LONDON, February 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- European rollout of the Global Connected TV marketplace under way
Miniweb, the leading cloud-based video distribution platform for connected TVs, announced today that woomi (http://www.woomi.tv ,http://twitter.com/woomitv), the new connected TV destination, is now live across the UK on all Samsung smart TVs that feature the Internet@TV portal.
The UK launch marks the beginning of woomi's European rollout. By mid 2011, Miniweb predicts woomi to be on more than half of the world's connected TVs.
"We encourage publishers and device manufacturers to embrace connected TV. This is the future of TV and that is why we have created a unique marketplace for them. We are not streaming video or acquiring rights, but are acting as an agent or retailer. We enable our content partners to keep their brand identity and business model, and promote and monetize their content on as many TVs as possible," explains Jerome de Vitry, CEO, Miniweb.
By registering their content with woomi, publishers get immediate access to an exponentially expanding base of consumers with woomi-enabled TV devices. Woomi gives them total control and the ability to personalize the user experience with their brand and business models. It also offers a complete monetization solution through either single-click secure end-user payments or advertising.
Woomi provides an effective solution for TV device manufacturers and operators looking to expand video content to hundreds of publishers on connected TVs, set top boxes, Blu-ray players and gaming consoles. The system is enhanced with user-friendly functions such as search, discovery, recommendations, personalization and single click payment.
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Jennifer Hicks (for Miniweb Technologies)
ink Communications
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Hanna Manninen (for Miniweb Technologies)
ink Communications
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About Miniweb Technologies
Miniweb's leading cloud-based video distribution platform for connected TVs (http://www.miniweb.tv) enables a revolutionary broadband entertainment experience on the TV. With easy navigation and consumption of Internet video, Miniweb's ground-breaking platform provides a seamless experience across hundreds of video publishers to empower the viewer with search, recommendations, micro-payments, community and personalization functions.
Miniweb's consumer brand, woomi (http://www.woomi.tv), is the first combined micro-payment and advertising supported content marketplace for connected TV devices. Woomi enables video publishers to maximize their revenue opportunities by dramatically extending their audience reach globally across any kind of connected TV device. Woomi gives TV device manufacturers and operators a wide array of content from hundreds of video publishers within a single app, allowing them a broader and richer video proposition and additional revenue streams.
Miniweb's Connected TV Services Platform has garnered substantial industry acclaim including TVB Europe Editors' Award Best of IBC 2009, Best Interactive Service/Application at IPTV World Series Award 2009, Pick Hit Award for Innovation at IBC 2008 and the Red Herring Europe 100 Winner 2008.
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