GCI Taps Synacor for Hosted Email and TV Authentication
August 10 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Deal Expands Synacor’s Relationship with GCI;
Providing Subscribers Seamless Access to TV Everywhere Content
Across Devices
Synacor Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNC) and GCI today announced that the
companies have expanded their partnership. The multiyear agreement
includes an upgrade to Synacor’s hosted email platform and
deployment of Synacor Advanced Cloud ID to streamline the
subscriber login experience on connected TVs and mobile devices.
Users will be able to seamlessly access video content across
devices without having to repeatedly enter passwords.
Synacor’s Advanced Cloud ID solution simplifies the subscriber
TV Everywhere login experience anywhere end users access their
services, whether in-home on their Wi-Fi network, on a connected TV
or on mobile. GCI users will only have to sign in once on devices
to access authenticated TV Everywhere apps. Once a user is signed
into one app, any other app on any device, from participating
providers will automatically log the user into all other supported
apps requiring authentication.
“At GCI, we are constantly working to improve our service and
deliver the best experience possible to our customers,” said
Heather Handyside, GCI’s director of corporate communications. “Our
customers will have a richer and more secure digital experience
powered by Synacor’s innovative technology platform.”
“We’re honored to be expanding our partnership with GCI,” said
John Kavanagh, Executive Director of Identity Management Solutions
at Synacor. “Through our joint efforts, we are delivering a more
seamless customer experience deepening GCI’s engagement with its
customers.”
About Advanced Cloud ID
Synacor Advanced Cloud ID is the industry’s only end-to-end
identity platform that simplifies the subscriber login experience
anywhere end users access their video services. Whether viewing in
the home via a Wi-Fi network, connected TV or on mobile with an iOS
or Android mobile phone or tablet, users can get to the content
they want faster and with less headaches. GCI subscribers will
benefit from the following features:
- Apple Single Sign-On & Mobile
SSO: Eliminate the need to repeatedly enter passwords inside
each pay TV application. With Apple SSO, GCI customers simply allow
each TV programmer app to verify that they subscribe to a requested
channel.
- Device Rendezvous for Connected TV
Login: Subscriptions seamlessly verified so users can access
pay TV content without having to login again across TV Everywhere
apps on Apple TVs.
- Brute Force Attack Prevention:
Enhanced security to protect subscriber personally identifiable
information and block attacks from malicious actors, including
botnets serving brute force attacks.
Synacor is on a mission to improve the consumer sign-on
experience. The company’s latest whitepaper, “Let Them Watch More
TV: How to Easily Overcome the Login Problem,” outlines the
challenges facing pay TV’s deployment of sign-on solutions, the
technical and strategic changes resolving these concerns, and the
many benefits of today’s best-in-class simplified sign-on
solutions.
About GCI
GCI is the largest communications provider in Alaska, providing
data, wireless, video, voice, and managed services to consumer and
business customers throughout the nation. Headquartered in
Alaska, GCI has delivered services for nearly 40 years to some of
the most remote communities and in some of the most challenging
conditions in North America. Learn more about GCI
at www.gci.com.
About Synacor
Synacor is the trusted technology development, multiplatform
services and revenue partner for video, internet and communications
providers, device manufacturers, and enterprises. Our mission is to
enable our customers to better engage with their consumers. Our
customers use our technology platforms and services to scale their
businesses and extend their subscriber relationships. We deliver
managed portals, advertising solutions, email and collaboration
platforms, end-to-end video solutions and cloud-based identity
management. Synacor enables its customers to better engage with
their consumers. www.synacor.com
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SynacorMatt Wolfrom, 716-362-3880VP, Corporate
CommunicationsMatt.Wolfrom@synacor.comorGCIHeather Handyside,
907-868-6838hhandyside@gci.com
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