Simplestream - How to launch a PayTV platform using AWS

1. “Launching an OTT Live &
SVOD Platform with AWS”

2. Background: Leaders in Live Streaming & Live-2-VOD
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3. Media Manager: Our USP

4. Three Core Pillars
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5. Reaches Over
600,000
Households each week
Over
2.5m Million
App downloads
34mins
Average desktop TVPlayer session
TVPlayer Users
Over
4-5 million
sessions per month
Description Numbers
Free users at 1st Jan 2016 514,158
Free users at End Jan 2016 584,428
Average free users 549,293

6. What Does The Press Think?

7. Making An Impact

8. Three Core Pillars
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9. Buy Or Build?
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10. Buy Or Build?
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Off the shelf
Lack of flexibility, scalability
Can be expensive
Multiple vendors required

11. Buy Or Build?
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IP Creation
Bespoke Features
Cost Effective
Competitive Advantage

12. Architecture

13. EC2 – servers
RDS – Database
S3 – Storage
Cloudfront
Architecture: Leveraging AWS

14. Partnering With AWS: Challenges We Faced

15. Partnering With AWS: Challenges We Faced

16. Three Core Pillars
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17. Platform Marketing: Amazon Fire TV
Launch Date: Since October 2014
Activity Overview:
• TVPlayer is available within the Amazon Fire TV Appstore,
alongside Netflix, BBC iPlayer and ITV Player
• Currently TVPlayer ‘free’ channels are available – TVPlayer
Plus launched yesterday
• Compatible with both the Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire
Stick
• Case Study for NAB 2016
TVPlayer on Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Website Page

18. AWS Allows Us To...
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• Fast Deployment
• Self Service
• Redundancy
• Scale
• Opex structure
• Future Proof
• International Expansion

19. dan.finch@simplestream.com Commercial Director & Co- Founder
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