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Websiteagoramedia.co.uk
Blogappmarket.tv
Twitter@expathos
CategoryGames, Video and Entertainment
Phone31+ 6 39 58 39 79
Emailrichard@agoramedi...
Employees4
Founded11/09
DescriptionThe Cutting Edge of TV and Entertainment

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Reading, Berkshire, GBR
5 Jupiter House, Calleva Park
Aldermaston
Reading, Berkshire, RG7 8NN, GBR

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Agora Media Innovation

We help media and entertainment companies create, design and deliver multi-device, multiplatform strategies, propositions, products and transmedia stories. Agora Media helps media and entertainment companies to design and deliver multi-device, multi-platform strategies, content propositions and products. We are also publishers of http://www.appmarket.tv, which in a few years, has become a thought leading resource to 20k+ readers a month.

The future of TV has begun to emerge and there will be many changes in the way people will find, consume and share their media lifestyles, born from an explosion of entertainment products and services that attract consumers to come back time and time again.

By tapping into the social, gaming, and entertainment everywhere culture that is emerging in consumer behaviours, there are numerous opportunities for creating unique experiences that are engaging, entertaining and rewarding…it starts with the ideas.

We recognise that it takes a mix of disciplines to design, deliver and tap into these new consumer behaviours, which is why we have built up a team of experts, born from the different sectors and industries now shaping what the future of media and entertainment market will look like in 5‐10 years time. We work with content producers, owners, broadcasters, operators, publishers, brands and retailers to inform their decision making, to shape strategy and to design and deliver product roadmaps.

— We understand commercial opportunities and threats (competition, business models, market trends)

— We are experts in consumer behaviour, engagement, operations & technology (video, audio, social and gaming)

— We design consumer strategies that tap into digital lifestyle impulses…no matter what screen they are on.

— We help brands drive growth, loyalty and attachment to digital lifestyle products.

— We produce entertainment formats and technology platforms for multi-device distribution and commerce.

— We deliver engaging experiences that bring consumers back time and time again.

At Agora Media we innovate, build and create products and formats that align with the Future of Television - from Transmedia to Social TV… from Multiplatform Engagement to TV Apps, Smart/Connected TV and advanced Game Mechanics - We live, work and play on the cutting edge of entertainment.

Transmedia and Factual Formats

— We write factual TV formats as well as create Transmedia - carrying the narrative to different devices and platforms.

Second Screen and Multiplatform Engagement

— We create formats and build technology for Play-along TV, Companion Apps with voting, trivia, predictions, tCommerce and other game mechanics.

Connected and Smart TV Apps

— We build TV Apps for the primary screen via Smart TVs, Game Consoles, Bluray Players and Set Top Boxes - including Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Philips, Toshiba, LG, Google TV, Boxee, Roku and more.

Social TV

— We build Social TV Applications - for Second Screen and Big Screen (Social Programme Guides). Deep integration with Facebook and Twitter platforms ensures maximum discovery and dissemination.

Video on Demand (VOD) and TV Everywhere

— We build VOD platforms - with playout capability in the cloud, EPG, CMS, CRM with TV Everywhere capability.

Education Seminars and Consulting

— We teach Future TV and consult with some of the world’s largest broadcasters including NBCU, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Eurosport and others. We also work with startups, venture capitalists, production companies, publishers, IPTV companies, CE manufacturers and innovators

Not sure where to start?

Talk to us. We do.

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BBC and MIT Media Lab Presentation on Future TV

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Richard Kastelein Interviewed at Machinima Expo in Second Life

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Mobile Review Interview with Richard Kastelein

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IAA - de tv is dood, lang leve de tv - Richard Kastelein from IAA_NL

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