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FEATURES THAT CLOSE THE REVENUE GAP
Take back subscriber loyalty by turning every device on your network into a unified streaming gateway.
SMARTGUIDE
Everything You Search in One Place
Key Features:
- Unified interface: The Smartguide pulls content from over 700 free streaming channels and major subscription services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime into one searchable menu.
- Centralized content search: Users can search for shows and movies across all their streaming providers at once, eliminating the need to check each service individually.
- Extensive free library: FreeCast offers access to a large library of free ad-supported movies along with free live broadcast and local TV channels. Local channels vary by location and require an antenna.
- Personalized recommendations: The Smartguide offers personalized recommendations based on your viewing habits, helping you find new content to watch.
- "Cable-like" experience: The platform is designed to emulate the "channel surfing" experience of traditional cable TV, a feature often missed by those who switch to streaming.
Description:
The FreeCast SmartGuide is an all-in-one streaming platform that organizes Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) and paid streaming services into a single, comprehensive program guide. Its purpose is to simplify content discovery and help "cord-cutters" navigate the fragmented landscape of streaming media.
youbundle
Connect & Manage All Your Favorite Subscriptions
Key Features:
- Unified search and discovery: You can search for shows and movies across all of your subscribed services and FreeCast's free content from a single interface.
- Customizable packages: You choose exactly which paid services you want to include in your bundle, providing full control over your streaming budget.
- Vast content library: YouBundle combines your paid services with FreeCast's own catalog, which includes hundreds of free live streaming channels and thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows.
- Integration with other services: YouBundle can integrate with major subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, Disney+, and Max, as well as virtual pay-TV bundles like YouTube TV and Sling TV.
Description:
FreeCast YouBundle is a feature that simplifies streaming by allowing you to manage and consolidate all of your streaming subscriptions into one place. It creates a universal hub where you can find content from your paid services, along with FreeCast's large library of free and ad-supported programming.
MEDIAPAY
Take Full Control In One Place
Key Features:
- Single monthly bill: MediaPay streamlines your spending by combining charges from multiple streaming services into one easy-to-manage payment.
- Centralized subscription management: The service provides a dashboard where you can view, pause, or cancel subscriptions to different services from a single account, preventing unwanted or forgotten charges.
- Enhanced security: Payments are processed through a secured Mastercard International partnered virtual credit card, which means your personal banking information or credit card numbers are not exposed to individual streaming providers. This reduces the risk of fraud and data breaches.
- Universal payment system: To use MediaPay, you will update your payment information on each individual streaming service with the virtual card number provided by MediaPay. Thus, eliminating your credit card or bank information being on multiple sites.
- One-stop platform: As part of the FreeCast platform, MediaPay works alongside SmartGuide to help you find content across multiple streaming services, making it a comprehensive solution for managing both your content and finances.
Description:
FreeCast's MediaPay is a unified billing service that consolidates all of your streaming subscriptions and pay-per-view purchases into a single monthly bill. It is a feature of the FreeCast platform, which aims to simplify the fragmented streaming landscape.
BEST
Broadcast Enhanced Streaming Transport
BEST
Key Features:
- For viewers: FreeCast offers a "streaming smart guide" that serves as a central hub for all streaming services, both free and paid. The BEST technology enhances this by enabling access to free local and other OTA broadcast channels through the same app, reducing the need for multiple apps and services.
- For broadcasters: The BEST initiative provides a more affordable path to digital distribution without major capital investments. By integrating their OTA broadcasts with streaming technology, smaller networks, local stations, and FAST channel providers can reach wider audiences.
Description:
FreeCast's Broadcast-Enabled Streaming Television (BEST) is an initiative that unites traditional Over-the-Air (OTA) broadcasting with digital streaming. By leveraging the next-generation broadcast standard, ATSC 3.0, with Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) technology, the company allows smaller broadcasters and content creators to deliver a single, unified viewing experience across both platforms.
D2M
Direct-to-Mobile
D2M
Key Features:
- Monetization for partners: The platform allows telecoms and ISPs to generate new revenue streams from a streaming video product. FreeCast shares a portion of the ad revenue (between 25% and 50%) generated by a partner's customers.
- Broad content aggregation: The software unifies content from various sources, including Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels, Over-The-Air (OTA) broadcast channels, and on-demand content. This allows users to access all their video content in one place.
- Accessibility in emerging markets: The service can be delivered over a variety of network technologies, including 5G, Wi-Fi, and ATSC 3.0, making it suitable for regions with less developed internet infrastructure. The app is also optimized to work on older, less expensive mobile devices.
- Universal device compatibility: The D2M solution is not limited to a single piece of hardware. It captures viewing data and serves ads across all devices that a customer uses to view video content.
Description:
FreeCast Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) is a software platform for global telecommunication companies and internet service providers (Mobile Carriers / ISPs) that enables them to offer a streaming video service to their customers. Instead of requiring new infrastructure or set-top boxes, the service is delivered through a single app that works on existing devices, including smartphones, smart TVs, and other internet-connected hardware.
ZER0GAP ADS
Zer0Gap Advertising Platform
Key Features:
- Zero "dead air": By guaranteeing a 100% ad fill rate, the platform eliminates the dead air or blank spaces that can occur during ad breaks on other streaming services. This creates a smoother, more continuous viewing experience for the audience.
- Proprietary first-party data: The platform leverages FreeCast's unique position as a streaming aggregator to collect comprehensive data on consumer viewing behavior across its network. This allows for more accurate and effective household-level targeting.
- Hyper-targeted ads: Instead of broad demographic advertising, Zer0Gap connects advertisers with specific households and likely customers. This improves the relevance of ads for viewers and increases engagement and conversion rates for marketers.
- AI-driven optimization: The platform uses artificial intelligence to power advanced audience segmentation, precision targeting, and other features that improve campaign performance.
- Monetization for content creators: For programmers and content providers, Zer0Gap helps maximize revenue from ad-supported content by ensuring that every ad slot is filled and by attracting high-value advertisers.
- Valuable ad placements for marketers: Advertisers benefit from access to high-value ad inventory and data-driven insights that make their campaigns more effective.
Description:
FreeCast's Zer0Gap is a programmatic advertising platform for streaming that promises 100% ad fill rates by using proprietary first-party data and artificial intelligence to deliver highly targeted advertisements. The platform benefits both content creators and advertisers by maximizing revenue and improving ad relevance for viewers.
Strategic Context:
The Zer0Gap platform is FreeCast's solution to the fragmentation and monetization challenges within the streaming industry. Instead of relying on the limited data available within individual "walled garden" streaming services, FreeCast uses its holistic view of consumer media consumption to create a more efficient and profitable advertising ecosystem. The approach also reflects a larger industry shift from traditional impression-based advertising to a model that emphasizes precision targeting.
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