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8+ Products Delivered+34% Watch-time4.6★ Avg. Rating

We Build OTT Streaming That Captivate

An entertainment app development company building OTT streaming, music, video, and fan-engagement platforms. Buffer-free. Built to scale. Yours to keep.

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Studios, creators & media startups
4.7 average rating
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8+

Products Delivered

99.9%

Playback Uptime

12+

Countries Served

4.6★

Avg. App Store Rating

Entertainment Challenges

Problems we solve

If any of these sound familiar, we've solved them before — with measurable results.

Buffering Kills Your Audience

Slow start times and rebuffering drive viewers away in seconds. A single CDN and poor encoding mean playback breaks exactly when traffic peaks.

Adaptive bitrate, multi-CDN delivery, and tuned encoding for buffer-free playback

Piracy Is Stealing Your Content

Without proper DRM and watermarking, premium content leaks the day it drops — eroding revenue and licensing deals.

Studio-grade DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) with forensic watermarking

Viewers Watch Once and Leave

Generic catalogs and weak discovery mean low watch-time and high churn. Users can’t find what they’d love next.

AI recommendations and personalization that lift watch-time and retention

Monetization Is a Mess

Subscriptions, ads, rentals, and payouts are stitched across tools that don’t reconcile — leaving revenue on the table.

Unified SVOD/AVOD/TVOD billing, entitlements, and creator payouts in one platform

Entertainment App Development Services

End-to-end engineering for media — from a single VOD app to a multi-platform OTT. Not sure where to start? Talk to us.

OTT & Video Streaming

Full SVOD/AVOD/TVOD platforms with adaptive bitrate, DRM, and personalized catalogs across mobile, web, and Smart TV.

HLS / DASHDRMSmart TV
Buffer-free playback

Music & Audio Streaming

On-demand music, podcasts, and audiobooks with offline downloads, playlists, and gapless low-latency playback.

AudioOfflinePlaylists
Gapless audio

Live Streaming & Events

Concerts, sports, and shows streamed live at scale with low latency, live chat, and pay-per-view monetization.

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Sub-3s latency

Subscription & Content Platforms

Memberships, paywalls, and content CMS with flexible billing, entitlements, and creator payouts.

PaywallBillingCMS
Flexible monetization

Short Video & UGC

TikTok-style feeds, creator tools, in-app editing, and recommendation engines that drive viral engagement.

FeedsEditorReco
Viral loops

Fan Engagement & Social

Communities, watch parties, fan tokens, and interactive features that turn viewers into superfans.

CommunityWatch PartyTokens
Higher loyalty

Launch a streaming product that scales

Talk to our specialists about a buffer-free, DRM-secured platform built around your content.

Future-ready media solutions

The products entertainment leaders ask us to build most.

OTT & VOD Platforms

Adaptive streaming, DRM, and personalized catalogs across mobile, web, and TV.

Music & Audio

On-demand music, podcasts, and audiobooks with offline and playlists.

Live Streaming

Low-latency live events with chat, PPV, and scale for big moments.

Podcast & Audio Apps

Discovery, subscriptions, and dynamic ad insertion for audio creators.

Short Video & UGC

Creator tools, feeds, and recommendation engines that drive engagement.

Ticketing & Fan Apps

Event ticketing, watch parties, and fan communities with monetization.

Everything a modern media platform needs

Built for every side of entertainment — viewers, creators, and the delivery that powers it.

For Viewers

  • Personalized recommendations
  • Offline downloads
  • Multi-device & continue watching
  • Watch parties & social
  • Search & smart discovery
  • Profiles & parental controls

For Creators & Admins

  • Content CMS & scheduling
  • Live & VOD publishing
  • Monetization & paywalls
  • Audience analytics
  • Ad insertion & campaigns
  • Creator payouts

Platform & Delivery

  • Adaptive bitrate (HLS/DASH)
  • Studio-grade DRM
  • Multi-CDN delivery
  • Transcoding pipeline
  • Role-based access
  • APIs & integrations

Engineered for real audiences

Custom Development

Built around your content, catalog, and monetization — never a forced template. Every player, paywall, and feed maps to how your audience actually watches and listens.

100%content fit
<3slive latency

Low-Latency Delivery

Adaptive bitrate and multi-CDN for buffer-free playback at any scale.

+34%watch-time

AI Recommendations

Personalized discovery that lifts watch-time and keeps audiences hooked.

5+platforms

Everywhere

Mobile, web, Smart TV, and console — one experience across every screen.

Powered by emerging technologies

We bring the frontier into your roadmap — only where it grows audience, retention, or revenue.

AI / ML

Recommendation engines, churn prediction, and content tagging at scale.

Personalization

Generative AI

AI-assisted editing, auto-captions, dubbing, thumbnails, and metadata.

Content production

AR / VR

Immersive concerts, 360° video, and virtual venues for next-gen experiences.

Immersive media

Low-Latency Streaming

LL-HLS and WebRTC for near-real-time live sports and interactive events.

Real-time live

Analytics

Watch-time, retention, and quality-of-experience dashboards in real time.

Audience insight

Blockchain / NFT

Fan tokens, collectibles, and transparent royalty and rights management.

Fan tokens & royalties

DRM & Watermarking

Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady with forensic watermarking against piracy.

Content protection

Voice & NLP

Voice search, smart-assistant integration, and conversational discovery.

Voice discovery

Cloud & Multi-CDN

Elastic transcoding and global multi-CDN delivery that scales with demand.

Global delivery

Monetization

SVOD/AVOD/TVOD, dynamic ad insertion, and flexible subscription billing.

Revenue models

Automation

Automated transcoding, moderation, and content publishing pipelines.

Pipeline automation

Cross-Screen

Seamless handoff and continue-watching across phone, web, and TV.

Multi-screen UX
We adopt emerging tech only where it grows audience or revenue — never for hype.Explore what fits your roadmap

Across the
entertainment spectrum

We've shipped production software in each of these sub-sectors. Fewer unknowns. Faster results.

OTT & VOD Platforms

Streaming, catalogs & DRM

Music & Audio

Streaming, podcasts & audiobooks

Live Events & Ticketing

Live streams, PPV & ticketing

Sports & Media

Live sports, highlights & fan apps

Creator & UGC

Short video, feeds & creator tools

Studios & Broadcasters

Distribution, rights & monetization

A proven development process

Audience-first, milestone-driven, and transparent from kickoff to launch.

Discovery & Content Strategy

We map your catalog, monetization models, and delivery targets (mobile, web, TV). Deliverable: a signed spec and fixed-price plan — no vague ranges.

UX & Streaming Architecture

Binge-worthy UX plus a scalable streaming and DRM architecture. You approve every screen and player before we build.

Development & Integration

Built in sprints with transcoding, DRM, CDN, and payment integrations. Playback quality and latency are core constraints — not add-ons.

QA, Load Testing & Launch

Device matrix testing, QoE tuning, and load testing for premieres before go-live. We deploy to your cloud and stay for 30 days of support.

Why media leaders choose us to build

Buffer-Free Delivery

Adaptive bitrate, tuned transcoding, and multi-CDN that keep playback smooth at any scale.

Studio-Grade DRM

Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady with watermarking to meet licensing and stop piracy.

AI Discovery

Recommendations and personalization that measurably lift watch-time and retention.

End-to-End Delivery

Strategy, design, build, device testing, and post-launch support from one accountable team.

Every Screen

Mobile, web, Smart TV, and console with continue-watching synced across devices.

Proven Track Record

8+ products across 12+ countries with a 4.6★ average rating from real users.

A streaming-grade stack

Buffer-free delivery, studio DRM, and smart discovery — the tools that keep audiences watching.

React Native

React Native

Flutter

Flutter

Swift

Swift

Kotlin

Kotlin

Android TV

Android TV

tvOS

tvOS

Roku

Roku

Next.js

Next.js

React

React

TypeScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Node.js

Go

Go

Python

Python

FFmpeg

FFmpeg

HLS

HLS

WebRTC

WebRTC

Mux

Mux

Widevine

Widevine

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Redis

Redis

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

AWS

AWS

CloudFront

CloudFront

Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Stripe

Stripe

TensorFlow

TensorFlow

OpenAI

OpenAI

27 technologies across our entertainment stack

“We launched our OTT streaming app on iOS, Android, and TV with DRM, low-latency playback, and personalized recommendations. Buffer rates fell sharply and watch-time per user climbed in the first month.”
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Marcus Bell

Founder & CEO · StreamYard Media · Los Angeles, USA

+34% watch-time

Entertainment apps, answered

If your question isn't here, reach out. You'll get a real answer from an engineer within 24 hours — not a sales pitch.

Frequently asked questions

We integrate studio-grade DRM — Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, and Microsoft PlayReady — alongside encrypted (AES) HLS/DASH delivery, token-authenticated streaming URLs, and forensic watermarking. That meets licensing requirements from major studios and keeps premium content secure across every device.

We use adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS/DASH), a tuned transcoding pipeline, and multi-CDN delivery with smart routing. Players adjust quality to each viewer’s bandwidth, and we monitor quality-of-experience metrics so playback stays smooth even during traffic spikes and premieres.

All of them: SVOD (subscriptions), AVOD (ads with dynamic ad insertion), TVOD (rentals/purchases), PPV for live events, and hybrid models. We build flexible billing, entitlements, coupons, and creator payouts so you can experiment and optimize revenue.

A focused MVP (VOD or audio app) typically launches in 12–16 weeks. A full multi-platform OTT with DRM, live, and monetization runs 5–8 months depending on scope and the number of TV platforms. You get a week-by-week roadmap and a working demo within two weeks.

Yes. We ship across iOS, Android, web, Android TV, Apple tvOS, Fire TV, Roku, and Chromecast/AirPlay casting — with continue-watching that syncs across every screen. We test on a real device matrix before launch.

You own the full source code, your cloud, and your data — no lock-in. After launch we offer monitoring, maintenance, and iteration packages. Critical issues get a response within the hour, and every new feature ships faster than the last.

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