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9 August 2010
iPad users made the most of the FIFA World Cup by downloading the first live streaming iPad solution of Sky Germany, which was launched just before the tournament. With high video quality in streaming and guaranteed mobility via WLAN connections the new iPad solution offers Sky-subscribers live streams for the latest sport events, as well as access to video clips and the latest news via the Internet. The complex iPad application was developed by Reply, syskoplan AG and bitmama in cooperation with Sky Germany’s partners for content delivery and ingest.
Apart from FiFa World Cup, Sky subscribers are able to see Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, DFB Cup, NBA, Golf Masters and the German Eishockey League live on the iPad which is available free of charge until the end of August. This is the first sport live streaming application available for Apple’s latest entertainment device.
Reply and syskoplan offer professional consulting services and products for companies in the broadcasting, media and industry area, which allow total lifecycle management of digital content in a crossmedial way. For Sky Germany, Reply and syskoplan developed and implemented a product based iPad application to allow live streaming of Sky’s FiFa World Cup coverage and other live sport content. The highly complex solution is based on open standards and was realized in only ten weeks, as a result of working closely with several partners.
The partners involved are experts in their markets: Bitmama Reply is one of the leading web agencies and frontend developer; Irdeto is a global leader in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets; Open Reply, subsidiary of the Italian Reply Group is one of the leading IT Service Provider with longtime experience in developing and implementing large Software projects within big enterprises in Media and Industry. Reply and syskoplan were responsible for the complete project management.
The application is based on a solution with CMS functionality and was developed in Objective C, the standard programming language for Apple mobile devices. Beside the live stream of sport events, other features include news, video clips and a datacenter for sport results.
About syskoplan AG "Passion for IT": This has been the driving force behind syskoplan for the past 25 years. The companies in the syskoplan Group develop and implement innovative IT solutions based on adaptable and agile IT platforms and extended with customer-specific components. The benefits for the customers of the syskoplan Group are numerous: They receive high performance, flexible and efficient IT. These solutions tailored specifically to the needs of the customer enable them to stand out in the market thereby creating sustainable competitive advantages.
As a network of specialized companies, the syskoplan Group combines the perfor¬mance of a large corporation with the agility and flexibility of small units. Common values are at the core of all business behavior in the syskoplan Group. These values are the foundation of the successful work we do for our customers. Approxi¬mately 420 employees generated a sales revenue of 55.0 million Euros in fiscal year 2009. At the center of the Group is syskoplan AG, founded in 1983 and listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange since November 2000.
The integration of the syskoplan Group into the international network of their main shareholder Reply S.p.A. ensures access to the know-how of approximately 3,000 IT experts. Reply focuses on developing and implementing solutions based on new communication channels and digital media.
About Irdeto Irdeto is a trusted partner to many of the world’s leading content owners and distributors, device manufacturers and software companies, including Adobe, Skylink, Netflix, BSkyB, Multichoice Africa and Televisión Cable Digital. Irdeto’s versatile technology platform ensures unbound access to valuable digital assets and premium content through its content security, conditional access, business support systems and content and digital rights management product suites. Co-headquartered in Beijing and Amsterdam, Irdeto employs over 800 people in 25 offices around the world and is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN).
About Bitmama A leading company specialized in the design and implementation of solutions based on new digital media and communication channels, together with Armando Testa, the largest Italian independent communications group and one of the most important in Europe, merge their competences in digital communication. This firm focuses on the branding and web market with a wealth of experience in brand marketing, creativity and technology on par with the highest international standards, readily applying a consistent, multi-platform approach. Bitmama is run by a team of professionals with experience in classic adv, digital adv, relationship strategy and technology for web, mobile communications and digital P.O.S.