Mobibase is a France-based company., publishing and distributing ethnic and thematic TV channels and VOD content to mobile publishers, operators,

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and

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TV and

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/ OTT services in Europe, the Americas, Middle East, and Africa The company publishes linear TV channels on sports, news, cooking, lifestyle, cartoons, movies & series, music programming, and distribute live TV channels by

or IP capture. Mobibase distributes linear and non linear content, providing solutions on

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, captation, encoding and the

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on several devices:

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, tablets,

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and

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History

In 2002, Vincent Roger and Laurent Sarver creates Mobibase company in

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, starting by the aggregation of the content for mobile download services (

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animations Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

and casual

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).
In 2006, the company develops a streaming platform designed to program, transcode and

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to mobile and

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. Mobibase launches its first package One TV Plus in France edited for

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. One TV Plus package includes 24 channels on several thematics (fun, movie, news music, glamour, etc.) and takes part of

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channels offering.
In 2007, the company publishes its first thematic TV channels on mobile.
In 2013, Mobibase provides worldwide thematic TV and VOD services on multiple devices.
In 2017, Mobibase distributes 200 TV channels and 7000+

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through its catalog offer. Mobibase provides a variety of packages such as Hispanic, Arabic, Turkish, Indian, Italian, Russian, Sports and News.

Activity

Mobibase's TV channels are declared to the French TV Regulation Authority,

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(CSA) and in the database on TV and on-demand

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services and companies in Europe. The channels' brand are registered at

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(INPI).

Broadcasting Ecosystem

Content creation

The first element in the

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ecosystem is the creation of

content. Broadcast content is offered to users in terms of a broadcast service, bundled and offered as a package. The major part of broadcast services are

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documentaries A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill ...

, news for radio, TV programmes, etc. However, it may also contain new types of content emerged with the advent of

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such as websites, blogs, social media appearance. The broadcast services includes linear and nonlinear content. Linear content refers to the traditional way of offering radio or TV services with scheduled sequence of content over a certain period of time. This type of content are set up by broadcasters and cannot be changed by a listener or a viewer - the last ones can only change from one service to another or to switch off if the programme is not attractive. A

live stream Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as ''streaming'', the real-time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other non- live ...

on the Internet is to be considered as a linear, as well. Nonlinear content are time-shifted and catch-up services available for a certain period of time. The viewer can select individual pieces of content and control the timing and the sequence of consumption. Other forms of nonlinear broadcast services encompass on demand access to audio and video content for immediate consumption and the viewer decides what to consume, where to consume it, when and on which device. Mobibase does not produce its own content but licence content rights acquired from a combination of international and local rights deals. Many major broadcasters which report under

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, including ITV,

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, Sky,

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, Deutsche Well and

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, explicitly highlight acquiring programming rights as a key driver of revenue growth. Acquired programming rights can be for single or multiple broadcasts and can have licence periods spanning away years. The agreements may also specify format ( HD, 3D) and geographical rights. Programming rights agreements also cover other platforms such as desktop computer, tablet and smartphone.

Content distribution

Another important element in

ecosystem is the content distribution. Broadcasters distribute their content over several networks (

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, etc.) moving toward complete

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. The content market is characterised by the multi-platform environment through which content is available to end users. There is a distinction between offline content (e.g. content delivered via traditional broadcasting platforms) and

online content Web content is the text, visual or audio content that is made available online and user encountered as part of the online usage and experience on websites. It may include text, images, sounds and audio, online videos, among other items placed ...

(e.g.

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