December 21, 2009
- GMO DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION, INC.
December 21, 2009
Press Release
GMO DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION, INC.
GMO Digital Distribution Partners with TV Bank to Offer Online Live Video Delivery Service
Tokyo - December 21, 2009 -- GMO Internet Group company, GMO DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION, announces a collaboration between Digital Contents King, the GMO-DD ASP service for safe and secure online sales of digital content, and BB Broadcast, the broadcast video delivery system by Softbank Group’s TV Bank Corporation. The partnership today launches a new service that will enable delivery of pay-per-view live video.
Digital Contents King
Digital Contents King by GMO-DD is an all-in ASP solution that provides the DRM (Digital Rights Management) and payment processing functions necessary for online sale of digital content such as Windows Media audio and video files, PDF documents, e-books, and games. The service allows our customers to provide encrypted digital content downloads from an existing web site or blog. No complicated adjustments to the site are required and the customer can accept payment by credit card or electronic money.
In addition to offering paid content, our customers are able to offer limited edition free downloads, and provide special content to a specific group of consumers by setting access-code and number-of-views restrictions with the Digital Contents King sales campaign features.
In addition to offering paid content, our customers are able to offer limited edition free downloads, and provide special content to a specific group of consumers by setting access-code and number-of-views restrictions with the Digital Contents King sales campaign features.
BB Broadcast
BB Broadcast by TV Bank is a video delivery system that enables live video to be delivered via the Internet to large numbers of viewers at the same time. Based on P2P technology for one-to-many communication known as Overlay Multicast, video data sent from a distribution server is transmitted from user to user. This delivery method allows high-quality video content to be delivered simultaneously to a large group of specified users with minimum stress on networks and distribution servers. TV Bank is proud to have achieved a record high distribution of high quality video at 768kpbs to 79,227 users, and to have maintained up to 96% of traffic in a distribution. The company has already achieved 100 million downloads of client applications.
Collaboration: Paid Live Video Delivery Service
Collaboration: Paid Live Video Delivery Service
Integrating the Digital Contents King DRM payment processing functions for video with the BB Broadcast multi-user high-quality video distribution tool allows us to offer customers a paid video distribution service that will enable them to broadcast live events to tens of thousands of viewers.
Service Outline
Basic Service
Sales features (billing, payment processing) | DRM encryption |
Reporting (sales, viewer logs) | SDK for user player |
Test distribution | Live distribution |
Live encoding | Filler (before and after broadcast) |
Options
Restrict to domestic viewers only | Relay circuit |
Filler production | Service webpage production |
Viewer webpage production | Viewer webpage hosting |
GMO DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION will continue to expand DigiCon Cart, Digital Contents King and other online services, further developing the market for the distribution of digital content through the Internet.
Related Links (All links to Japanese language sites unless otherwise indicated)
Digital Contents King: http://haishin.tv
TV Bank: http://www.tv-bank.com/jp
Media Inquiries
GMO Internet
E-mail：[email protected]
About GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group, headquartered in Japan, is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services worldwide. The group holds top domestic market share in domain registration, web hosting, and payment processing and provides a host of other Internet services including global online security services, ecommerce solutions, and Internet advertising to both businesses and individuals. At the centre of the group is GMO Internet, Inc. a company listed on the prestigious first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE: 9449).
GMO DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION Inc.
Company Name | |
Address | 8F Kotobuki Park Building, 1-20-8 Dogenzaka, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Naoto Hattori |
Business Description | ■Digital content distribution solutions (ASP, SaaS) |
Capital | 10,000,000 yen |
GMO Internet Inc.
Company Name | GMO Internet Inc. http://www.gmo.jp/en (TSE First Section Code: 9449) |
Address | Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaoka cho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
CEO | Masatoshi Kumagai |
Business Description | ■Web Infrastructure & Ecommerce ■Internet Media |
Capital | 1,276,830,000 yen |
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