Recently, Amazon obtained broadcasting rights of European Soccer Champions League matches in Germany, strengthening its sports content portfolio. In the US, increasing shift towards digital video platforms along with increasing bidding from Amazon and Facebook for sports streaming rights is changing the sports landscape in the country. The transition is mainly being driven by standalone streaming services, linear over-the-top (OTT) providers, and companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter, bidding for streaming rights. Emerging technology and innovative workflows are transforming live sports production.
The sports broadcasting industry is undergoing revolutionary innovations with technological developments to provide a better experience for users. Increasing demand for personalized broadcast services is attributing to the growth of the market. The playout solutions market expected to grow from US$ 1019.6 million in 2020 to US$ 1719.2 million by 2027 it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% from 2020 to 2027.
Amagi enables content owners to launch, distribute and monetize live linear channels on Free-Ad-Supported TV and video services platforms. With offices in France, the UK, Germany, Spain and Australia, Alchimie employs 125 people and is ranked 48th in FW500 (ranking of French technology companies).Īmagi is a next-generation media technology company that provides cloud broadcast and targeted advertising solutions to broadcast TV and streaming TV platforms. In 2019, Alchimie acquired TVPlayer, the largest independent OTT platform in the UK. Alchimie partners with 70+ talents (celebrities, influencers), brands and media groups to create new channels (Cultivons-Nous, The Big Issue, Army Stories, Jacques Attali, Poisson Fécond, Vaughan, Michael Rowe, Spektrum der Wissenschaft) which are then distributed on more than 60 distribution platforms (TVPlayer, Amazon, Orange, Movistar, Samsung, Huawei, etc.) constantly expanding its audience and consequently its revenues. Alchimie has a catalog of more than 70,000 hours of content from more than 300 renowned partners (Arte, France TV distribution, ZDF Entreprises or Zed). Amagi clients include ABS-CBN, A+E Networks UK, beIN Sports, CuriosityStream, Discovery Networks, Fox Networks, Fremantle, NBCUniversal, Tastemade, Tegna, USA Today, Vice Media, and Warner Media, among others.įor more information about Amagi and its streaming TV solutions, visit About AlchimieĪlchimie is a channel factory: a unique video platform in partnership with talents and media to co-publish their own thematic channel. The company also has a state-of-the-art cloud broadcast operations center that can support 1000+ live linear channels. The ad technology solutions, Amagi THUNDERSTORM and Amagi ANALYTICS, will be deployed for dynamic ad insertion and in-depth viewership insights.Īmagi provides a complete suite of solutions for content creation, distribution, and monetization. Alchimie has its offices in France, UK, Germany, Spain, Australia and the United States.Īlchimie will use the award-winning broadcast-grade channel playout platform, Amagi CLOUDPORT and the lightweight content scheduling platform, Amagi PLANNER for media asset management and distribution. With a catalogue of 60,000 hours of programming content from over 300 prestigious partners (Java Films, France Télévisions, Lukarn, RTVE, Zed, Limonero, and more), Alchimie creates new SVOD, AVOD & FAST channels and distributes them across 60+ digital platforms (TVplayer, Amazon, Orange, Netgem, Samsung, Huawei, and more) generating new revenue streams.
Amagi is distributing 23 of Alchimie's channels to Rakuten TV and to Samsung TV Plus in 5 European countries – France, Spain, UK, Italy, and Germany. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Amagi, a global leader in SaaS for broadcast and connected TV on the cloud, today announced that Alchimie, a video content aggregator and distributor, has partnered with it for channel creation and distribution to Advertising Video on Demand (AVOD) platforms.