OTT Business directory helps people to find companies, services, and tools that allow for the production, distribution, and monetization of streaming TV services.

Each month OTT Business Magazine includes a new directory (buyers guide) that identifies companies and services in the OTT Industry.

OTT Business Directory Categories:

Advertising Technology and Services

• Ad Exchanges – Video ad exchanges are marketplaces that link advertisers to publishers and allow for the automatic requesting, selection, and insertion of ads.
• Ad Personalization Platforms – Ad personalization platforms specialize in delivering personalized and adaptive video advertisements to viewers.
• Advertising Management Platforms – Advertising management platforms identify and connect advertising insertion opportunities (ad inventory) with advertiser campaigns (ad offers).
• Advertising Measurement Services – Platforms or companies that monitor, measure, analyze and report on ad viewing and engagement activities.
  

AI Media

• • AI Digital Asset Management – AI digital asset management systems store, organize, process and manage movies, TV shows, and video content using artificial intelligence processes and tools.
  • AI Media Processing Chips – AI Media Processing Chips boost video encoding speed, optimize bandwidth usage, personalize content, and enhance image quality through real-time artificial intelligence process improvements.
    
  • AI Photo Generators – AI Photo Generators quickly create high-quality, realistic images or photos using artificial intelligence that uses sample photographs, image references and image processing rules.
  • AI Transcription – AI transcription platforms and tools use artificial intelligence processes to convert audio and video content into text.
  • AI Video Generators – AI video generators use artificial intelligence algorithms to review input information such as text, images, timelines or audio descriptions to generate video content by using and adapting relevant clips, visuals and audio elements to create video sequences.
  • AI Video Compressors – AI video compressors use artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze and optimize video data, reducing file sizes and lowering streaming bandwidth while maintaining visual quality.

Audience Engagement and Management

• Fan Analytics Tools – Fan analytics tools monitor and determine audience behavior, preferences, and engagement activities.
• Fan Group Forum Management – Fan group forum management tools enable the creation, organization, and moderation of online fan communities.
• Fan Management – Fan management encompasses the tracking and coordination of on-screen and off-screen audience engagement activities, events, fan media, contests, and the measurement and optimization of engagement. These systems streamline the management of fan groups by overseeing the integration, updates, activities, and disengagements of individuals within these communities.
• Socail TV Platforms – Companies that provide social media clipping and publishing.
• Content Moderation – Content moderation tools enable the review and management of user-generated content for compliance with community guidelines and legal requirements.

Billing

• Ad Billing Platforms – Ad Billing Platforms do tracking, invoicing, and revenue reconciliation of video and digital ad placements and engagements
• OTT Billing Systems – OTT billing systems are a combination of software and hardware that receives television usage information, grouping this information for specific accounts or customers, produces invoices, creates reports for management, and records (posting) payments made to customer accounts.

Business and Operational Tools

• Content Licensing Management – Content licensing management systems acquire, track, and manage content distribution rights across multiple platforms.
• Contract Lifecycle Management – A contract lifecycle management (CLM) system can identify, organize, and manage contracts and agreements for movie, TV show, and video production, distribution, and monetization.
• Metadata Management – Metadata management tools and services organize, enrich, and maintain detailed information about video content.
• Release Form Management – Efficiently collect and manage electronic signatures for release forms online.
• Rights Management – Rights management tools and platforms ensure the proper licensing, distribution, and protection of content.

Content Creation and Production Tools

• Screenwriting – Screenwriting platforms and tools manage the development, collaboration, and management of scripts for movies, TV shows, and video content.
• Virtual Production Platforms – Solutions that enable virtual production techniques, such as virtual sets, motion capture, and real-time rendering, to streamline the production process and create high-quality visual effects.

Content Distribution

• Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) – Services that manage distribution of movies, shows, and videos to multiple points.
• Content Aggregators & Distributors – Media content distributors aggregate, manage, and deliver video content from various creators and owners to OTT providers.
• Media Distribution Workflow Management – Media distribution workflow enables OTT and streaming TV service providers to efficiently manage, automate, and streamline the process of delivering video content from production to multiple platforms and devices.

Content Management

• Cloud Media Storage – Transfers, stores, and organizes digital media.
• Content Management System (CMS) – A Content Management System (CMS) is software that enables users to create, manage, and publish digital content on websites.
• Media Asset Management (MAM) – Systems and services that store, organize, and manage movies, TV shows, and video content.

Creative and Production Support

• Cloud Storyboarding – Visually defines scenes, aiding collaboration for effective movie and TV production.
• Cloud Talent Casting – Casting services discover, audition, and evaluate actors for media character roles.

Educational Resources and Training

• OTT Discussion Groups – OTT discussion groups share insights, questions, and resources that help to select, set up, and run OTT and Streaming TV systems.
• OTT Events – OTT events are conferences (live or online) that enable companies to share product and service information with attendees.
• OTT Magazines – OTT Magazines publish articles, news, and information on how to select, set up, and run Streaming TV systems, services, and promotion activities.
• OTT Podcasts – OTT podcasts are audio or video shows distributed online that cover ways to select, set up, run, and promote Streaming TV systems & services.
• OTT Training – Companies that develop or provide OTT courses, coaching, and education services.

Enhancement and Conversion Tools

• Automatic Blurring – Automatic blurring is a media processing service that can obscure faces, trademarks, or logos in videos or images.
• Cloud Transcoding – Cloud transcoding services can convert video files into the various formats needed for OTT and Streaming TV systems.
• Video Lighting Correction – Video lighting correction platforms and services enhance existing movies, TV shows, and video content by adjusting and optimizing lighting levels, color balance, and exposure, ensuring consistent and improved visual quality.

Live Production and Broadcasting

• • OTT Live Streaming Platforms – enable streaming TV service providers, event producers, and related companies to broadcast real-time video content to large audiences over the Internet.

Marketing and Promotion

• Media Agencies – OTT media agencies work with streaming media equipment, platform and OTT service provider companies to develop media and execute comprehensive marketing and promotion strategies.

Media Adapters

• Android Set Top Boxes – STBs – Android digital media adapters are devices that connect TVs via HDMI to the Internet to receive OTT and Streaming TV services.

Media Information Services

• EPG Data Providers – Electronic Program Guide – EPG Data providers supply real-time scheduling, program descriptions, and metadata for TV shows and movies.
• Weather Information Services – Weather information services provide media companies with real-time weather data that can be used as weather TV channels, news alerts or information services.

Media Processing

• Translation Services – Converts audio, subtitles, and on-screen text into multiple languages, enabling content localization and accessibility for global audiences across diverse regions and cultures.
  
• Video Codec Developers – Video coder/decoder (codec) design and development companies create and optimize algorithms that compress, encode and decode digital video.
• Video Upscaling – Video upscaling tools enhance media resolution by analyzing frames, detecting patterns, and intelligently adding pixels and color depth to sharpen details and improve clarity for high-resolution displays.

Network Management

• IP  Video Monitoring – IP Video Monitoring services and displays provide real-time surveillance and analysis of video streams to ensure consistent delivery quality, detect issues, and maintain the reliability of OTT and Streaming TV systems.

OTT Service Providers (OSP)

• OTT Managed Services – OTT managed service providers handle the setup, operation, maintenance, and optimization of OTT and streaming TV platforms.

Production Management

• Video Production Workflow Management – Media production workflow management tools streamline the processes involved in planning, creating, and delivering video content.

Production Services

• Media Work Marketplaces – Media work marketplaces connect media professionals with project and job assignments while enabling companies to find skilled talent for their projects and business needs.

Production Tools

• Cloud Video Editing – Cloud video editing tools enable the collaborative editing of videos over the internet, bypassing traditional cable and satellite distribution.
• Media Production Collaboration Platforms – Media Production Collaboration Platforms provide real-time communication sharing and task management tools to assist media production, content editing and distribution.
  
• Remote Video Production – Remote video production platforms and services allow producers, talent and crew to work together from different locations through the Internet.
  

Regulations

• Compliance Monitoring – Compliance Monitoring systems for OTT and streaming TV systems continuously track, record and analyze broadcasts and media to identify and resolve any compliance issues ensuring that it adheres to regulatory and licensing requirements.

Research and Analysis

• OTT Industry Standards Associations – Organizations that create guidelines and technical specifications developed to ensure interoperability and quality in OTT systems and services.
• OTT Research Companies – Companies providing industry research reports, custom research, or competitive analysis for the OTT and TV industry.

Security Solutions

• OTT Digital Rights Management – DRM –DRM technologies control and protect digital content from unauthorized use, copying, and distribution by managing access rights and permissions.

Stock Media

• Stock Video Providers – Stock Video is pre-licensed, royalty-free video clips that can be independently used, modified or integrated into video content.

Testing

• OTT App Testing – App testing is the verification of operation and media processing of video and media software programs (apps) to ensure they perform correctly with defined media quality levels.
• OTT Remote Test Probes – OTT remote test probes monitor and report on the performance of local connected media devices by using equipment installed and controlled within local networks.
• OTT & Streamiung TV Test Equipment Manufacturers – Companies that make test equipment that is used for OTT and streaming TV systems, platforms and devices.

Video and Media Apps

• App Developers – A video app development company or platform creates video media players for smart TVs, digital media adapters, smartphone and other connected media devices.
• Video Media Players – Video media players receive, decode and process digital video streams enabling users to select, view and interact with media programs.

Volunteer Management

• Media Production Volunteer Management – Media production volunteer management platforms or tools coordinate the recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling and tracking of volunteers for media production projects and activities.