Zappware Entertainment Group: the new vertical of TGS esports
Zappware Entertainment Group is the new company that emerged from the acquisition of iWedia by Reinhart Interactive TV AG. Zappware Entertainment Group will combine the assets of Zappware and iWedia, which provides Tier 1 software solutions for connected TV devices and the Android TV ecosystem. The creation of the new company follows the announcement that TGS esports acquired 51% of Reinhart Interactive, consolidating Zappware as one of the company’s verticals.
Zappware Entertainment Group will represent one of the world’s largest TV deployment footprints serving up to 50 million households. This acquisition will allow the companies to join forces to enhance their service offerings to a joint customer base that includes A1, Broad/TSTT, Bouygues Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Reliance Jio, Swisscom, SKY, Telus , Une and Unity Media.
Zappware Entertainment Group can now offer customers a much more comprehensive product portfolio, including the ability to add an award-winning user interface and tools, electronic games and advertising. With the acquisition of iWedia, the new company not only expands its product portfolio but also strengthens its global customer reach and delivery capabilities.
Added to this, the acquisition by TGS esports consolidates Zappware as a fundamental part of being one of the company’s verticals, allowing to explore the integration of feeds and content of esports game tournaments in the digital media ecosystem. Recently, esports content has been in increasing demand from TV distributors and the telecoms served by Zappware.
Mr. Hans-Jürgen Désor will report directly to CEOs Ives Decraene and Patrick Vos of Zappware Entertainment Group International. The iWedia teams remain committed to continuing smoothly with all projects and partnerships.
Sobre Zappware
Zappware, headquartered in Belgium, uniquely combines creativity and technology into powerful digital TV solutions for pay-TV operators exploiting DVB, IPTV, OTT and hybrid networks. Its proven platform, currently deployed on millions of devices around the world, provides an intuitive and personalized multi-screen TV experience across set-top boxes, connected TVs, smartphones, tablets and PCs. It includes a powerful service management system that allows the operator to manage the complete experience and monetize the service. With its Zappware Design custom user experience service, Zappware also designs fully custom user experiences, which can be custom built on top of Zappware’s platform or on custom environments.
