Accedo to Deliver New-Enhanced Video Experience for Australian SBS On Demand Viewers

The latest announcement will benefit the relaunched SBS OnDemand, the OTT service from SBS. Accedo and SBS will be working together to roll-out fresh video experience across latest and existing platforms in Australia

Apac CIOOutlook | Friday, June 03, 2016

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SINGAPORE: Accedo, a provider TV application solutions, will join hands with SBS, a provider of broadcast media services and solutions, to revamp and re-create the video experience of the latter’s OTT service in Australia and aims to reach to larger audiences on wider platforms and devices.

The latest announcement will benefit the relaunched SBS OnDemand, the OTT service from SBS. Accedo and SBS will be working together to roll-out fresh video experienceacross latest and existing platforms in Australia. Users of iOS, Android and tablet devices, Apple TV, Telstra TV and other leading smart TV platforms can avail benefits of the latest move.

The refreshed SBS On Demand aims to allow customers to enjoy the 4,000 plus hours of video on the website.

“We are delighted to have worked with SBS for close to five years now and honoured to have been entrusted to extend the SBS On Demand to many millions of devices during this time. We are excited to now be in a position to take video experience to the next level and help SBS continue to pave the way in what is a highly-competitive streaming market in Australia,” says Matt Kossatz, Vice President – Asia Pacific, Accedo.