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Ease Live and YES Network wins Gold: Best in Fan Engagement 3x years in a row, at OTT Awards 2024
We are honored to have won Gold Best In Fan Engagement with YES Network as well as Bronze Best in Broadcast distribution with M6 & Bedrock.
Interview with Bedrock CEO on the successful M6+ rollout
Previously this year Bedrock launched the new M6+ streaming service. The rollout highlighted the value of our careful planning and solid tech, rolling out across 15 devices. Read the interview with Jonas Engwall, CEO of Bedrock.
ATP Media, Play Anywhere, and Ease Live Partner to Deliver Global Interactive Broadcast Experiences
ATP Media, the global media and distribution arm of the ATP Tour, announces a multi-year strategic partnership with Play Anywhere. The agreement establishes Play Anywhere as the exclusive provider of contextual and monetizable interactive experiences across all of ATP Media’s broadcast and streaming distribution.
LALIGA, Play Anywhere and Ease Live Win 2024 IBC Innovation Award for Groundbreaking Interactive Experiences
LALIGA, Play Anywhere and Ease Live (an Evertz company), announce that they have been awarded the prestigious 2024 IBC Innovation Award in the Content Everywhere category for a LALIGA global interactive deployment.
Ease Live to Showcase Interactive Overlays at IBC 2024: Driving Engagement and Revenue for Sports Broadcasters, Teams and Leagues
Ease Live foresees a Multi-Million-Dollar Marketplace for Interactive Overlay Ad Revenues
ServusTV Teams Up with Ease Live to Revolutionize the Viewing Experience for the UEFA Club and EURO 2024 Competitions
Ease Live powered interactivity increased total viewing minutes and engagement for ServusTV’s coverage of UEFA Club Competitions
Ease Live and Bedrock Jointly Create the Interactive M6+ Live Sport Experience for the UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament
The M6+ Live Sport Experience for EURO 2024 includes live game statistics and interactivity delivered DTC through overlays to Android TVs, desktops and mobile devices.
YES Network App Logs Record Usership With New Expanded Pick-N-Play Live Interactivity, YES Rewards
Twice this season, YES App has set a record for most-streamed game in its history
NBC Universal launches first personalized broadcast experience through Nextgen TV
New Product Utilizing ATSC 3.0 Introduces Personalization, Hyper-Localization and Enhanced Content Capabilities to Broadcast TV. Created in partnership with Fincons, Ease Live (an Evertz company) and Pearl TV
Ease Live Launches Contextual On-Stream Advertising Capability
This new feature enables sports streaming services to boost their ad inventory.
Evertz, Ease Live and YES Network wins 3X GOLD and 3X SILVER at the SportsPro OTT Awards 2023
We are honoured to have the work we've done with YES Network get recognized with Gold in the Best in Fan Engagement (back to back), Platform of the Year - D2C, categories and Silver in the Innovation of the Year and Best User Experience. Gold for Best Emerging Tech Company and Silver for Tech Solution of the Year.
Ease Live Shortlisted in Six Categories for the Sportspro OTT Awards 2023!
Thrilled to announce that Ease Live is shortlisted in 6 categories this year for SportsPro's OTT Awards in Madrid! Best Emerging Tech Company and Tech Solution of the Year! In addition we are shortlisted for Platform of the Year D2C, Innovation of the Year, Best User Experience and Best in Fan Engagement with YES.
Ease Live IBC launch enables sports fans to interact on all devices – including connected TVs
Top sports leagues and their streaming partners powering interactive coverage in basketball, hockey, baseball and soccer through Ease Live can now drive interactivity directly via the TV in addition to mobile devices.
YES Becomes First Sports Network to Provide Single-Screen Interactive Content on Connected Devices
YES App’s First-Of-Its-Kind Live Stats Feature Now Available on Big Screens
Ease Live wins a hat-trick of gold awards at the SportsPro OTT Awards 2022 for the YES App interactive experience
Happy to announce that Ease Live won 4 awards at SportsPro OTT 2022 Summit in Madrid!
Ease Live & LiveLike: A New Era of Fan Experience
The market leaders of interactive fan engagement, LiveLike and Ease Live, today announced a new partnership which will combine the full strength of their platforms—from delivering interactive experiences at scale to building community features with loyalty and rewards features
Ease Live Shortlisted in Four Categories for the Sportspro OTT Awards 2022 for the YES Network and the YES App
Happy to announce that Ease Live & YES Network has been shortlisted for ‘Best New Platform’, ‘Best User Experience’, ‘Platform of the Year - Network’ and ‘Best in Fan Engagement’.
YES Network Earns Seven New York Emmy Awards
Congratulations to our customer the YES Network for earning seven Emmy wins at the 65th annual New York Emmy Awards, including the category for Interactive Media for the YES App!
Evertz Ease Live Takes Gamification Of The Fan Experience To New Heights
IBC2022: The engagement and monetization potential of the Ease Live interactive graphics platform will be highlighted at IBC as Evertz demonstrates its ability to deliver personalized polls, trivia, watch parties, and sponsored betting on top of live streams.
Evertz Showcases Powerful Platform for Content Monetization at IBC 2022
The global leader in media and entertainment technology will demonstrate its evertz.io SaaS solutions that give broadcasters the confidence to launch new channels and exploit new revenue streams.
Yes Network App's new functionality raises bar for sports viewing
Sportico: YES Network has introduced a host of new features and content elements to the YES App over the last year-plus, working to build the mobile application into a daily digital destination for New York sports fans. daily user registrations are up 45% year-over-year season to date.
Evertz Showcases Gamification of the Fan Experience with Ease Live
At NAB, Evertz is set to highlight the engagement and monetization potential of Ease Live’s interactive graphics platform, which delivers personalized polls, trivia, and sponsored betting within Apps and live streams. For NAB 2022, Evertz will be highlighting new interactive graphic
YES Network adds watch together functionality for Brooklyn Nets streaming
Our customer YES Network is in the news. The co-watching feature on the YES App allows users to invite up to three friends to stream the game together and interact through video chat. Read the highlights from SportsPro.
Building a Unique Audience Experience
Check out the e-book from Evertz
Evertz enhances Bravo Studio platform
Graphics in the cloud
Ease Live shortlisted for the OTT Awards for the YES Edge project
Best in fan engagement
YES Network's' Primetime 2021 Yankees games are No. 1 in New York
Our customer YES Network is in the news. Our congratulations to everyone at the YES Network for delivering solid results! Here are some of the highlights from the article published by YES Network.
Ease Live Tutorials: Studio - Advanced design: Grid Layers
Advanced design: working with grid layers
Tutorial: Studio - Events & Basic data
How Studio handles working with metadata in the cloud.
Studio - Interactivity & basic animation
Brief introduction to basic animation
Ease Live Studio - Overview
The Ease Live studio is enables you to build interactive experiences in no time. Check out this tutorial for an overview of the tool.
Overview Ease Live Platform & Tools
Check out the overview of the Ease Live Platform and it's tools
YES Network Adds Interactive Graphics to Yankees Streams
Our customer YES Network is in the news, check out some of the highlights from Sportico.
In YES Network App, New YES Edge Feature Adds Dynamic Graphic Overlays to Live Game Streams.
Read the article published in SVG
YES Network launching new app efforts around Nets broadcasts
YES launches Edge Live Stats and Watch Party. Read the highlights from Sports Business Journal
YES Network ratings soar 21%
37% increase in average unique streams and a 17% lift in the amount of time users spend on in-game viewing. Read the highlights from Sportico.
Sixty acquired by Hawk Invest
Following the Ease Live demerger from Sixty in 2020, Sixty was acquired by Hawk Invest
Global tech company Evertz invests big in Media Cluster member Ease Live
Read the story from the Norwegian Media Cluster, describing Ease Live becoming part of Evertz
Evertz Announces the Acquisition of Ease Live
Ease Live will be deeply integrated with Evertz cloud production solutions for the benefit of its live sports, live events, and linear channel customers.
The ongoing evolution of the viewing landscape
Interactive content is starting to emerge in the media industry. Separating video and graphics offers a a step-change in efficiency, flexibility, and power.
Flourishing Among The Fjords: Norway's Dynamic Startup Scene
Read the article from Forbes about Norway's tech scene
Nordic Summit 2018: Clark, Hellmuth, Horneland and Jakobsen discuss graphics, AR and AI
From our archives - read the highlights from SVG
Nordic Summit 2018: Steve Hellmuth discusses NBA fan engagement, global reach and key service providers
Highlights from SVG Europe's first-ever Nordic Summit at Media City Bergen, Norway. Read the highlights from SVG.
Basketball success in the US for Bergen based tech company
"The largest basketball league in North-America looked to Bergen for technology to deliver interactive TV content". Read the story published by NRK, the National Broadcasting Corporation in Norway.