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Introducing MX1 TV Infrastructure
September 2017
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We shape content into the ultimate viewer experience for any device, anytime, anywhere
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With more premium sports, channels & content, the best action, the best entertainment & the best collections, we offer more choice, more quality & more global reach to our customers.
Experience more
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Every day MX1:
Distributes Manages
playout of
Syndicates
content to
Delivers Delivers
2,750+
TV channels500+
channels
120 VOD
platforms
8,000+
hoursof streaming video
500+
hoursof premium sports
& live events
Worldwide: ~600 Employees | 16 Offices | 5 Media Centres
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Content owners Platforms
Broadcasters/TV channels
Rights holders
Sports organisations
Online content creators
TV service providers/ distributors
Content aggregators
Optimised content management & distribution solutions to any
screen anywhere
Powerful value-added services
Innovative monetisation opportunities
Robust global networks
Proven cloud technologies
Cable/Satellite TV
Free to air
IPTV
Online video platforms
Mobile operators
Social media platforms
MX1
More entertainment, more innovation, more scalability, more impact
• Activates the entire media ecosystem for our customers
• Implements state-of-the-art media operations
• Merges the broadcast & digital worlds
• Creates new business models
• Innovates the consumer experience
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Together, we leverage our combined wealth of experience and expertise to offer the ultimate in viewer experience, global reach and speed to market.
Combining MX1 services & SES reach to deliver the best viewing experience across all devices
MX1 was formed in July 2016 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES (Euronext Paris & Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG).
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Owner and operator of the world’s largest satellite fleet
• 65 satellites covering 99% of the globe & world population
• 2 main verticals: SES Video & SES Networks
• The video vertical represents 70% of SES’s annual revenue
2000Employees
globally
50+Nationalities
20Locations
worldwide
EUR 2Billion annual
revenue
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SES Video by numbers
21Commercial
ultra HD
channels
2400+HD
channels
5000+SD
channels
SESSES
SES
7500+ channels
SES share of channels broadcast by satellite
18% 27% 43%
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Some of MX1’s clients…
MX1 Solutions
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Broadcaster solutions
Managing broadcaster content and delivering to anyone, on any screen
• Centralised media platform for converging content to broadcast, VOD & OTT platforms
• Transforms, localises & formats content for any screen & any market
• Channel management & playout
• VOD platforms, OTT solutions
• Best delivery solutions for broadcast
• Optimises content delivery over satellite, fibre & the Internet
• Turns broadcasting content into the best possible viewing experience
Customers include: + more…
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TV channel solutions
Wide-ranging solutions for managing 24/7 television channels
• Channel localisation to reach new markets
• Media asset management & archiving
• Complete 24/7 channel scheduling & management
• Advertising insertion – global & localised
• Adds live events into channel schedule
• Repurposes linear content for other platforms like VOD or online video
• Delivers to worldwide audiences via MX1’s global network
• Direct access to leading TV service providers
Customers include: + more…
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Ethnic channel solutions
Reach expatriate audiences around the globe
• Maximises the value of culturally relevant content libraries & rights
• Creates branded channels for dedicated audiences
• Delivers to TV operators, DTH, web portals & applications
• Monetises content with subscriptions & targeted advertising
• Provides audience choice to view content they want to watch on any screen
• Connects to expats with a higher quality of video content than is currently available to viewers at home & online
Customers include: + more…
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Religious channel solutions
Spread your message of hope, prayer, faith and The Gospel to a global audience
• Delivers digital video to billions of people worldwide over satellite, fibre & the Internet
• Packages content for broadcast, DTH, VOD & online (OTT) platforms
• Fully managed or self-managed 24/7 TV channel playout with value-added services including localisation (dubbing, subtitling), ad insertion & graphics
• Online video services enabling worldwide content streaming, further interaction with your followers, prayer requests & fundraising
• Holy Land productions – creating customised Gospel events or shows utilising our local production team
• Major Media Centres & customer support in USA, Europe & Israel
• Reaches more of the faithful, in more places
Customers include: + more…
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Content owner, aggregator & rights holder solutions
Solutions to transform content for any platform, engage viewers globally and create content monetisation opportunities
• Application & platform, enabling the sales, management & customised packaging of content based on affiliate rights
• Packages content for live, broadcast, VOD & online (OTT) platforms
• Effective management & delivery of content to all rights licensees
• Metadata enhancements to allow for easier content discovery
• Direct access to leading TV & video platforms
• Viewer engagement tools to maximise the value of content globally
• Delivers content to the right audience on any screen with the best viewing experience
Customers include: + more…
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Online platform & distributor solutions
Attract new audiences as an increasing number of viewers choose to consume content online
• Shapes content for online consumption – formatting, versioning, media asset management, storage
• Metadata generation & management to enhance content searchability
• Advanced online advertising & monetisation capabilities
• Backend & frontend online video platform services
• Viewer engagement tools
• Collection of viewer data & analytics
• Ultra-high capacity CDN for best viewing experience to the widest audience online
Customers include: + more…
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TV service provider solutions
Broadcast, VOD and online solutions to provide subscribers and TV service provider audiences with the best possible viewing experience globally
• Manages content so it’s ready to be shared with subscribers & viewer base
• Live event operations
• Converges broadcast, VOD & OTT platform
• Monetisation capabilities like subscription & pay-per-view
• Channel origination & playout
• Delivers content to any TV service provider for any platform
Customers include: + more…
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End-to-end, fully managed media service model
Between content creators and platforms operators, MX1 takes care of everything else
• Takes FULL RESPONSIBILITY for all technical, operational, logistical & distributional needs
• Invests in infrastructure & technology so you can STAY AHEAD of all the latest media trends
• COST-EFFECTIVE option – maximum capabilities with minimum investment
• Innovative media solutions that let you MONETISE YOUR CONTENT further
• HASSLE-FREE OPTION, leaving you free to focus on content creation & marketing
Featured Services
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Our services are provided through our innovative end-to-end media service platform, MX1 360, enabling leading media businesses to manage, deliver and monetise content from one centralised service platform, with full transparency and total control.
MX1’s unique service approach
End-to-end Optimum ROI Added valueAll your technical, operational,
logistical & distributional needs
taken care of. You focus on the
content, we do the rest.
Maximum capabilities
with minimum investment.
Innovative media solutions &
business models.
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Single centralised platform for managing, delivering and monetising content
• Highly scalable, flexible & agile
• Open architecture
• Hybrid cloud-based/on-premises
• Fully-managed or self-service model
• Best-in-class tools
• User-friendly dashboard
• Advanced monetisation tools
• Highest security standards
MX1 360 is setting a new standard for the industry
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• Inventory & asset management
• Content localisation & customisation
• Metadata management & curation
• Workflow monitoring & alerts
• Channel management & playout
• Optimised content distribution
• VOD packaging, validation & online delivery
• Advanced monetisation tools
• Value-added services
• In-depth analytics & business data
MX1 360 platform highlights
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Positioned at the core of MX1 360 are three corresponding service areas
Transform Accelerate Globalize
MX1 shapes and organises
your content so it’s ready to be
shared with the world in the
most powerful way possible
MX1 provides the tools and expertise to turn content into the ultimate viewer experience
MX1 brings the ultimate viewer experience to the largest possible audience
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Key service offerings
Transform Accelerate Globalize
Featured Services:
• Digitisation
• Localisation
• Secure archiving
• Content management
• Metadata management
• Production services
• Content preparation
• Webcast services
Featured Services:
• Advanced playout
• SmartCast playout
• VOD & catch-up TV services
• Hybrid video platform & OTT
• Monetisation
• Content protection
• Viewer engagement
• Analytics & recommendations
• Automated clipping
Featured Services:
• Global network
• Optimised global delivery
(via satellite, fibre & the Internet)
• IP delivery
• Global CDN
• Platform access
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Optimised delivery over satellite, fibre and the Internet
• Over 150 satellite platforms – with complete downlink/uplink & turnaround services
• Fibre connectivity to over 60 digital media hubs worldwide
• Direct connectivity to leading global TV service providers
• OTT content delivery
• Optimised hybrid satellite & IP distribution capabilities
Supporting every video format – SD, HD, 3D, Ultra HD, 4K…
MX1’s global network
Hybrid network optimising satellite, fibre & Internet delivery
Global Media Centres plus SES & Partner
Teleports
MX1’s global reach
Satellites covering
North AmericaAMC-3
AMC-4
AMC-8
AMC-9
AMC-10
AMC-11
AMC-15
AMC-18
AMC-21
Ciel-2
NSS-7
NSS-10
NSS-806
SES-1
SES-2
SES-3
SES-4
SES 6
EUTELSAT 113 WEST A
GALAXY 19
GALAXY 23
HISPASAT 30W-5
INTELSAT 21
INTELSAT 34
TELSTAR 12
Satellites covering
South AmericaAMC-4
AMC-10
AMC-21
NSS-7
NSS 10
NSS 806
SES-1
SES-3
SES-4
SES 6
EUTELSAT 113 WEST A
GALAXY 19
GALAXY 23
HISPASAT 30W-5
INTELSAT 21
TELSTAR 12
Satellites covering
EuropeASTRA 1KR
ASTRA 1L
ASTRA 1M
ASTRA 1N
ASTRA 2E
ASTRA 2F
ASTRA 2G
ASTRA 3B
ASTRA 4A
ASTRA 5B
MONACOSAT
NSS-7
NSS-10
NSS-12
NSS-806
SES-4
SES-5
SES-6
YAHSAT 1A
AMOS-2
AMOS-3
EUTELSAT 7B
EUTELSAT 9B
EUTELSAT 10A
EUTELSAT 16C
EUTELSAT 21B
EUTELSAT 36B
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13
EXPRESS AM22
EXPRESS AM44
HELLAS SAT 2
HISPASAT 30W-5
INTELSAT 1W
INTELSAT 902
INTELSAT 20
TELSTAR 12
Satellites covering
ME & AfricaASTRA 2E
ASTRA 2F
ASTRA 2G
ASTRA 3B
ASTRA 4A
MONACOSAT
NSS-6
NSS-7
NSS-10
NSS-12
SES 4
SES-5
SES-8
YAHSAT 1A
ABS-2
AFRICASAT
AMOS-2
AMOS-3
APSTAR-7
ASIASAT 5
BADR-4
EUTELSAT 7 WEST A
EUTELSAT 21B
EUTELSAT 25B
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13
EXPRESS AM44
HELLAS SAT 2
INTELSAT 15
INTELSAT 20
INTELSAT 28
INTELSAT 902
MEASAT-3A
TELSTAR 12
THAICOM 5
THAICOM 6 (AFRICACOM 1)
Satellites covering
RussiaASTRA 3B
ASTRA 4A
ASTRA 5B
MONACOSAT
NSS-6
NSS-12
SES-5
ABS-2
EXPRESS AM22
EUTELSAT 9B
EUTELSAT 36B
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13
EXPRESS AM22
YAMAL 300K
Satellites covering
AsiaASTRA 3B
NSS-6
NSS-11
NSS-12
SES-5
SES-7
SES-8
SES-9
ABS-2
APSTAR 7
ASIASAT 4
ASIASAT 5
INTELSAT 20
MEASAT-3A
THAICOM 5
YAMAL 300K
Satellites covering
AustraliaNSS-6
SES-9
APSTAR 7
ASIASAT 4
ASIASAT 5
INTELSAT 20
MEASAT-3A
OPTUS D2
THAICOM 5
EuropeLATAMNorth America Africa & APAC
Direct connections to the world’s leading TV service platforms
IP delivery
Expand your reach with a reliable and secure method for distribution of
broadcast-quality content over the open Internet
• Proven & cost-effective
• Point to point & point to multi-point content distribution
• Main or backup feed for live sporting events for 24/7 TV channels
• Wide variety of formats
• Self-service, plug-and-play
Customers include: + more…
Global playout services
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Tailored to suit your needs
Fully managed service
• TV channel origination as managed service for SD, HD, UHD incl. UHD HDR
• Ability to build & create sophisticated channels incl. 3D graphics, video & audio effects
• Unmatched reliability: expert team provides 24/7 monitoring, service & support
• Live content insertion & operation
SmartCast playout and localisation
• Cost-effective, cloud-based solution for playout & localisation of SD, HD & UHD
• Enables creation of TV channels with full control over your content, graphics & more
• Easy to set up & accessible from any location around the world (own or partner media hubs, platform head-ends or customer locations)
• Smart, cloud-based tools simplify the complete channel playout process
Customers include: + more…
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Advanced playout
Tailored playout solution as managed service
• TV channel origination as managed service for SD, HD & UHD channels incl. UHD HDR
• Sophisticated 2D/3D graphics, audio & digital video effects (DVE) based on tools from market-leading manufacturers to create unique TV channel brand awareness
• Unmatched reliability & SLA: operated & monitored 24/7 by skilled team of experts
• Builds complete TV channels with archive content & live signals, adding advertising, metadata & advanced graphics
• MX1’s state-of-the-art Media Centres guarantee smooth & simplified operations
• Localises channel versioning for every market as managed solution or in combination with SmartCast solutions
MX1 manages playout of more than 500 channels.
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SmartCast playout by MX1
Smart, cost-effective cloud-based playout and localization solution
• Enables the fast & easy creation of own TV channels in SD, HD & UHD, monitored & maintained by MX1
• Gives you full control over content, graphics & channels
• For any broadcast TV or OTT platform – deliver to your chosen audience
• All-in-one solution for media asset management, program scheduling incl. rules engine, advertising insertion, localization, graphics, metadata-based dynamic text overlay & more
• Easy to set up & accessible from anywhere in the world
• Playlist mirroring for affiliate sites with local programming, subtitling, audio, advertising & more
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SmartCast playout by MX1
SmartCast playout includes cloud-based tools for:
Playlist monitoring Playlist editing Media Asset Management
Hybrid video platform
The all-in-one video solution
• Experts in building & supporting innovative hybrid video platforms
• Unique end-to-end platform for both DTH & OTT content distribution
• Reach every screen via satellite & OTT
• Simple, cost-effective, high-quality, future-proof & scalable
• Full 24/7 service offering
• Highly optimised content distribution, content management, advanced monetisation etc.
• Great user experience
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Hybrid video platform | Case study – bobbles.tv
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bobbles.tv is a pan-European pay
TV platform that was launched in
2016 designed to provide high
quality content to reach a non-
European expat audience living in
Europe. bobbles.tv wanted to
maximise the value of their vast
library of Asian content rights by
connecting Asian expats around
the world with a higher quality of
video content than was currently
available to viewers at home &
online.
MX1 offers a comprehensive solution to help bobbles.tv fully manage, deliver and monetise their content through a purpose built hybrid video platform. The solution includes:
• Hybrid video platform accessible on any screen
• Subscription-based platform
• Backend services
• Linear content through a direct-to-home (DTH) service
• OTT platform with timeshifting & catch-up capabilities
• Content management services
• Distribution services via satellite & content delivery network
Reach more people, on more devices
Turnkey solution or standalone services
• Content preparation & management for online video
• Live streaming services
• OVP services (backend & frontend) – subscriber management, apps, DRM, social media, advanced advertising tools, metadata management etc.
• Ultra-high capacity CDN
• 24/7 service & support
• Converges broadcast & online video into a single workflow
• Advanced monetisation tools
• Combines MX1’s services or third-party solutions to meet your needs
End-to-end online video services
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VOD & catch-up TV services
We digitally prepare and manage your content so it’s ready to be viewed on demand or as required anywhere, on any screen, with the best possible viewing experience
• Content in any format
• Content processing
• Content management
• Metadata management
• Conditional access
• DRM
• Archiving
MX1 syndicates content to over 120 of the leading VOD platforms including:
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MX1’s digitisation services
Transform existing archived content into valuable digital assets like programming, TV channels, online or VOD content on any platform with a full digitisation solution
• Ingest, encoding/transcoding
• Future-proof film, early analogue or digital formats
• Enables digital distribution & monetisation of legacy content
• Metadata enablement for search, cataloguing & content discovery
• Formats content for delivery to any screen & any platform
• Enhances viewer experience
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Content localisation services
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Take your content further by attracting new viewers to create further monetisation
opportunities and adapt existing media, tailored for relevant markets
• Translation
• Voiceover & automated dubbing
• Subtitling
• Close-captioning
• Localised ad insertion
• Media conversion
• Tailored graphics
Secure archiving services
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Ensure your content is safe and secure with MX1’s secure archiving services
• Digitises & transfers assets from legacy formats
• Permanently stores a wide variety of file formats, readily accessible digitally
• Prepares, manages & delivers to any linear TV, VOD or online video platform
• Robust links to MX1 360 media platform allowing for web-based browsing of content
• Sophisticated APIs
Metadata management services
Complete and advanced metadata services to boost your content discovery,
searchability and cataloguing capabilities
• Full metadata packaging & platform validation
• Enhances content for any TV service provider, VOD platform, online video platform or other viewing platform
• MX1 360 media service platform – used to store metadata including title, tags, languages, version, genres, rights & restrictions, synopsis, keywords & more
• Boosts archive efficiency & content discovery
• Self-service tools or fully-managed solution
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Content preparation & management services
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Comprehensive content management solutions for the media industry:
• Manages content in any format, for any use
• Streamlines media workflows
• Enhances media with metadata, images, audio tracks, subtitles, etc.
• Fully managed or self-service
• Monitors, manages & enhances all media assets from one centralised platform – MX1 360
• Delivers media to any viewing platform
Complete content preparation solution for any media organisation:
• Restoration
• Telecine and/or digitising
• Colourising
• Output to any standard, any screen, any platform
• Converts archives of legacy content into monetisable video assets
Use Cases
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Use Case | FOX
FOX Networks Group develops,
produces & distributes 300+
premium entertainment & sports
brands to audiences in 45+
languages.
FOX looked for a global media
services provider servicing
different regions to maximise the
potential of FOX’s channels
worldwide & transmit live
coverage from top sporting
events for broadcast audiences;
also for adapting FOX content
from satellite and tailoring a
content offering to online
audiences in specific regions.
This solution is relevant for all broadcasters, TV channels, online platforms & content aggregators.
MX1 manages, delivers entertainment channels & premium sports to broadcast & online audiences
• End-to-end digital media services for the US, Europe, LATAM & MENA
• Content aggregation, processing & packaging for broadcast & online
• Content management & storage
• Channel management, scheduling & playout for FOX channels
• VOD packaging & delivery
• Content delivery over satellite & fibre
• Live services – global premium sports & live events aggregation & delivery, including NFL games
• Dedicated team of operational staff
Use Case | Discovery
MX1 brings popular media brands to TV audiences
• Content management & processing
• Playout of Pay-TV and free-to-air channels
• Content delivery via fibre & delivery to TV service providers
• Channel playout in SD/HD
• Local ad & event insertion
• 99.999% service standard
Discovery Networks distributes
localised TV channels including
the Discovery Channel, Animal
Planet, TLC, Science, Eurosport
& more to suit the needs of
audiences across more than 220
countries and territories.
Discovery sought the number one
media services provider, based
locally in Europe, with multi
lingual staff that has the capability
to provide the highest quality of
service & standards with proven
expertise to handle any request
efficiently.
This solution is relevant for all broadcasters, TV channels & content owners.
Use Case | National Geographic Earth Live
MX1 produces, aggregates & distributes live event to global audience
• Aggregating & processing live feeds from a number of wildlife locations around the globe
• Delivering 10 hours of tests & live feeds over the course of two days:
• Three feeds distributed directly on SES 4 from Africa
• Three feeds incoming from North America via SES satellites
• One complex feed, notably in Fiji, where divers followed a school of Bull Sharks in real time, receiving the feed on a boat & transmitting back to the studio via microwave, satellite and fibre
On July 9, 2017, National
Geographic shot Earth Live, a live
2-hour broadcast, allowing
viewers to watch for the first time
live wildlife, lit only by the moon,
in full colour, from key locations
across six continents.
Looked for a media services
partner to deliver the two hour
broadcast, taking content from
key locations from South America
to Asia and everywhere in
between with the ability to handle
the complexity of a live global
broadcast shot from multiple
locations worldwide.
This live solution is relevant for broadcasters, content aggregators, sports & news organisations.
Use Case | Turner
MX1 manages & delivers premium content to VOD & TV service providers
• MX1 offers a managed service to handle the complexities of content management & delivery. Each month, MX1 manages & delivers over 600 hours of movies & TV series in various formats for delivery to a wide variety of VOD & TV service providers. Solution includes:
• Acquisition, digitisation (ingest from multiple sources) & packaging of content in a wide range of formats
• VOD & catch-up TV platforms – management & delivery of content optimised for every platform
• Metadata management & full editing to facilitate better content discovery
• Linear playout & content delivery of multiple channels via satellite & fibre (HD + SD)
Turner Broadcasting System
EMEA distributes over 70
channels (incl. CNN International,
TNT Cartoon Network & more) in
multiple languages to more than
120 countries & territories across
Europe, Middle East & Africa.
As complexity grows for multi-
platform content management &
delivery, Turner required a
complete solution for digitisation,
editing, packaging & content
delivery services to TV service
providers, VOD & catch-up TV
platforms in multiple countries.
This solution is relevant for broadcasters, TV channels, content owners & aggregators.
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Key benefits
Experience
We transform content into the ultimate viewer experience
Reach
We reach the widest possible audience (delivery to any screen)
Monetisation
We amplify the value of the world’s media content
Flexibility
We offer full flexibility & scalability (proven cloud-based technologies)
Expertise
We have unrivalled expertise & a world class infrastructure
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• Moving first & fast
• Combination of track records, expertise & cultures
• Full spectrum credibility (tier 1, 2 & 3 customers)
• End-to-end: feature-rich, full-service, global
• Single stop, for many different services
• Continual innovation
For the first time, a complete offering
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mx1.com
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For the first time the global media industry
has a partner that can truly serve its needs
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