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    thePlatform Scores in Canada, Australia

    March 31, 2015
    Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) subsidiary thePlatform has scored two customer wins in Canada and Australia with shomi and Stan ...
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    Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) subsidiary thePlatform has scored two customer wins in Canada and Australia with shomi and Stan, respectively.

    thePlatform is providing back-end video management services for shomi, a subscription VOD service launched in Canada late last year. shomi is a joint venture owned equally by Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B).

    In Australia, thePlatform has been selected by subscription VOD service Stan, a joint venture between Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media.

    Both deployments include thePlatform's cloud-based mpx video management system, which is designed for workflow management of video ingest; metadata management; subscriber management and viewing rights enforcement; and automated publishing across device and video player profiles.

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