Contract Win

RNS Number : 8499N

Rightster Group PLC

21 May 2015

 

Rightster Group plc
("Rightster", the "Group", or the "Company")

Contract Win

Rightster Group plc (LSE AIM: RSTR), the cloud-based global video distribution and monetisation network, today announces that it has partnered with Spotify.

As part of the deal, Rightster will provide Spotify with short-form video content to further engage its millions of users on mobile. The Company will focus on providing Spotify with content from several verticals including Celebrity and Entertainment, News, Fashion, Sport and Social, leveraging its scale and depth with Content Owners and expertise in working across multiple video platforms.

Daniel Fisher, SVP Audience Solutions, Rightster says: "This is an incredibly exciting evolution of Spotify's already highly engaging service and the perfect opportunity for Rightster to leverage its Multi-Platform Network of Content Owners to help Spotify entertain its users via a new medium. We are looking forward to adding Spotify to our expanding platform, portal and publisher roster, building an even bigger audience for Spotify and our Content partners."

ENDS

For further information visit www.rightster.com or please contact: 

Rightster Group plc	via Newgate
Patrick Walker CEO or Niall Dore, CFO
Cenkos Securities plc	Tel: [phone]
Max Hartley/Mark Connelly (Nomad) / Julian Morse (Sales)
Newgate	Tel: [phone]
Tim Thompson/Robyn McConnachie

About Rightster Group plc

Founded in 2011, Rightster is already the number one global multi-platform network for online video. Rightster's cloud-based software and services platform makes it simple for Content Owners, Creators, Brands, Publishers and Platforms to unlock the value of online video, whether on a licenced, ad-funded, direct to consumer or paid placement basis. Rightster's network stands at over 2,500 Content Owners and over 10,500 Publishers, managed by global and local teams in 13 offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

 

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