[February 26, 2013] |
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CSG International's Content Direct™ Revolutionizes the Direct-to-Consumer Digital Content Experience
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & BARCELONA, Spain --(Business Wire)--
CSG
Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CSGS), a global provider of software- and services-based business
support solutions, today announced that CSG's Content
Direct™ solution continues to add new clients to its roster
while delivering new, innovative capabilities to support evolving
content models worldwide. CSG will be demonstrating these capabilities
at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) - Hall 5, Stand 5C108.
CSG's Content Direct, a cloud-based digital content monetization
platform, powers direct-to-consumer digital content and commerce
experiences across any connected device for content producers, retailers
and Communications Service Providers (CSPs). The solution supports all
facets of the content delivery, including subscriber management, content
management, commerce management and on-demand analytics that keep
clients on top of a shifting and evolving marketplace.
CSG's Content Direct solution has been selected as the platform of
choice by over 25 market-leading CSPs and Hollywood studios to provide
exciting new digital content offerings and consumer experiences.
This includes a North American direct broadcast satellite operator who
is now leveraging CSG's Content Direct to provide a new
direct-to-consumer IPTV (News - Alert) service. Specifically, this operator is using
Content Direct to create a powerful "browse, buy, belong" experience
that allows consumers to search and select programming packages easily
and to subscribe and pay seamlessly and securely. The operator migrated
the IPTV offering to Content Direct from a previous platform to increase
flexibility in its commerce capabilities and to open more paths for
multi-device expansion of the service.
In addition, a major Hollywood studio recently agreed to leverage CSG's
Content Direct for its online digital content storefront and UltraViolet™
experiences. With CSG's solution consumers can purchase
UltraViolet-compliant movie ttles directly from the studio, download
them, and store them in the cloud. CSG's Content Direct powers
download-to-own, electronic sell through and physical-to-digital
redemption, and in partnership with the studio, has become the
innovative force behind the emergence of a variety of new digital
content ownership models entering the market.
CSG's Content Direct has helped CSPs and other companies quench the
global thirst for enabling a premium digital content experience. To
date, the platform has facilitated:
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Over 25 CSP (News - Alert) and content producers to better deliver and manage premium
digital content to consumers worldwide
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Over 1.5 million content purchases in 26 currencies, with support for
120 different currencies
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More than 95 million interactions with digital content offerings
across more than 200 countries
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More than 3 million customers creating active accounts on the platform
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The delivery of over 25,000 pieces of content over a variety of
devices / mobile platforms including Xbox, Roku, Samsung TVs, Android,
iOS, PC, Mac, Windows 8 and more.
"To enable our clients to capitalize on explosive consumer demand for
digital content, Content Direct is bringing game changing innovations to
market, including the cloud-based infrastructure to deliver
subscription, rental, or owned digital content offerings to any
connected device," said Kent Steffen, President of CSG's Content Direct
group. "Our strategic focus is on driving innovative content
monetization strategies for market-leading companies, and to support the
use of industry-wide initiatives such as Ultraviolet™."
UltraViolet™ is the collective effort of the members of the Digital
Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), designed to provide consumers
with a new, compelling way to collect and enjoy movies and TV shows from
a wide array of outlets. CSG is a founding member of the DECE and the
only company to provide technology for all five of the key ecosystem
roles defined in the UltraViolet™ specification. Centered on a shared,
cloud-based account that tracks digital proofs-of-purchases,
UltraViolet™ allows consumers to create personal digital libraries with
the freedom to access entertainment both at home and on-the-go, across
multiple devices.
As consumers' appetite for digital content grows, so too does the need
for content providers to put new platforms in place that enable seamless
content delivery across numerous devices and customers. CSG's Content
Direct works in concert with any billing system and infrastructure,
preserving a digital content provider's investment in existing business
support systems and maintaining a single view of the consumer as their
content delivery models evolve.
To learn more about CSG's Content Direct, visit us at http://www.csgi.com/contentdirect.
For more information on CSG International and the company's presence at
Mobile World Congress, please visit our Online
Press Kit.
About CSG's Content Direct Solution
CSG's Content Direct solution empowers content creators, aggregators and
distributors to easily and effectively market, monetize and manage
content and customers. Content Direct is offered as either a set of
software services or as an integrated solution, and allows content
companies of all sizes to increase the value and return of every content
transaction. The solution supports virtually all content types and
commerce models, marketing promotions, advertising management, partner
management, financial management, reporting, analytics and syndication.
Content Direct is a complete solution and is integrated with leading
digital ecosystem providers. For more information, visit our website at www.csgi.com/contentdirect.
About CSG International
CSG Systems (News - Alert) International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS) is a market-leading
business support solutions and services company serving the majority of
the top 100 global communications service providers, including leaders
in fixed, mobile and next-generation networks such as AT&T, Comcast,
DISH Network, France Telecom, Orange, T-Mobile (News - Alert), Telefonica, Time Warner
Cable, Vodafone, Vivo and Verizon. With over 25 years of experience and
expertise in voice, video, data and content services, CSG International
offers a broad portfolio of licensed and Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS)-based products and solutions that help clients compete more
effectively, improve business operations and deliver a more impactful
customer experience across a variety of touch points. For more
information, visit our website at www.csgi.com.

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