Provides IPTV operators with backend middleware, automation, and analytics tools to improve content discovery, search, and live sports experiences. Their Universal Enhanced Search unifies on‑demand, live TV, and OTT catalogs, while the Encore SportsEdge platform accelerates sports app development with integration to major sports data providers.
Funding
$500K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
IPTV operators often face fragmented content catalogs across on‑demand, live TV, and OTT services, making it difficult for subscribers to discover and access desired programming. Additionally, building and maintaining live‑sports applications requires extensive integration with multiple data providers, leading to high development costs and longer time‑to‑market.
Solution
Encore Interactive offers carrier‑class backend middleware that unifies content metadata, search, and recommendation across all video sources, enabling a single, consistent discovery experience for end users. Its Universal Enhanced Search layer indexes on‑demand libraries, linear channels, and OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, delivering fast, relevance‑based results within a single interface. For sports, the Encore SportsEdge platform provides pre‑built connectors to major sports data providers, accelerating the creation and deployment of live‑sports apps while reducing integration risk. The combined solution helps operators improve subscriber engagement, lower churn, and generate additional revenue through upsell opportunities and more efficient operations.
Target Audience
Primary customers are IPTV service providers, cable and telecom operators, and managed video service companies that need integrated content discovery and rapid sports‑app development capabilities.
Features
- Middleware that aggregates metadata from linear, VOD, and OTT sources into a unified catalog
- Universal Enhanced Search engine with relevance ranking, cross‑catalog browsing, and personalization capabilities
- Recommendation engine that leverages unified metadata to suggest content across all services
- SportsEdge platform with ready‑made APIs to ingest schedules, scores, and statistics from leading sports data providers
- Pre‑configured sports UI components and templates to speed up app development and branding
- Analytics dashboards for content discovery performance, search usage, and sports viewership metrics
- Automation tools for content ingestion, catalog updates, and operational workflows