HyperTV and Civolution Provide Exciting Social Media Gaming Experience to Sky Italia

CANNES, France and ROME, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mipcom -- HyperTV, Europe's leading 2^nd screen interactive platform, and Civolution, the leading provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetizing content, today announce that TV broadcasters can now engage their audiences in compelling and innovative social gaming experiences related in real time to first screen content for entertainment and advertainment.

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This innovative platform was recently chosen by Sky Italia to engage viewers with the first ever social media gaming experience related to X Factor 2012, the Syco owned top TV talent show created by Simon Cowell and produced or licensed by FremantleMedia.

"We're excited to now offer broadcasters the tools to engage audiences simultaneously across multiple screens and devices with an unique gamification proposition with high and relevant social media involvement,'' said Claudio Vaccarella, Founder and CEO of HyperTV. "HyperTV's eXperience is the first 2^nd Screen white label platform to provide a built-in social gaming engine.  Designed with TV authors and creatives in mind, HyperTV eXperience allows programmers to easily define game mechanics to build engaging user experiences without writing any software code.''

HyperTV eXperience is the most advanced platform for developing and publishing TV companion apps for multiple screens and devices. User experiences can combine gamification, social network integration, content presentation and discovery, and geo-referencing functionality. By using the platform, broadcasters benefit from dramatically reduced development costs and deployment time, new monetization strategies such as micro-transactions, and optimisation of experiences by real time analysis of user behaviour.

The synchronization between TV and 2^nd screen relies on Civolution's multi-award winning SyncNow – 2^nd Screen solution which is based on a powerful watermarking technology. It  enables real-time identification and frame-accurate synchronization between broadcast, on-demand or recorded television content and interactive applications on companion devices - tablets, smartphones and  laptops - to present compelling synchronized interactive user experiences. The real-time interactivity automatically handles distribution delays and supports time-shifted viewing.

"The growth of companion device adoption is phenomenal. Synchronization is booming and is now undoubtedly here to stay as consumers increasingly want more immersive TV experiences that bring them content in new and fresh ways," said Alex Terpstra, CEO, Civolution. ''We are very pleased to collaborate with HyperTV to help Sky Italia deliver the next generation of TV experiences. We can't wait to see the impact on audience and show popularity."

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About HyperTV
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About Civolution
Civolution (www.civolution.com) is the leading provider of technology and solutions to identify, manage and monetize media content. The company offers an extensive portfolio of cutting edge digital watermarking and fingerprinting applications for media interaction (accurate and real-time video synchronization for 2nd screen and smart TVs), media intelligence (audience measurement and media monitoring for television, radio and internet) and media protection (content filtering and forensic marking of media assets in pre-release, digital cinema, payTV and online).
Civolution's SyncNow product was recently named winner of the IBC Innovation, CSI Product of the Year, IABM Excellence and TVB Europe Best of IBC Awards 2012.
Follow us on Twitter: @Civolution.

SOURCE Civolution