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Media and publishing software development services

Media and publishing software development for broadcasters, streaming services, publishers, podcasters and creators: OTT and smart TV apps, video on demand and live streaming with DRM, subscriptions and paywalls, publishing platforms and headless CMS, ad insertion, recommendations and audience data, with dedicated media software developers for your team or a platform delivered end to end.

What we build for media and publishing

  • Streaming and OTT apps

    Video apps for web, iOS, Android, smart TVs and streaming devices, with playback, downloads, profiles and casting.

  • Video platforms

    Encoding, HLS and DASH packaging, DRM with Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady, live streaming and CDN delivery, on AWS Elemental, Azure, Mux or a pipeline of your own.

  • Subscriptions and paywalls

    Plans, trials, metered paywalls and bundles, billed through Stripe, the app stores or Piano, with churn analysis.

  • Publishing platforms

    Editorial workflows on WordPress VIP, a headless CMS or a platform of your own, with fast article pages and syndication.

  • Advertising in media

    Server-side ad insertion, Google Ad Manager integration, header bidding and consent management that follows the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework.

  • Recommendations and audience data

    Personalised recommendations, content tagging with AI, audience segments, and dashboards that show what is watched and read.

  • Podcasts and audio

    Podcast hosting, audio apps, transcripts and dynamic ad insertion.

Hire media software developers

  • Dedicated media software developers

    Media software developers who join your team full time, work in your tools and process, and report to your lead. You interview them; we carry the Ukrainian contract, payroll, invoicing and leave.

  • Media software development projects

    A defined piece of media software development with a scope, a fixed plan and a named lead on our side who owns the result and reports progress in your channels.

  • Ongoing media software development

    Media software development as a continuing service: the same people every month, a backlog you prioritise, and hours you can see in our portal and on the invoice.

The dedicated team page explains how specialists join your team, and the outsourcing page covers project delivery, take-overs and how we charge.

Who works on your media software development

  • Backend engineers

    Video pipelines, subscriptions and content services

  • Mobile and smart TV engineers

    iOS, Android, tvOS, Android TV, Tizen and webOS

  • Front-end engineers

    Players and publishing front ends

  • Data engineers

    Audience, playback and recommendation data

  • QA engineers

    Playback, device and load tests

Content that plays everywhere

Viewers watch on dozens of devices and leave when a stream stalls, so playback is tested on every device family, start-up time and rebuffering are measured in production, and releases go out in stages per platform.

Content rights and regional rules are enforced in the platform, with DRM, geo-restriction and entitlements checked on every request, and viewers’ data handled under GDPR and the consent they gave.

Other industries we build for

Industries overview

Questions about media software development

Can you build apps for smart TVs?

Yes. We build for tvOS, Android TV and Google TV, Fire TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS and Roku, sharing as much code as each platform allows and testing on the devices themselves.

Do you work with our existing video platform?

Yes. We integrate with Mux, Brightcove, JW Player, Kaltura and AWS Elemental, or build the pipeline in your own cloud when cost or control calls for it.

How quickly can media software developers start?

When the right media software developer is available, the start is gated only by your interview and the NDA and IP assignment. Otherwise we run a search, which typically produces candidate profiles within two to three weeks, and nobody starts until you have said yes.

How do we hire media software developers through BigTree108?

Tell us the work, the seniority and the hours you need. We propose one or two people with their profiles, you interview them the way you would interview your own hire, and you sign one agreement with BIG TREE 108 LLC and receive one invoice a month.

Who owns the work they produce?

You do. Every specialist has a signed contract with BigTree108 that assigns all work product to the company, and our agreement with you assigns it onward. Code, designs and documents are delivered into your own repositories and tools, not kept where only we can change them.

Building a media product?

Tell us the content, the audiences and devices you serve and the work. You get an answer within one business day: candidate profiles or a plan for the work.

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