Dailymotion OTT App Arrives on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
Vivendi-Owned Video Discovery Platform Brings Premium Publisher Partnerships to Amazon’s Connected TV Product
PARIS—April 18, 2018—Dailymotion, the leading destination for video discovery and exploration, has expanded its distribution to Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
Effective immediately, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick customers can access the Dailymotion app to discover the web’s best video content based on their expressed interests and curated feed of trending topics and channels.
The introduction of Dailymotion to Amazon’s smart TV product is the latest in a series of over-the-top (OTT) video integrations that include Apple TV, Android TV, and XBox One.
Dailymotion’s OTT expansion follows a major global relaunch of the heritage video platform that prioritizes discovery and personalization as core to the user experience. Within a revamped user experience, the Dailymotion app brings the web’s best content together in a single destination that is accessible across desktop, mobile, and connected TV.
“Cross-channel video consumption is an important and growing global trend, with OTT viewership demonstrating double-digit growth year-over-year,” said Guillaume Clément, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Dailymotion. “The rollout of Dailymotion’s app for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick provides yet another opportunity to connect new audiences with fresh content from the world’s best publishers.”
Dailymotion’s global content partners include BBC News, Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg Media, CBS Sports, Cheddar, Condé Nast Entertainment, Fox Deportes, Genius, Group Nine Media, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, NESN, Stadium Sports Network, UFC, VICE, and more.
The Dailymotion app for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick can be downloaded from Amazon.com or via the Amazon app.
About Dailymotion:
Dailymotion is the video platform for discovering the events and ideas that keep the world surprising and diverse on four main topics: news, sports, music, and entertainment, as well as comedy skits, political debates, fashion shows, gaming live-streams and more. Launched in 2005, Dailymotion commands a global audience of 300 million entertainment-seekers who frequent the site and its dedicated mobile experience to surface the most relevant professional video content based on their unique tastes and interests. Dailymotion is owned by Vivendi, a Paris-based multinational media company. For more information, visit www.dailymotion.com.