Zattoo to zap

The Zattoo vision is: "Internet TV is everywhere. Zattoo is driving and leading it." Television has been available on notebooks for five years now. Zattoo celebrated this last week with a birthday party at the Enge lakeside resort. Zattoo has been available on cell phones for 18 months. What the pioneer is still missing is the step onto the big screen via boxes and smart TVs. The challenge here is the inevitably different user interaction. Instead of a mouse or touchscreen, all that remains is the remote control. Viewers want to be able to zap from their couch. "We now have the first prototype in the office," says Managing Director Niklas Brambring of Zattoo International in the "City of the Future" in Oerlikon. The new development should not be launched with a "big bang". "But the technology has potential," says Head of Sales Switzerland Martin Schlenker. Incidentally, the market is set to take place here and in Germany in the future. "In the USA and many other countries, the problem with broadcasting rights has proven to be too complicated."

With the possibility of now being able to offer TV on a large screen, Zattoo is entering into even more direct competition with cable providers. "Our picture quality on the big screen will be the same as with Swisscom TV," promises Niklas Brambring.

In order to keep up with the latest developments, Zattoo has just brought a third content distribution network on board. With three systems working in parallel, you can switch to the best available quality at any time from the control center. It is also important that the flat screen does not remain dark for too long when zapping. Zattoo has now reached 1.5 seconds instead of the previous 5.
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