How Angel Studios leveraged Bitmovin’s industry-leading Player to reduce workflow cost and stream seamlessly on any device
Overview
Angel Studios is a free-to-use OTT Platform that streams original shows on-demand on their platform. As their viewers and content library grew, they required a player solution that could seamlessly integrate into their workflow, support React Native, and enable them to stream on more devices to increase their viewer reach. For this, they chose Bitmovin.
The main requests were:
- Playback on all major devices with one easy-to-use player solution
- Support for React Native
- Robust player feature set to enhance their viewer experience
- Adaptive bitrate
- Pause frame accuracy
- Mobile Picture in Picture support
- Integrate seamlessly with existing streaming workflow
Key Benefits achieved with Bitmovin:
- Stream content on over 3+ device types globally (Android, iPhone, Web)
- 200+ million player impressions generated
- Thorough API documentation with support from video experts
How we Delivered
One Player solution that enables playback on all major device types
Empowering them to stream content across 3+ device types and platforms through the Bitmovin Player, Angel Studios increased its viewer reach, utilized its robust feature set, and ensured its audience experiences its content in the highest quality globally. Additionally, they can now support more device types as they grow.
Out-of-the-box support for adaptive bitrate streaming enabling seamless and high quality playback
Adaptive Bitrate was the biggest win – the native video players didn’t support this out of the box. Also that the encodings generally work better. Smart TV just tested moving from Bitmovin to the native video player (attempting to decrease package size and load times) and had decoding issues on high quality streams.
Dedicated React Native SDK, clear documentation, and access to video experts
With Bitmovin’s React Native Player SDK, Angel Studios was able to create better cross-platform viewer experiences and cover more device types while having access to extensive API documentation and Bitmovin’s video experts that made deploying seamless and easy. The Bitmovin team has been quick and responsive in reviewing our PRs and submissions to the React Native codebase.
Who is Angel Studios
Angel Studios is a community-driven film and television studio that focuses on creating content that “amplifies light”, allowing audiences to actively participate in selecting the next great hit using their “Angel Guild” membership. Angel Studios aims to empower filmmakers and build passionate communities around films and shows that inspire hope and uplift viewers around the world. Some of their notable releases include “Sound of Freedom”, “The Wingfeather Saga”, and “Tuttle Twins”
“Bitmovin’s Player solution has become a core asset in our video streaming workflow at Angel Studios. Since deploying it with their React Native SDK, we have been able to support and stream on more devices, handle millions of impressions, and focus on creating new features to provide unique viewing experiences for our global audience.”
— Keith Halterman, VP of Engineering of Angel Studios