New OTT TV Service for Migrant Community

Television is not restricted inside the cumbersome television set any more. Now you can watch TV on almost any device like tablet, laptop, smartphone etc. SPB TV AG, a company specializing in providing OTT TV, mobile TV and IPTV solutions has launched a new product named Lebara Play. Lebara is a well known brand that caters exclusively to the migrant community.

Lebara and SPB TV have collaborated on the Lebara Play project. The project is customized to fit Lebara’s technical and business needs, but it is created based on the OTT TV solution by SPB TV. Lebara Play will be available in the UK< Germany, the Netherlands and France. But it can be accessed from any corner of the world using the mobile app. It is geared towards the migrant community and will broadcast content from their native countries.

Lebara’s Chairman and CEO Mr Yoganathan Ratheesan and SPB TV’s Co-Founder Sebastian-Justus Schmidt

In the beginning content will be available in Tamil, Turkish, West African English and West African French but eventually it will be expanded to 13 languages. Users can access this service from smartphones, computer, tablets etc. an also from a traditional television set, using a set top box. They can watch HD and SD quality movies and content, completely legally.

“We used innovative advanced technology solutions for Lebara Play”, said Kirill Filippov, CEO of SPB TV. “With time-shifting and place-shifting, users can catch up with a show or a movie later or watch it from the start. They can start watching a movie on a smartphone and continue on a TV screen, and watch a TV show as it is simultaneously broadcast.”

This innovative product will allow migrant communities around the world to access content from their own countries while travelling. SPB TV and Lebara have said that they are going to continue their collaboration and add more functionality and content to Lebara Play.