LENEXA, Kan. -- The National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. (NCTC) has successfully enabled over 80 member companies with its TV Everywhere authentication solution developed collaboratively with several key members. The platform known as Watch TV Everywhere (“WTVE”) allows member companies to quickly and affordably offer its subscribers authenticated programming content across multiple screens. Most of the major programmers offering TVE content have now been integrated onto the platform. The platform also supports a variety of member billing system solutions.
Prior to this initiative, smaller operators found it difficult to pull the pieces together to participate in this early phase of TV Everywhere. NCTC created a member advisory committee to help define the near term priorities and evaluate different technical solutions. NCTC was then able to accelerate the development and deployment by leveraging work already being done by one of its members, Massillon Cable TV, who agreed to contribute its efforts to an NCTC overall solution.
Rich Fickle, CEO of NCTC said “This project is a great example of how mid and smaller operators working collaboratively can create very innovative and cost effective solutions. Several members like Massillon have a great track record in bringing new products to market faster than many large MSO’s. Massillon had the right approach; keep it simple, low cost and easy use.”
National Cable Television Cooperative Inc. (NCTC)