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An Online TV and Movie Theatre

Media & Entertainment
Velluio Dolerano

Velluio Dolerano

CEO

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An Online TV and Movie Theatre

About the client

Andersen's customer was a UK-based interactive OTT platform with advanced functionalities, including access to a wide range of movies, TV series, sports channels, and audiobooks. This streaming service allows its users to watch video content via iOS and Android devices, as well as on the web.

Location:UK
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Project overview

Andersen was contacted by a UK-based interactive OTT platform with advanced functionalities, including access to a wide range of movies, TV series, sports channels, and audiobooks. This streaming service allows its users to watch video content via iOS (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV) and Android (smartphones, tablets, Smart TV) devices, as well as on the web.

With Andersen's assistance, the following goals were attained:

  • Over 300 TV channels;
  • Over 60,000 Movies, TV series, cartoons, and TV shows, both online and offline and without ads;
  • Excellent image and sound quality;
  • 4K, Full HD, and SD quality;
  • Radio online;
  • Apps for smartphones, tablets, TVs, and Apple TV.

Andersen stood at the origins of the Wide-TV platform's inception and development, participated in its commercial launch and subsequent tech support for the project. Our team consisted of Front-end, Back-end, iOS, and Android tech experts.

duration72+ months
technologies
Kotlin
Clean Architecture
Moxy

Android:

Kotlin, Clean Architecture, Moxy, Retrofit, RxJava 2, Dagger 2, Coroutines, ExoPlayer, Mockito, Kaspresso, Marathon.

iOS:

Swift5, Alamofire, PromiseKit, RxSwift, Firebase, RxGRDB, CoreData, Verimatrix, FairPlay.

Home page with movies to continue watching
Home page with movies to continue watching

Description

Andersen's tech team was involved in developing both Android and iOS apps at the very beginning of Wide-TV's inception. The Android app underwent several rounds of redesign and UI customization. These are the latest features that have been added recently:

  • Ads;
  • "Offline mode" downloads;
  • Subtitles;
  • Capability to rewind previews;
  • Redesign of players’ and VоD content cards via Android and Android TV.
Previously watched content (web and mobile screens)
Previously watched content (web and mobile screens)

Moreover, Andersen configured and optimized the way CI and UI auto testing worked. Also, a new multi-module architecture was implemented.

  • iOS application has gone through several updates; the most recent features include;
  • Support for multiple payment methods, including bank cards;
  • Updated player design;
  • Custom playlists with personalized movie recommendations;
  • Capability to exchange paid movies;
  • Fairplay/MultiDRM;
  • Subtitles;
  • Targets (transitions to the screen in the app);
  • Playback speed;
  • Sending media content to another device;
  • Watching free channels and movies after registration;
  • HomePod support for Apple TV (i.e., the capability to stream audio).

As a result of Andersen’s effort, an advanced OTT platform with multiple and constantly updated features was delivered. Via this platform, end-users can conveniently consume a wide variety of digital content on demand. Besides online TV, the content includes movies, music videos, streams, etc. with various subscription options.

Subscription plan and payment card details
Subscription plan and payment card details
Content viewing screens (web and mobile)
Content viewing screens (web and mobile)

Project results

  • Andersen's dedicated team of tech experts contributed to the substantial advancement of the customer's OTT platform;
  • Users now have access to a vast array of movies, TV series, sports channels, and audiobooks;
  • The platform's new features such as offline mode, subtitles, and personalized movie recommendations are contributing to its popularity;
  • The platform has seen over 5 million downloads so far, and its rating has reached 4.6 based on 31,000 reviews.

Customer review

Review

We have been collaborating with Andersen for many years to deliver our IT projects. Andersen’s team members always get quickly integrated into our workflows and resolve their tasks on time. They are always customer-oriented, able to handle complex challenges, and professional. The tech services Andersen provides us with are universally notable for their high quality and match the highest industry standards and practices.

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