WHERE BROADBAND MEETS BROADCAST – iMEDIA INTERNET FROM iBAHN
A guest-pay extension of the ETVi solution, enabling the ability to view internet content in true digital, HD, live streaming, full screen format on a hotel guest room TV screen. This solution provides access to online video, music, social networking, news, games, email, and more.
iMEDIA:
- Creates a fundamentally different experience for your guest – better than what they can get at home and better than the frustrations of a traditional old hotel SD TV Internet system
- Provides access to a vast amount of web content at the guests’ fingertips (1M channels)
- Is a proven and robust solution – deployed at ETVi HD hotels across the world since mid 2009; Differentiating those properties as well as generating additional streams of revenue
- Uses patented distribution technologies to ensure the highest quality of video and synchronized audio
Why iMEDIA?
- Guests are watching more video online than ever before and this is only going to increase.
- Research from THR.com shows:
- The number of viewers willing to watch TV programs on a computer or mobile device has each increased by 13% over the past year to 74% & 45%
- 49% of those surveyed indicated a willingness to pay for digital-service programming, compared to 40% who said they would prefer to watch ads in exchange for free content
- About 183 million US Internet users watched almost 34 billion online videos in May 2010, according to comScore VideoMetrix data
- Guests are now demanding the same functions at hotels which they get at home (and then some)
- Hotels need to differentiate themselves, while adding value for guests
- iMEDIA Internet is an extension of our ETVi solution-taking it to the next level
Benefits of the solution:
- Quality of the service
- High performance
- Access to a vast amount of content on the web
Importance to properties:
- Differentiate your hotel
- Increase guest satisfaction, gain new business as well as returns
- Make better use of the investments in flat panel TV’s
