Playcast Media Systems

Playcast Media SystemsIndustry| Cloud computing

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Founded| 2007
Founder| Guy Debeer, Natan Peterfreund
Defunct| 2 June 2015[1][2][3]
Headquarters| Caesarea, Israel[4]
Products| Cloud gaming
Website| Playcast Media Systems

Playcast Media Systems was a cloud gaming service company, based in Caesarea, Israel.[5][6][7] In June 2015, Playcast merged with rival cloud gaming company GameFly.[1] Playcast was backed by Venture Capital firms Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and MK Capital.[8]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Playcast Media Systems was founded in 2007 by Mr. Guy Debeer and Dr. Natan Peterfreund. In February 2008 a Beta version was installed on a live cable network and latterly a large scale pilot was installed on a Hot cable TV network to test in Israel.[9][10]

Playcast was among the first gaming-on-demand technology services companies for Cable and IPTV in the world and had partnerships with some of the largest video game publishers in the world, including: Activision, Atari, Disney, Capcom, Codemasters, THQ and Strategy First.[11][12][13]

In November 2010, Portugal Telecom and Playcast Media Systems announced the first commercial launch of the new service, available on Portugal Telecom's platform.,[14] the service was named Meo Jogos,.[15]

In July 2012, Playcast Media System brought its cloud gaming service to over 3.51 million CJ Hellovision subscribers in South Korea.[16]

In October 2013, Playcast cloud gaming service was launched to customers of French fixed and mobile operator Bouygues Telecom; the service was made available on TVs for users of Bouygues Telecom’s Bbox Sensation set-top box, offering instant gaming on more than 50 titles.[17]

In 2014, Playcast launched a cloud gaming app for Amazon Fire TV Microconsole[18]

## See also

* List of cloud gaming solution providers

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GameFly acquires Playcast, launches streaming service
2. ↑ U.S.-based GameFly merges with Israel’s Playcast to stream video games over Amazon Fire TV
3. ↑ GameFly buys Israeli cloud gaming company Playcast
4. ↑ Contact Us - Playcast
5. ↑ "Business Week". Investing.businessweek.com. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=54787945. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
6. ↑ "Gamesindustry.biz". Gamesindustry.biz. 2009-07-21. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/playcast-launches-games-on-demand-cable-service. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
7. ↑ http://www.techmagnews.com/ps3-quality-lag-free-gaming-via-your-set-top-box.html Techmagnews.com
8. ↑ News Post - JVP. Jvpvc.com (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
9. ↑ "Playcast Does Away with Consoles for TV Video Games". Techwatch.co.uk. 2007-10-28. http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/03/15/playcast-does-away-with-consoles-for-tv-video-games/. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
10. ↑ Hartley, Adam (2009-07-20). "Techradar.com". Techradar.com. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/ps3-quality-lag-free-gaming-via-your-set-top-box-618129. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
11. ↑ Times Online[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
12. ↑ "Trading Markets". Trading Markets. 2010-11-11. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/pt_portugal-telecom-and-playcast-media-launch-high-end-video-games-streaming-service-1300979.html. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
13. ↑ "Engadget.com". Engadget.com. https://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/playcast-media-nabs-support-from-big-name-publishers-aims-to-br/. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
14. ↑ Yahoo Finance Portugal Telecom and Playcast[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
15. ↑ MEO Jogos
16. ↑ Cloud gaming co Playcast Media in Korean TV deal
17. ↑ NVIDIA GRID Technology to Power Playcast Cloud-Gaming Solution at France’s Bouygues Telecom
18. ↑ Playcast Media Announces Cloud Gaming App Now In Beta For Amazon Fire TV; By William Cannon | Jul 30 2014

## External links

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Cloud gaming and video game live streaming services

Cloud gaming|

* GeForce Now
* Kalydo
* PlayStation Now
* Stadia
* LiquidSky

Defunct|

* InstantAction
* G-cluster
* Gaikai
* GameFly Streaming
* OnLive
* Playcast Media Systems

Upcoming|

* xCloud

Streaming|

* Facebook Gaming
* Twitch
* Mixer
* YouTube Gaming

Related|

* Steam Link

Discontinued|

* StreamMyGame

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