Movie Streaming

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Cinema, delivered to every screen

From mezzanine to play button

An OTT platform is a factory with a beautiful storefront. Masters go in; encoded ladders, subtitles and artwork come out; and a play button has to work identically on a budget phone and a 77-inch OLED.

We build the whole line: transcoding pipelines, multi-DRM licensing, apps for mobile, web and TV, and the discovery layer that decides what 9 pm looks like. Subscription, ad-supported or hybrid, with billing and entitlements part of the build, not an afterthought.

The storefront, live

Billboard, Top 10 rail and key art in motion, a miniature of the storefront layer we ship. All data on screen is illustrative.

Encoding ladders & ABR delivery Multi-DRM & device apps Personalised discovery

What we engineer

The systems behind the product, each one scoped, owned and shipped by the same senior team.

Encoding
Ladders tuned per title

Automated transcode farms with per-title optimisation and QC gates

DRM
Studio-grade protection

Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady with concurrency and device rules

Apps
Every screen, one experience

iOS, Android, web, tvOS and Android TV, remotes and all

Discovery
Rows that earn their place

Personalised rails, search and editorial curation tooling

Monetisation
SVOD, AVOD or both

Subscriptions, ad insertion, offers and entitlements in one system

QoE
Buffering, measured

Playback telemetry, CDN switching and startup-time budgets

The shape of the system

Every build is bespoke, but the bones are proven. A typical architecture, end to end:

A typical stack

Chosen per problem, defended in the tech plan, and boring wherever boring wins.

Video
FFmpeg HLS / DASH CMAF Multi-DRM
Apps
Swift Kotlin React tvOS & Android TV
Platform
Go Kafka PostgreSQL ClickHouse CDN

Launching a streaming service?
Roll the titles.

Greenfield OTT or a creaking pipeline that needs rebuilding. We’ll give you a straight read on scope, stack and timeline.

Frequently asked questions

Do you build OTT and movie streaming platforms?

Yes. Streaming is a core specialty. We build video-on-demand and live OTT platforms end to end, from ingest and transcoding through playback apps and monetisation.

What does an OTT platform build include?

It typically includes transcoding and adaptive-bitrate pipelines, multi-DRM content protection, apps for mobile, web and TV, personalised discovery and recommendations, and SVOD or AVOD monetisation.

Can you protect premium content with DRM?

Yes. We implement multi-DRM (such as Widevine, PlayReady and FairPlay) with secure, token-based delivery so premium content is protected across every device.

Which devices do the apps support?

We ship apps for mobile, web and TV, with consistent playback, resume and personalisation across all of them.

Pick a time

Thirty minutes.
Your project, your questions.

Pick a time that suits you and we will walk you through the work live: how we build it, what a full project looks like, and what it costs. No deck, no hard sell.

A call with the team that does the work

30 minutes, at your time

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Contact

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