TV Show & Second Screen App Development

Turn viewers into participants with interacctive play along and second screen apps for TV formats like game shows, trivia quizzes and talent shows.

Features & Benefits

Engage viewers with features like play-along games, voting, trivia, leaderboards and competitions on their second screen. Our reliable and highly scalable PlayTwo platform ensures optimal performance for millions of viewers that want to play along with your game show, talent show or quiz in real-time.

Broadcasters and production companies rely on our play along solutions to engage their audience for game shows, trivia quizzes, and talent shows. Our platform comes with easy-to-use management tools that allows the production team to be in control.

Cross platform

We develop interactive play along and second screen apps for iOS, Android, and web

For Live TV, FAST, SVOD

Our apps are used for live and on-demand TV, FAST channels and SVOD platforms

Advanced features

Our platform supports analytics, audio sync with ACR/watermarking, TV graphics, push notifications and a lot more

For any TV format

Our interactive second screen apps have been used for game shows, trivia quizzes, talent shows and more

Technology

Proven technology for TV Show & second screen apps:

High scalability

Components are optimized to manage millions of concurrent users without compromising performance.

Real-time gamification

Results from trivia questions, polls and votes are calculated in real-time to award points, badges and rank players on leaderboards

Low-latency

Our proprietary WebSocket protocol offers low latency communication and robust state synchronization for millions of users

Opportunities

  • Interactive second screen apps can reach millions of viewers, resulting in increased viewer retention and loyalty for live TV, FAST channels, and SVOD services.
  • TV shows and second screen apps provide a positive brand experience for sponsors, driving leads, measurable impressions, and first-party user data.
  • Develop innovative TV formats that integrate play-along experiences, revolutionizing the viewing experience for millions of viewers.

Case Study

The Voice

Ex Machina developed the first ever second screen experience for The Voice, which turned out to be an industry-defining companion app. Discover how features like live voting and team creation allows viewers to actively participate in the show.

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