January 16, 2017
3 Screen Solutions Develops Ran FIGHTING App For Amazon Fire TV
Highlights
Innovative product concept and design from TeraVolt with software development and integration services from 3 Screen Solutions enable the new bobbles OTT video service via MX1, a global media services company and subsidiary of SES
3 Screen Solutions engineered apps and features, and provided system integration, helping the TeraVolt-designed bobbles platform reach out to diaspora populations in multiple languages via a range of devices
MX1 enables bobbles to entertain and bring together people with shared culture or nationality via OTT, complementing bobbles’ satellite service via SES
Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 16, 2017 – 3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a leading provider of customized software solutions and services to the multiscreen digital entertainment industry, today announced it developed the ran FIGHTING app for Amazon Fire TV, which went live in December 2016.
Since the launch in April 2016 of the 3SS-developed ran FIGHTING Samsung TV app, 3SS delivered a complementary app for Amazon Fire TV and has extended the Samsung TV App, both now live to support this adrenaline-charged Martial Arts service. Even more viewers can now access ran FIGHTING’s high-impact OTT programming.
3SS built the front end and elements of the backend for both ran FIGHTING apps.
“With the new Amazon Fire and Samsung TV apps, ran FIGHTING further demonstrates its commitment to delivering top-quality content to viewers on a wide range of devices, thereby facilitating greater consumer choice,” commented Kai-Christian Borchers, Managing Director of 3 Screen Solutions. “Furthermore all the 3SS team are truly honored that ran FIGHTING has entrusted us to develop these engaging new apps.”
Ran FIGHTING’s content portfolio includes the biggest boxing archive on German TV as well as major live international Martial Arts and boxing events. Fans can watch fights pay-per-event or via subscription. Following the live broadcast of any bout, viewers can freely watch again for 48 hours.
ran FIGHTING is a platform of 7Sports, the sport business unit of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group.
About 7Sports
The innovative and digital sports portfolio of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group is completely bundled within 7Sports. This, the umbrella brand for the sports business of the media company strives to build digital sport platforms, to expand and exploit the 360° marketing power of exclusive sports productions, to manage young talents and professional athletes, and produce first-class sporting events. 7Sports benefits from the ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s many years of experience with popular sports brands like ran.de and the successful acquisition of new platforms such as Sportdeutschland.TV, 90min, and EverSport.tv. This complementarity creates ideal synergies across the individual sports segments. Backed by the marketing power of ProSiebenSat.1 in the sports environment, 7Sports is one of the most profitable platforms for sports-oriented advertisers, cooperation partners, co-investors, and professional athletes in the German-speaking world. www.7sports.com
About 3 Screen Solutions
3 Screen Solutions helps bring video to any screen – with passion and vision. Established in 2009, 3SS is a world class innovator in the provision of advanced software solutions and services to blue-chip service providers, CE innovators and integration specialists in the multiscreen consumer entertainment ecosystem. Major satellite, cable, IPTV, OTT and mobile TV network operators and brand owners have benefitted from 3SS’ creativity and capabilities. These include Unitymedia, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland, Swisscom and 02/Telefonica. Many leading hardware and network providers and SIs have selected 3SS to help optimize the services they provide to their customers. 3SS innovations have supported Eutelsat, Siemens, Rovi and Netgem. High profile retail brands also rely on solutions from 3SS to help enhance and extend their audience engagement, including Warner Brothers, ProSiebenSat.1, Red Bull Media House and BOSCH. Over 130 million people are discovering and enjoying content enabled by 3 Screen Solutions. www.3ss.tv