ioko is a systems integration and IT services company that designs, builds and runs digital media platforms for Media and Entertainment companies worldwide. It specialises in application development, media systems integration and dedicated managed services and mostly known for its involvement in the major Video on Demand

Video on demand

Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...

 developments in the UK as well as in the USA and middle east. ioko has been associated with Sky Anytime

Sky Anytime

Sky Anytime is the brand-name of a range of services from BSkyB designed to compete with video on demand services currently offered by rival companies such as Virgin Media or Tiscali TV as well as Internet Television services such as ITV Player and Sky Go....

, ATT Uverse TV, Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's 4 on Demand (4oD

4oD

4oD is a video on demand service from Channel 4. Launched in November 2006, 4oD stands for "4 on Demand". The service offers a variety of programmes recently shown on Channel 4, E4, More4 or from their archives...

), ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

.com, Project Kangaroo and SeeSaw

SeeSaw (Internet television)

SeeSaw was an Internet television service, born out of the BBC-led Project Kangaroo and launched in the UK on 17 February 2010. It was acquired by the Criterion Media Group in July 2011 but the agreed investment never materialised. The service was shut down on 28 October 2011...

. These VOD implementations have been largely instrumental in creating the emerging broadband VOD market in the UK. ioko are heavily associated with Vignette

Vignette (software)

Vignette Corporation is a company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that offers a suite of content management, portal, collaboration, document management, and records management software. On May 6, 2009 Open Text Corporation announced they would buy Vignette for $310 million...

 and Kontiki

Kontiki

Kontiki is a peer-assisted content delivery technology company, founded in November 2000. It was acquired by VeriSign in March 2006. VeriSign, as part of a major divestiture, sold Kontiki to MK Capital in May 2008....

, although they claim to be platform and vendor agnostic.

ioko also has significant interests in the UK Health sector, providing 3rd party hosting onto the NHS

National Health Service

The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

 N3

N3 (NHS)

N3 is the national broadband network for the English National Health Service , connecting all NHS locations and 1.3 million employees across England. In 2004, BT was awarded the contract to deliver and manage N3 on behalf of the NHS....

 network and full infrastructure for the leading private hospitals in England through the Carelink division.

In April 2011, ioko was acquired by KIT Digital

KIT digital

KIT digital is a global provider of end-to-end video management software and services. The company is headquartered in Prague, and maintains principal offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Buenos Aires, New York, Chennai, Cologne, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan,...

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