21 June 2022

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AFERIAN PLC

("Aferian", the "Company" or the "Group")

Amino software powers Now TV integration

Now TV deploys a fully integrated Amino software stack, including Amino OS and Amino Engage, to integrate its IPTV service with OTT in a next generation Android TV user experience (UX) on its newly launched Android TV box Now H1

The new offering integrates OTT services such as HBO GO, Netflix, Red Bull TV, Bloomberg and Deutsche Welle

Amino handles the Android TV and Netflix certification processes to enable Now TV to concentrate on providing great content and user experience

Aferian plc (LSE AIM: AFRN), the B2B video streaming solutions company, today announces that Amino has collaborated with Now TV, the leading pay-TV service in Hong Kong and the media entertainment arm of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider and a leading innovator, to integrate its pioneering IPTV service with popular OTT services such as HBO GO and Netflix.

Mr Derek Choi, Managing Director, HKT Home, said, "We are thrilled to introduce Now H1 to families in Hong Kong. By converging the TV and OTT worlds, Amino has helped Now H1 redefine the viewing experience for Hong Kong consumers by providing a modern Android TV user experience that combines Now TV content with preloaded OTT services such as HBO GO, ViuTV, Viu, Netflix, Red Bull TV and Deutsche Welle."

Amino Engage, Amino's SaaS service management solution, simplifies Now TV's device and app management to deliver excellent customer service, experience, and insight into video consumption metrics for monetization. This increases operational efficiency, helps Now TV provide high-touch customer support, and boosts customer loyalty and monetization. The AminoOS device software enables operators to deliver a modern viewing experience that seamlessly integrates OTT and IPTV.

Donald McGarva, Aferian Group CEO, said: "As a long-standing Now TV technology partner, we spend a lot of time talking to them so that we know exactly where they want to be next week, next month and in one or more years' time. We knew that Now TV needed a combination of the rock-solid user experience of pay-TV and the user-friendly and wide choice of OTT streaming, and that's exactly what Amino software has delivered - an exciting 'best of both world's' TV and video service."

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About Aferian plc 

Aferian plc (AIM: AFRN) is a B2B video streaming solutions company. Our end-to-end solutions bring live and on-demand video to every kind of screen. We create the forward-thinking solutions that our customers need to drive subscriber engagement, audience satisfaction, and revenue growth.

It is our belief that successful media companies and services will be those that are most consumer-centric, data driven and flexible to change. We focus on innovating technologies that enable our customers stay ahead of evolving viewer demand by providing smarter, more cost-effective ways of delivering end-to-end modern TV and video experiences to consumers. By anticipating technological and behavioural audience trends, our software solutions empower our customers to heighten viewer enjoyment, drive growth in audience share and ultimately their profitability.

Aferian plc has two operating companies: 24i, which focusses on streaming video experiences, and Amino, which connects Pay TV to streaming services. Our two complementary companies combine their products and services to create solutions which ensure that people can consume TV and video how and when they want it. Our solutions deliver modern TV and video experiences every day to millions of viewers globally, via our growing global customer base of over 500 service providers.

Aferian plc is traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM stock market (AIM: symbol AFRN). Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Company has over 350 staff located in offices in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Madrid, Porto, Brno, Bath, Buenos Aires, and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit www.aferian.com

About Amino Communications

Amino is a global leader in media and entertainment technology solutions and an IPTV pioneer, working with over 250 operators in 100-plus countries. Drawing on more than 20 years' experience delivering IP and cloud innovation, Amino enables Pay TV providers to seamlessly deliver live, local and on-demand broadcast or streaming content with all the features required in a multiscreen entertainment world.

Amino Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aferian PLC and listed on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM: AFRN), with headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and global offices in California, Finland, Hong Kong, and Portugal. For more details, visit www.Amino.tv