SPORTS being an unimaginable unifier, have persistently served as a medium for societal change and growth.
It supplies alternatives to assist a person or a staff be taught from adversity and construct energy and endurance. It pushes us out of our consolation zones and trains us to beat weak spot by way of sheer self-discipline and perseverance.
Whereas the principles of the sport stay the identical, the best way it’s considered and consumed has modified dramatically, and for the great of all.
Over time, I’ve seen how expertise has altered the best way we watch, play and expertise the sport. From analytics and information visualization to developments in OTT, expertise has paved the best way for sports activities followers to benefit from the thrill and pleasure of watching their favourite match.
As a result of expertise has modified the best way we eat content material, the imaginative and prescient to ship an revolutionary OTT platform to probably the most passionate sports activities followers on this planet turned a mission.
We needed to create a single-source app for immersive sports activities that gives reside protection, video-on-demand, sports activities information and updates, customized leisure, and different distinctive options — a automobile that matches the fervour and dynamism of the Filipino sports activities fan.
Since MediaQuest owns a full library of sports activities content material and properties in contrast to another community, it turned a pure development for us to construct a form of “digital venue” that will single-handedly unite the followers.
We needed to remodel folks’s viewing habits right into a most exhilarating expertise, each on-line and offline. We needed sports activities to be accessible to everybody, anytime, wherever.
Pilipinas Reside is the achievement of that mission. Our imaginative and prescient has turn out to be a actuality.
Accessible anytime, wherever
Gone are the times of scouring the web for reside streams or residing off of sport highlights. The complete reside video games in addition to the ancillary highlights are all accessible on Pilipinas Reside.
It’s the solely OTT platform that carries the PBA, UAAP, PVL, MPBL and FIBA video games. It’ll additionally carry the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 that may happen within the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from August 25 to September 10.
The 32 taking part groups will play in 92 video games over 17 days of nonstop motion.
With Pilipinas Reside, Filipinos can catch their favourite reside sports activities wherever and every time. It may remodel cell devices into transportable sports activities hubs, making it an ideal device for subscribers on the highway, whereas ready for his or her subsequent appointment, or just whereas enjoyable at house.
Most intensive protection
Pilipinas Reside was conceptualized to transcend the standard type of broadcasting reside matches: it gives a number of digital camera angles or views, permitting followers to see all of the motion. It additionally supplies commentary choices from each knowledgeable sports activities analysts and visitor hosts.
OTT has given viewers higher management over a variety of selections (content material) accessible on the units they use. The platform we provide has the agility and excessive efficiency wanted to shift from the small display (cell) to the large display (tv).
It’s the final platform for avid followers of sports activities.
Authentic content material
Pilipinas Reside will characteristic unique exhibits akin to “Glory Days” and “The Bounce” (UAAP); “Scorching Seat” and “Jumpball” (PBA); and unique interviews with high athletes, together with behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of sports activities.
We’re additionally including Tots Carlos’ present referred to as “Hit Totally different: Tales of Braveness” to the lineup; “Aces with Alyssa Valdez”; and Pilipinas Reside’s leadup program for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 referred to as “Puso To Puso,” hosted by Marc Pingris.
For the last word sports activities fan
What units Pilipinas Reside aside is its skill to know the consumer and permit a extra customized viewing expertise.
The extra customers work together with the app, the extra it learns about their preferences. This helps us tailor the expertise for the subscriber, given the number of sports activities content material accessible within the app. It permits us to interact with our clients in ways in which really feel extra direct and private.
A variety of thought went into the event of the app’s UX/UI. We tapped one of many world’s main cloud transformation specialists in OTT and in-home experiences to supply a transformative digital structure for unparalleled efficiency in delivering premium sports activities livestream and video.
Backed by a staff that has constructed and operated dozens of Tier 1 OTT companies worldwide, Pilipinas Reside is ready to scale to tens of millions of viewers.
Dynamic neighborhood
Within the pipeline are a number of distinctive options that may permit followers to actively have interaction in real-time through reside chats, social media integration, interactive polls, and lots of others.
We wish the followers to have the ability to cheer loudly, focus on and debate with our anchors and fellow sports activities followers alike, share their insights, or just bask within the electrifying ambiance of a dynamic sports activities neighborhood, even when they aren’t bodily current within the enviornment.
Pilipinas Reside is at the moment accessible within the Philippines. Nonetheless, our staff is working double time to make the platform accessible worldwide within the coming weeks. This may permit Filipinos residing or working overseas to take pleasure in all of the sports activities motion again house.
Pilipinas Reside is an thrilling and memorable innovation within the realm of sports activities viewing.
By combining related content material, accessibility, comfort, affordability, intensive protection, customization, and interactivity, we hope to remodel the best way Filipinos get to look at their favourite sports activities.
A successful tradition is commonly a by-product of efficient technique, mindset and self-discipline. Sports activities educate accountability, accountability and respect. A optimistic tradition in a close-knit staff focuses on mutual encouragement, camaraderie and assist. The willingness of staff members to work collectively to realize a typical objective kinds a cohesive unit that’s constructed on belief.
Pilipinas Reside is a objective achieved.
Jane Jimenez-Basas is the chief govt of Cignal TV and MediaQuest Holdings Inc. Pilipinas Reside is now accessible by way of the App Retailer or Google Play at an introductory worth of P99 per 30 days if you happen to subscribe on or earlier than Aug. 15, 2023.
