With the launch of its new application on Les offres CANAL + (Reunion, Caribbean), France 24 completes the renewal of its OTT application. Developed by Dotscreen, the application is intended for both operator set-top-boxes and OTT streaming devices.

The revamped application offers viewers the following services:

– Choice of 4 languages (French, English, Arabic and Spanish) for both interface and content
– Access to the live broadcast of each channel

– Catch up of the latest news bulletin as well as the most recent African, business, sport and weather bulletins
– Access to the videos trending on the channel’s other digital platforms
– An extensive VOD catalogue

The functionalities of the application can be adapted according to the market requirements of the operator or the technical capacities of the platform.

To date, the new application has been integrated into the following offers: ROKU, Apple TV, Deutsche Telekom, EE and Ooredoo (powered by Netgem), Freesat UK (HbbTV format) and Les offres CANAL+ (Reunion, Caribbean) via set-top box and OTT streaming devices thanks to the service myCANAL. A different version of the service has also been developed for Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Metrological.

About France 24, a France Médias Monde channel
France 24, the international news channel, broadcasts 24/7 (6 hours a day in Spanish) to 355 million homes around the world in French, Arabic, English and Spanish. The four channels have a combined weekly viewership of 61.2 million viewers (measured in 67 of the 183 countries where the channel is broadcast). From its newsroom in Paris, France 24 gives a French perspective on global affairs through a network of 160 correspondent bureaus located in nearly every country. It is available via cable, satellite, DTT, ADSL, on mobile phones, tablets and connected TVs, as well as on YouTube in four languages. Every month, France 24’s digital platforms attract 16.5 million visits, 45.6 million video views (2018 average) and 37.4 million followers on Facebook and Twitter (May 2018). france24.com

About DOTSCREEN
DOTSCREEN creates and develops multi-screen video applications & UI (available on smart TV, set-top boxes, OTT boxes, game consoles, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, connected refrigerators, etc.) for major media and telcos (HBO, ESPN, Fox, Turner, CBS, Disney, Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica, TF1, Beinsports, Mediaset,
France Télévisions, OCS…). The company also licenses its own UI & applications internationally (TV Everywhere, VOD/SVOD, replay, EPG, weather, radio, etc.).