TiVo Corporation, a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced that TikiLIVE has extended its licence agreements for TiVo Video Metadata and intellectual property (IP). Under the terms of the Video Metadata extension, TikiLIVE has consolidated its previous metadata providers and standardised on TiVo as a one-stop-shop service for all its metadata requirements.

TikiLIVE is an over-the-top (OTT) and IPTV platform development and cloud hosting company that deploys enterprise solutions. The TikiLIVE team focuses on delivering HD streaming video, including both live streaming video and video on-demand (VOD). TikiLIVE provides OEM and Telco companies with a comprehensive set of tools to manage their own live OTT and VOD streaming businesses.

We are delighted to extend our multi-year license agreements with TikiLIVE,” said Jeffrey Glahn, vice president of sales at TiVo. “TiVo Video Metadata together with our extensive IP portfolios, validates the strength and innovation of our solutions and our ability to support rich experiences for a variety of providers including those with OTT and IPTV platforms, like TikiLIVE.”

We continue to work with TiVo because it helps solve the challenge of dealing with multiple metadata providers and having inconsistent metadata for our OTT and VOD businesses,” said Tim Green, founder and CIO of TikiLIVE. “TiVo is a truly complete metadata provider with rich imagery that helps drive content engagement. We chose TiVo because it has the most competitive offering from solutions to patented technologies in the industry and its customer support organisation is extremely responsive to our business needs.

About TikiLIVE
TikiLIVE is an OTT (Over The Top) and IPTV platform development and cloud hosting company that deploys enterprise solutions. The TikiLIVE team focuses on delivering HD streaming video, including both live streaming video and video on-demand (VOD). TikiLIVE provides content creators with a comprehensive set of tools for producing and managing their own live and VOD streaming content.

About TiVo
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights. From the interactive programme guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative products and licensable technologies that revolutionise how people find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of entertainment at tivo.com or follow us on Twitter @tivo or @tivoforbusiness

ABOUT KAUSER KANJI

Kauser Kanji has been working in online video for 19 years, formerly at Virgin Media, ITN and NBC Universal, and founded VOD Professional in 2011. He has since completed major OTT projects for, amongst others, A+E Networks, the BBC, BBC Studios, Channel 4, DR (Denmark), Liberty Global, Netflix, Sony Pictures, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and UKTV. He now writes industry analyses, hosts an online debate show, OTT Question Time, as well as its in-person sister event, OTT Question Time Live

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