where to look. Today we are living in a completely different environment – through the mobile revolution, through the emergence of the algorithmic age – data has become a capital as much as labour, land money and machinery. Hence, it is more important than ever to evaluate what is excellent content that really offers solutions and impact. Qualitative, local content has become the key and permanent issue. WSA presents innovation that uses ICT for social connectivity. To connect for impact.“ WSA Chairman Peter A. Bruck states.

The WSA nominees are highly competitive candidates carefully selected by the WSA National Experts from more than 184 UN member states. A nomination for the WSA is already the reward of being recognized as the best practice in “Business & Commerce” at the national level.

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Wiztivi accelerates its strategic development and concurrently joins the RDK community as Preferred Member.

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Paris, France. 27 October 2020 – After Linux and Android TV, Timeless^UI Universe, Wiztivi’s user interface flagship product, is now compatible with RDK. Thanks to this technological evolution, Wiztivi accelerates its strategic development and concurrently joins the RDK community as Preferred Member.

 

Timeless^UI Universe, now compatible with RDK

Reference Design Kit (RDK) is an open source software platform for the connected home that standardizes core functions used in broadband devices and set-top boxes. It enables operators to manage their devices, control their business models, and customize their apps, UIs and data analytics to improve the customer experience and drive business results.

By further extending the compatibility of Timeless^UI Universe to support RDK-powered set-top boxes, Wiztivi is able to ensure the UX consistency that telecom operators, broadcasters and OTT service providers need for their ecosystem.

Operators now benefit from a cross device and modular UI product combining all the required features for a multiscreen TV portal, compatible with any environment. They can now enrich their content offering and maintain their brand identity on all targeted platforms.

 

Wiztivi joins the inner circle of RDK Preferred Members

As part of its development strategy, Wiztivi is also joining the RDK Preferred Member Program. By joining the community, the company will be fully involved in working groups, participate in RDK Summits, and work collaboratively on RDK reference implementations on member-selected hardware platforms.

“All the company’s teams are very happy to join the prestigious RDK community and contribute to its development. For Wiztivi, this relationship is an important milestone in its strategy to offer its customers a unique user experience in a wide range of technical environments, with a very short time-to-market.“, Ari Bensimon, CEO at Wiztivi, added.

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Wiztivi Business Meetings are a unique and unmissable event for Telco, Media, Broadcasters and OTT providers.

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Paris, France. 8th September 2020 – Wiztivi Business Meetings are a unique and unmissable event for Telco, Media, Broadcasters and OTT providers. From September 21st up to the 30th 2020, Wiztivi experts will unveil the advanced features of TimelessUI Universe, a user interface designed for both operators and the end user.

 

A new vector for professional meetings

At a time when trade shows are lacking, digital meetings are both the simplest and the most effective alternative solution for creating new professional opportunities. Based on this observation, Wiztivi Business Meetings stand out as the essential meeting point for all players in the connected TV market, wishing to activate new levers to generate additional revenue.

From September 21st to 30th, telco, media, broadcasters and OTT providers will have the opportunity to meet the best experts from Wiztivi, leading company in the creation and development of next-generation user interfaces. These one-to-one virtual meetings will take place online, on a dedicated platform. Interactive and informative, they are an opportunity to get individualized demonstrations of TimelessUI Universe, a high-end user interface product compatible with any backend, any operating system and any type of device.

 

TimelessUI Universe: the user interface designed for both operators and the end user.

TimelessUI Universe is a cutting-edge user interface product embedding a resolutely innovative design with voice control and content-centric navigation. It provides a complete catalogue of features operators can choose from, offering the best user experience for their subscribers. It is also an entirely cross-platform solution, relying on a single code for all types of devices (set-top boxes, smart TVs, game consoles, mobiles and tablets): future developments are therefore facilitated and the UI will evolve over time with new trends. This flexible and global approach reduces development costs and time-to-market challenges all the same.

During the Wiztivi Business Meetings, your appointment with Wiztivi experts will not be limited to a presentation of TimelessUI Universe. Personalized responses will be provided to the issues you submit, and the key points of the UI advantages will be addressed:

• How does TimelessUI Universe perfectly fit your needs?
• How does this UI integrate quickly and easily into your backend?
• What are the advantages of TimelessUI Universe over its competitors?
• How the roadmap system allows a permanent improvement of the UI?
• What are the benefits for the end user?
• Etc.

 

Make an appointment

To organize a personalized meeting with a Wiztivi expert, contact us now.

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We need you! TimelessUI Universe is nominated as the best “Mobile Video App/Solution”, and you can make the difference.

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We are proud to announce that Timeless^UI Universe, Wiztivi’s cross-platform user interface product, is nominated for the best “Mobile Video App/Solution” in the 2020 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards.

We need you!

In this program awarding the best European products and services in the online video industry, it is your vote that makes the difference.

One minute to help us win.

Helping us will take less time than reading these lines:

• Go to the Streaming Media European Readers’ Choice Awards page,
• In the category “Mobile Video App/Solution”, choose “Wiztivi – TimelessUI Universe” (see picture below),
• Click on “Submit”.

That’s it!

Select Wiztivi in the “Mobile Video App/Solution”.

Timeless^UI Universe was launched less than a year ago and has already been trusted by several well-known operators. We hope that this Award will reinforce the recognition and success of this state-of-the-art user interface product.

Cast your vote up to August 7th, and together, let’s win this award!

Vote for us now!

 

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Wiztivi design studio opens its doors to you: discover the latest work of our UI, UX and animation experts.

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Follow us on Behance & Instagram

Our LinkedIn and Twitter pages have been keeping you up to date for a long time. Today, we open the doors of our Design Studio and invite you to follow us on Behance and Instagram.

Behance is one of the main places for artistic expression on the web. On this vast network, artists from all backgrounds share their creations. Now, this is also the case for Wiztivi: on our Behance page, you can discover the latest works of our UI, UX and animation experts. They will share with you not only their projects and achievements, but also the inspirations that feed their reflections and drive their work.

As beautiful pictures are better than a long speech, Wiztivi’s first publication is already online. Find out now how our Studio has contributed to the success of TimelessUI Universe, our state-of-the-art user interface product. With a design for worldwide usage, its functionalities offer a unique experience thanks to a total immersion in the operator’s world.

In line with what will be presented to you on Behance, you now have the possibility of also following us on our new Instagram account. The publications will mix Wiztivi’s life through photo reports with the presentation of ergonomic principles, interface know-how and animation concepts, such as those we have implemented for Android TV or Binge Watching.

Bon voyage in the land of a thousand pictures.

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2019 was the year of change for us, the year of the wave. A new identity and a new website, bold new ambitions. Explore to find out more.

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Wiztivi’s growth does not stop anymore and experts’ forecasts for the coming years are more than enthusiastic. To support its evolution and to promote its growing ambitions, Wiztivi is embracing a new visual identity.

One logo, two promises

Life is not a long and quiet river. Yet, the wave of Wiztivi’s new logo makes two major promises to our partners:

1. The wave is a symbol of fluidity. It is this fluidity that we create, both for the implementation of our solutions into the operator system for whom the process is facilitated, and for the end user who navigates intuitively in your content through our interface.
2. The point of arrival of the wave is above its point of departure: we accompany our customers throughout their journey and carry their project as high as they wish.

Finally, by the greatest chance (or not), this wave also draws a W, first letter of the name of our company.

Immerse yourself in a new kind of experience

Customers feedback has taught us one thing: Wiztivi’s internal design studio represents an added value rarely encountered in our ecosystem. It therefore seems important to us to give our virtual visitors a new kind of experience. Whilst browsing our new website, you will discover a pure and simple graphical universe that breaks all the standards you have known so far: innovation is part of our DNA.

Follow the steps and retrace the journey of your project within our teams, from inception to delivery. As transparency is essential, you will also discover our different manufacturing processes and the way we interact with our customers to meet their expectations.

Of course, our products are also in the spotlight. Their best features are revealed to you, as well as the new innovative trends they bring in order to always revolutionize the way content is consumed. Through the case studies – the list of which will be expanded over time – you will discover that their field of application is as vast as your imagination.

Last but not least, you will get to meet us. Our teams are passionate about their work and quality is one of their leitmotif. Pull back the curtain and take a look behind the scenes of Wiztivi, a leading company in its market.

Have a good visit on our new website!

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Wiztivi among the 101 most influential companies… again.

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Wiztivi among the 101 most influential companies… again.

For the third year running, WIZTIVI has been ranked by the prestigious magazine Streaming Media amongst the 101 companies that matter in the European video market.  This new recognition of WIZTIVI’s expertise rewards a year of success and innovation at the company, including the launch of its brand-new turnkey solution, “TIMELESS^UI UNIVERSE”.

TIMELESS^UI UNIVERSE is a cutting-edge user interface embedding a resolutely innovative design, voice control and content-centric navigation. It provides a complete catalog of features operators can choose from, offering the best user experience for their subscribers. It is also entirely cross-platform solution, delivering a single code for all types of devices (box, smartTV, console, mobile and tablet): future developments are therefore facilitated, the user interface evolving over time with new trends, powered by a single backend. This flexible and global approach reduces development costs and time-to-market challenges all the same.

Discover “TIMELESS^UI UNIVERSE” main features

For further information about “TIMELESS^UI UNIVERSE”, feel free to contact us to book a demonstration.

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The enthusiasm for sport is well established, with audiences continuing to break records at every major international sport event: broadcasting rights are more and more expensive, reaching unexpected heights.

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The enthusiasm for sport is well established, with audiences continuing to break records at every major international sport event: broadcasting rights are more and more expensive, reaching unexpected heights.

This global market is in full revolution and its consumption mode is entering a transition phase to join the OTT era. Sports TV operators, aware of this upheaval, want to develop their customer engagement with new applications and services with high added value. The stakes of this nascent industry are to create an enhanced and personal experience for the end user, and will go through a quality of service coupled with a seamless security of payment methods.

For years now, Wiztivi has become a key player in this revolution by accompanying large entities to innovate in the way they distribute their content: from Eurosport to RMC Sport, via France Television and Roland Garros, Wiztivi has already delivered large number of customer centric, innovative and multi device interfaces.

It is therefore natural that Wiztivi will be present at the SportsPro OTT Summit which will take place in Madrid (Spain) from 19 to 21 November 2019. If you wish to consult us to develop your consumer experience and offer to take a step ahead of new trends, do not hesitate to contact Alain Motard at contact@wiztivi.com or with the fair’s networking tool.

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IBC 2019 was such a great edition! Wiztivi were very happy to see you all and to meet most of you. Thank you to everyone for visiting us in Amsterdam.

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IBC 2019 was such a great edition! Wiztivi were very happy to see you all and to meet most of you. Thank you to everyone for visiting us in Amsterdam.

But the most important thing was to see how well you welcomed our last born, the new Timeless UI Universe: our teams are very proud of your interest in it. For those who, unfortunately, couldn’t come, here is a brief reminder of the great principles of our new UI product, Timeless UI Universe:

• Totally multi-platform, allowing to have the same user experience whether you’re on a TV, tablet or mobile.
• “Operator experience” which allows to control the UX from the backend and optimize business up-sell through a large surface of customer contact.
• Content centric, with aggregation and promotion of all the content at the same level.
• User centric, with intelligent content recommendation and a full profile management system.
• Voice controls, allowing users to control the UI and search for content just by speaking.

If you want to know more about this powerful Timeless UI Universe, do not hesitate to contact us: we’ll send you all the details you need and will provide you a link to our explanatory video.

See you soon!

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The long-term partnership of these two entities is renewed for the next three years.

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At IBC2019, Wiztivi, leading company in design and development of multiscreen UI for broadcast and OTT video services, continues its close partnership with Seraphic Information Technology, global leader in empowering family screens, to firstly match a mature Web App development framework on HbbTV OpApps, providing solid support for operators to develop operator applications and get rich access to content delivery.

An HbbTV OpApp application helps to control and ensure the same user experience on consumer owned devices as on an operator owned set-top box. It can be easily deployed on smart TVs to support operator services and helps operators to largely cut CAPEX and OPEX. OpApp has been widely adopted by major European operators.

WIZTIVI’s multiscreen TimelessUI Origin brings modularity and maintainability to multiscreen video experience, which addresses both design and time-to-market challenges. The cooperation leverage WIZTIVI’s frontier expertise in multiscreen UI design and development as well as SERAPHIC’s market-proven experience in OpApp solution deployment, enhancing chances for operators to better reach and serve end consumers.

WIZTIVI is proud to announce that TimelessUI Origin is now optimized for the HbbTV Operator App standard thanks to the long-standing HbbTV expertise from Wiztivi and thanks to the valuable support of SERAPHIC. “We are very happy about this joint demonstration which enables an operator to deploy a best-in-class user experience on TV without a set-top-box. TimelessUI is a proven solution, combining all the required features for a Pay-TV service that can be seamlessly integrated into the existing operator ecosystem with a minimal effort.“ declared Laurent Le Bourhis , Director Product and Innovation at WIZTIVI.

“We’re much excited to work together with WIZTIVI on OpApps, as the collaboration will provide easier access to premium operator services and fast deployment of solid operation with less cost. SERAPHIC is proud to contribute to the HbbTV technology deployment and generate benefits for industrial partners.” Xinwen Xue, VP Product Management at SERAPHIC, added.

About WIZTIVI

Here at Wiztivi, we are global leaders in the design and development of user interfaces for TVs and mobile devices. In 2016, we have taken a major step forward by acquiring Gcluster Europe thus becoming a world leader in the on-demand gaming market. Today, we have more than 160 people working to develop enhanced multi-screen user experiences and cloud gaming services.

More information on www.wiztivi.com

Twitter: @Wiztivi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiztivi

About SERAPHIC

SERAPHIC Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a global market leader in co-building the ecosystem of family screens together with all parties.It provides solutions for hybrid TV, OTT, Android, WebUI and Operator Apps, etc. As the emerging IoT trend is redefining our life and reshaping the future, SERAPHIC is dedicated to empowering the living room, enabling brand-new smart life scenes and making every family full of connected fun! Joining hands together with its pioneering industry partners, SERAPHIC brings easy access for worldwide end users to enjoy the best entertainment experience. Its market footprints cover Europe, Latin America, Africa and APAC, etc. As an HbbTV Association member, SERAPHIC also plays a proactive role in promoting and deploying HbbTV technologies across the globe. For more information about SERAPHIC, please visit www.seraphic-corp.com or send an email to info@seraphic-corp.com.

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Paris, 13th Septemer 2019 – The launch of the Vbox 4K in Portugal marks a new milestone in the successful collaboration between Vodafone and Wiztivi. Already in use in Spain, Italy and Greece, the brand-new VTV User Interface, fully developed by Wiztivi, is now available in Portugal.

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Paris, 13th Septemer 2019 – The launch of the Vbox 4K in Portugal marks a new milestone in the successful collaboration between Vodafone and Wiztivi. Already in use in Spain, Italy and Greece, the brand-new VTV User Interface, fully developed by Wiztivi, is now available in Portugal.

The VBox 4K UI, powered by the Wiztivi framework The Wiztivi framework solution, used in the development of the UI, has been implemented into the OTT set-top box deployed by Vodafone Group in Portugal. Completely designed in-house, the Wiztivi framework is a full development environment used to deliver a compelling and optimized user interface based on one code for multiple devices. It reduces the time to market and allows operators to offer their subscribers a unique and unified user experience.

New features developed by Wiztivi for Vodafone

Vodafone customers enjoy an enhanced user experience that allows access to Live, VOD, Catchup and third party app services. Personalised Search and Recommendation features allow access to the content the user is most interested in, at any given moment. Powered by AI, the VBox 4k is the first in Portugal that allows customers to find content simply by speaking to the TV. Children now also have their dedicated place with a safe Kids area, which can be customized for each individual child with their favourite characters.

“Vodafone places the user experience at the core of our service, bringing AI powered capabilities that allow users to speak with the TV, as well as a brand new interface dedicated to helping kids find their favourite content”, said Miguel Rodrigues, Head of TV Development at Vodafone Global.

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SFR and CommScope co-developed Smart Media Device to Bring Connected Home Experiences to SFR Subscribers in France.

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SFR and CommScope co-developed Smart Media Device to Bring Connected Home Experiences to SFR Subscribers in France

HICKORY, N.C. September 12, 2019 – ARRIS (now part of CommScope via acquisition) today announced that Altice France is collaborating with CommScope to bring a personalised connected home experience to its SFR subscribers. Altice’s SFR Box 8 Smart Media Device represents the next phase of customer experience engagement as it aggregates services that consumers love. ARRIS and Altice France jointly engaged on the design of the platform, which is the newest offering from ARRIS’s category of Smart Media Device products.

The Smart Media Device provides multiple functionalities to offer a connected home experience to subscribers. Far-field voice command technology, compatible with both Amazon Alexa® and SFR’s voice control application, delivers smart assistant services via the subscriber’s television screen. A software solution developed by Wiztivi, a leading company for multiscreen user interfaces (UI), means that users can control and interact with the television through voice commands – with no need for a physical television remote control.

The Smart Media Device also features a high-quality connected speaker to deliver an enhanced audio experience that operates across entertainment, smart assistant and control scenarios. Subscribers can also access IPTV and OTT services through the Smart Media Device.

“Our SFR Box 8 will set a new standard for consumer entertainment and connected experiences in the home,” said Grégory Rabuel, Executive President for General Public and Companies at SFR. “Through our combined partnership in connected home technologies, the Smart Media Device will bring voice and media together for an unprecedented user experience.”

“The industry is experiencing the next evolution of the set-top with the Smart Media Device,” said Joe Chow, senior vice president and segment leader, Customer Premises Equipment,  CommScope. “Altice France is able to deliver a range of connected home applications to its subscribers through a single device. Now more than ever, the home is a space for easy access to immersive entertainment and assistive technologies.”

SFR Box 8 is part of the emerging category of Smart Media Devices being manufactured by CommScope. Smart Media Devices unify connected home advancements in a single platform, presenting service providers with a means to offer personalized and aggregated services within the home. CommScope will provide demonstrations of this technology at IBC 2019 in Amsterdam (September 13-17 in Hall 1 – B19), as it showcases the future of the connected home.

Wiztivi will also provide demonstration of SFR Box 8 at IBC (Hall 14, booth F29).

Source: CommScope

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With their new STB-8, SFR surpasses expectations to offer to their subscribers a brand-new experience: voice assistant, Wifi-6, high image and sound quality, and ability to connect to more than 200 devices…

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Paris, 22nd August 2019 – With their new STB-8, SFR surpasses expectations to offer to their subscribers a brand-new experience: voice assistant, Wifi-6, high image and sound quality, and ability to connect to more than 200 devices… All of this within an innovative interface, completely redesigned to meet and adapt to ever-changing demand.

TIMELESS UNIVERSE: the enhanced user experience

For their new Set-top Box experience, SFR has chosen TIMELESS UNIVERSE, the brand-new user interface designed and developed by Wiztivi. Simple and intuitive, entirely controllable by voice, TIMELESS UNIVERSE places content at the heart of the experience and allows transparent navigation with direct access to all the content offered by the operator. Through its profile management, TIMELESS UNIVERSE also offers unprecedented flexibility and customization features, enabling a unique and immersive experience as the UX evolves for each user, giving priority to the content that matters most to them.

Adapted for multi-device

Another major challenge overcome by Wiztivi is multi-screen deployment.  Available on the SFR TV mobile & web applications, TIMELESS UNIVERSE seamlessly applies all the personalized parameters across devices. The user experience is enriched by options such as resume playback on any device, or the possibility to broadcast a favourite movie or series. TIMELESS UNIVERSE works across all Android and iOS devices.

More about STB 8

• First Set-Top box on French market to offer powerful Wifi-6 technology.
• Intelligent voice assistant.
• 4K HDR-Dolby Vision.
• Compatible with Dolby Atmos.
• Multi-screen and personalized interface.
• Cloud recording.
• Built-in speaker.

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For the third year in a row, WIZTIVI’s teams are proud to be shortlisted in two of the most prestigious CSI Awards categories.

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For the last 17 years, CSI Awards have been celebrating excellence and achievement in the broadcast, video, OTT and IoT sectors. They are among the most prestigious and competitive technology awards in the industry, designed to recognise and reward innovation and excellence.

For the third year in a row, WIZTIVI’s teams are proud to be shortlisted in two of the most prestigious CSI Awards categories.

“Best internet TV technology or service” Award

To help Vodafone enlarging their OTT TV offer and reach a larger market, WIZTIVI developed the brand-new Smart TV App which is now shortlisted for the CSI Awards in the “Best internet TV technology” category. This application is designed to be purely OTT, with cloud-storage and includes most common connected TV’s functions.

“Best IoT product technology or application” Award

As the market for the smart speakers is growing, Sagemcom had an ambitious project with their Soundbox and wanted to offer a user-friendly and intuitive UX. To help Sagemcom achieve this project, WIZTIVI developed an innovative and creative application. Thanks to it, every user can completely control and configure their device while enjoying one of the most powerful sound experience available on the market. Highly customisable and offering a hybrid solution for iOS and Android, this application is shortlisted in the “Best IoT product technology” CSI Awards category!

Discover the new TIMELESS UNIVERSE at IBC

IBC 2019 will be a great opportunity to meet WIZTIVI’s teams who achieved these projects. We will also be very excited to make you discover our new TIMELESS UNIVERSE experience. This solution is a modular, flexible, easy to integrate UI and offers a high-quality native performance. User-centric with a complete multi-profile manager system, it is also content-centric by aggregating multiple sources of contents.

To know more about it, book your meeting with WIZTIVI and visit us at booth 14F29.

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Join us in Cologne, @booth H104!

We’re back on the road! Next stop: Cologne, to exhibit at the ANGACOM 2019.

The ANGACOM is one of Europe’s most important meeting points for the telecommunications and media industries. The right place to be for discussing the new market trends of User Interfaces (UIs).

And guess what? We are at the forefront when it comes to bring innovative solutions, to create the TV landscape of tomorrow.

Come and take a closer look at our various references:

• TIMELESSUI Launcher for AndroidTV (Operator Tier)
• Vodafone TV for Samsung and AndroidTV
• Telecentro (Argentina) TV services based on our very own TIMELESSUI
• OTT TV sport offer for smart TV sets, gaming consoles, mobile and tabs.

Discover our new Concept UI

Last but not least, you are to discover our brand new User experience. A new UI concept including the latest innovations in design and User experience.

Book your meeting now and we will show you how skillful we are!

You might want to prepare the future, so let’s meet @booth H104, Hall 7, from the 4th to the 6th of June!

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Time to catch up in Buenos Aires!

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Buenos Aires, here we come!

Never had the chance  to meet us so far? Delighted to let you know that Wiztivi will be at NexTV Series Argentina 2019. If we still haven’t met, well, that’s a golden opportunity to finally reach each other.

NexTV Series Argentina is one of the top leading events on TV and OTT in South America. Pay TV, new UI but also the future of TV will be at the heart of this year’s event, so we definitely must attend this show.

Here is our chance to meet and discuss business. You might even get the chance to try our top Argentinian app: TPlay for Telecentro!

Can’t wait to see you in May 14th & 15th in Buenos Aires!

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It’s time to rock @booth SU4515!

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It’s time to rock @booth SU4515!

…New month, new country, new event!

After exhibiting at the MWC and the Cabsat those past few weeks, it is now time for Wiztivi to fly out to Las Vegas, the so-called Sin City, to participate in the NAB Show 2019, one of the world’s largest shows dedicated to entertainment, media and technology.

What an amazing opportunity to showcase Wiztivi’s brand new TimelessUI Universe and its incredibly competitive time-to-market!

Check out our numerous demos:

• Vodafone TV for Samsung and AndroidTV
• TIMELESS Launcher for AndroidTV (Operator Tier)
• Telecentro (Argentina) TV services based on our multidevices whitelabel product, TimelessUI
• Sat.tv App, our multilingual and easy-to-use solution: perfect for digital beginners!
• …

Wizitivi is working on revolutionizing the video User eXperience and we will be pleased to share it with you. And to tell the truth, what an excellent opportunity to initiate a constructive collaboration in Las Vegas!

See you in April, from the 8th to the 11th, in the South Hall, @booth SU4515!

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We want you!

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We want you

A paper from Le Parisien mentionning Wiztivi as one dynamic job provider in Loire -Atlantique!

Get in touch and see our job opportunities here or there in the jungle. Jump into the train of innovation and Interactive TV!

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Experience our magic @booth 8.1E49, 25 – 28 February 2019

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Experience our magic @booth 8.1E49, 25 – 28 February 2019

Wiztivi will be heading to Barcelona to participate in the Mobile World Congress 2019.

The MWC Barcelona is the largest event in the world. Focused on mobile industry and this year, as always, hot topics will be addressed such as AI and its growing involvement in mobile technology, digital trust or the upcoming launch of the 5G.

Considering our leading position worldwide in multiscreen UI and video services, we couldn’t miss such a show.

Experience our mobile references :

• Try out our very own TIMELESSUI and be guaranteed to considerably reduce your time-to-market
• Create your own MTV channel with MYMTV
• Try Sat.tv App “the most user-friendly pan-regional EPG platform” according to the Digital European Forum
• Experience Telecentro Play App designed after TIMELESSUI

And discover our STB solutions:

• TIMELESSUI Launcher for AndroidTV (Operator Tier)
• And Vodafone TV hybrid solution

Impressive, right? So, jump at the chance to meet us and see our great products and who knows… we might be able to help you with your future projects. What a great opportunity it will be to duly start this new promising year alongside with you!

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Thanks to your trust and your recognition, 2018 was a new tremendous year for our company.

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We’d like to thank you all

Thanks to your trust and your recognition, 2018 was a new tremendous year for our company:

• WIZTIVI listed (again) among the 101 companies that matter in the world, in the online video industry and ranked in the 100 most innovative companies of the French tech;
• Brand-new TIMELESSUI launched on AndroidTV and listed as one of the most innovative UX at the CSI and Content Innovation awards;
• Cross platform Framework evolved to accompany all native and/or browser based IPTV and OTT development projects with the same code.

Keep growing in 2019

We are now around 160 passionate people in Nantes, Paris, Helsinki and Buenos Aires, fully involved to satisfy the requirements of prestigious customers such as Vodafone Group, Altice Group, Liberty Global International, Orange Group, Telecentro, Eutelsat, RTL Group, Viacom International Media Networks and many others.

So let’s make together 2019 a great and augmented year: successes, health and happiness!

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