Together with Ericsson, Agama Engages in the World Ski Championships 2015
Ericsson has selected Agama to monitor and assure the next-gen, interactive viewing experience that it is creating for the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Linköping, Sweden(10 Feb 2014)
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, today announces that it has been selected by Ericsson to monitor and assure the next-gen, interactive viewing experience that it is creating for the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, taking place in Falun, Sweden, from February 18 to March 1.
As the digital experience partner for the Falun2015 event, Ericsson is providing the Ericsson Networked Event, a solution to enable an enhanced and ‘beyond skiing’ experience to mobile device users all over the world. For this 12-day championships, the Ericsson Networked Event combines both live TV, VoD and competition data into a downloadable application for iOS, Android and Windows PC. Ericsson has turned to Agama for effective monitoring and quality assurance of the streaming video within this platform.
Cecilia Atterwall, Head of Strategy, Marketing and Communications at Global Services at Ericsson, says: “Via the apps and the website, spectators will be able to access real-time information about competitors, statistics, the history of the event, schedules, transport to the venue, parking, places of interest and much more. The apps will also be useful for volunteers, media representatives and other target groups that require information or need to communicate during the World Championships. Never before has the FIS World Ski Championships been as easily accessible. We have combined many great product lines in Ericsson to create the Ericsson Networked Event platform and we’re pleased to have Agama onboard as a valuable partner for the critical service assurance aspects.”
Mikael Dahlgren, CEO at Agama, adds: “This virtual interactive arena is a true advancement of the viewing experience. We’re proud to be a part of the next-gen event-based service enablement platform that Ericsson is debuting at Falun2015. We are a vendor in the technical forefront and these kinds of innovative TV services are an emerging and exciting segment for us to explore going forward.”
Agama has the industry's most comprehensive offering for assuring OTT and multiscreen video deployments end-to-end, providing full transparency of the service distribution from the head-end to the viewing device. The Agama DTV Monitoring Solution enables insights that support video service providers in ensuring optimal service quality, reaching higher operational efficiency and getting better customer understanding – ultimately to secure a rapid and cost-effective service growth.
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For further information, please contact:
Emelie Svensson
Director of Marketing & PR
Agama Technologies
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Ericsson Corporate Communications
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Ericsson Investor Relations
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About Agama Technologies
Agama Technologies provides next-generation quality assurance and monitoring solutions for digital TV and video services. As the first company to provide complete and proven end-to-end, multi-metric monitoring solutions, Agama continues to pioneer and innovate. TV operators and service providers worldwide rely on the established Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for systematic improvements of service quality and customer satisfaction, whilst lowering operational costs and reducing churn. Agama Technologies AB is based in Linköping, Sweden, and is privately held. For more information, visit www.agama.tv.