Content producers can use MPP's eSuite to create a paywall on their site, requiring viewers to pay a fee before receiving access to high-quality videos hosted by vzaar.  Both MPP's eSuite and vzaar's player were designed to blend into any web environment, ensuring a seamless customer experience with every transaction.

vzaar offers high quality video hosting, totally customizable video players, and video marketing tools to a variety of online businesses with very different requirements. Content producing clients are unique in their need for a paywall solution.

"Rather than build resources that would benefit only one percent of our client base, we've partnered with a service that is designed to meet the specific needs of paid content producers," says vzaar CEO Stephen McCluskey.  "MPP Global Solutions is the leader in online payment technology, and they were the obvious first choice for easy and secure checkouts for our clients.  We're thrilled to partner with MPP and help our members profit from their original content."

Paul Johnson, CEO of MPP Global Solutions said: "Partnering with vzaar to help video producers to monetize their content online is another fantastic announcement which demonstrates MPP's commitment to providing the most advanced and broadly integrated media payment services."

"Having spent the last decade continually advancing our eSuite payment products specifically for the media and entertainment sectors, we are perfectly positioned to help vzaar's customers to drive revenues for their content and we are very excited about this announcement."

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About vzaar

vzaar is the go-to video hosting and distribution platform for businesses large and small. vzaar's refreshingly easy to use interface intuitively formats video content for audiences across the globe, ensuring it's playable on every device on the planet. Built expressly for professionals with a service or product to promote, vzaar comes preloaded with all the customization, security and analytical tools needed to get the job done - with no distracting bells and whistles. Founded in 2007, vzaar is based out of London, UK, although you'd never guess it by the variety of accents found in the office. Over 50% of vzaar's business clients are based in the US.

About MPP

MPP Global Solutions are the provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries.

With well over a decade's experience providing advanced universal and secure eCommerce Payment Solutions MPP offers a breadth of payment functionality which has helped to attract such high profile clients as BSkyB, News International, Philips and Universal Music Group.

Together with being fully compliant with PCI-DSS and regulated to process, store or transmit payment details means MPP Global Solutions are a name to trust.

MPP Global Solutions

secure | payments | anywhere

Almost two-thirds of industry leaders from the publishing industry foresee that newspapers and other print publishers will end up as digital-only enterprises by 2020, according to a survey conducted by MPP Global Solutions.

Conducted during two webinars examining the future for the publishing industry, the survey gathered opinions from publishing sector stakeholders across North America, Europe and Asia, with 60% of respondents predicting that we will see the majority of newspaper publishers moving to digital only enterprises within their lifetimes.

MPP Global Solutions, the leading provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries conducted the exploration entitled 'Print Publishing, 1605 - 2020, R.I.P. Is There Life after Death?' MPP are well positioned to discuss the digital strategies and monetisation of digital content due to their position as providers of the eCommerce solutions for the much-lauded paywall for the Times website.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer for MPP Global Solutions, said: "This result confirms that the Publishing Industry acknowledges that the future of print publishing is limited, and ensuring the long term future requires a digital strategy to enable content to be delivered to consumers in new ways."

Newspapers in the UK are experiencing on average a 10% drop year-on-year for daily print sales according to figures released by ABC in December 2011.

Paul added: "With declining print sales and the dramatic rise in the sales of smartphones and tablets for users to access digital editions of newspapers and magazines, publishers have to ensure that they embrace the delivery of digital content across multiple platforms."

"What is interesting is how they will continue to monetise content and drive the bottom line figures in the future. Implementation of paywall technology is working for newspapers such as the Times in the UK and the New York Times and this could prove to be the difference between success and failure in the long term."

For more information on MPP Global Solutions and how they enable publishers to monetise digital content visit www.mppglobal.com

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About MPP
www.mppglobal.com 

MPP Global Solutions are the provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries.

With well over a decade's experience providing advanced universal and secure eCommerce Payment Solutions MPP offers a breadth of payment functionality which has helped to attract such high profile clients as BSkyB, News International, Philips and Universal Music Group.

Together with being fully compliant with PCI-DSS and regulated to process, store or transmit payment details means MPP Global Solutions are a name to trust.

MPP Global Solutions

secure | payments | anywhere

MPP Global Solutions, the leading provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries and re:fine Group, industry leaders in file based workflows providing global electronic distribution are well placed to offer joined up distribution and monetisation services for content owners across the world.

Symon Roue, Chairman of re:fine group said, "I am delighted to be partnering with MPP Global Solutions. This partnership combines the talents and technologies of two dynamic and leading-edge companies that will ultimately provide our clients with the digital media services they need to digitise and distribute their content and a first-class eCommerce solution that allows them to monetise that content. 

"Their experience and expertise in the eCommerce payment sector is easily discernible from their impressive client list and it was a straightforward decision to work with the market leader in this field. We are looking forward to working closely with MPP to enable mutual clients to effectively distribute and monetise content online."

"We're delighted to be partnering with such a dynamic company that has a long history of growing entrepreneurial, innovative businesses," said Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of MPP Global Solutions. "re:fine Group and MPP Global Solutions understand the power of technology and this arrangement provides clients with access to that technology with a more complete consumer oriented solution covering both distribution and monetisation for which a conjoined approach is essential in the 21st century."

MPP Global Solutions, the leading provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries and Craftwork, a leading software development company specialising in providing solutions for the digital TV industry will prove a dominant force in providing joined up software development and monetisation solutions for the pay-TV sector globally.

Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer for MPP Global Solutions, said: "Working with Craftwork is another fantastic step in the development of MPP's partnership network of technology companies, solutions providers and systems integrators across the world. This exciting new partnership with Craftwork brings together the very best in integrated eCommerce payment solutions and the leading provider of digital TV software development.

"By coordinating complementary technology services such as our award-winning eCommerce payment services and market leading software development services provided by Craftwork means we are able to offer content providers, set top box manufacturers and the digital TV sector as a whole a joined up service for developing and monetising content across the globe"

MPP Global Solutions' advanced eCommerce payments platform eSuite is built on three core pillars providing full integration with multiple payment types such as Credit and Debit Card, Direct Debit,  Mobile Billing and PayPal. One-click purchasing is available across multiple payment methods such as Pre and Post-pay Micropayments, Subscriptions and Real Time, and payment channels including Web, Smartphone, iPad and Connected-TV.

Craftwork focuses upon three key areas; professional services, application development and technology licensing. Supporting clients' needs from leading edge R&D projects through to full-scale deployments, Craftwork has a proven track-record of enabling leading operators and CE manufacturers to efficiently realise their product roadmaps.

Søren Mou Jakobsen, Managing Director for Craftwork, said: "We are delighted to be working with MPP to combine our mutual experience and expertise in the Digital TV sector.

"By leveraging Craftwork's experience in development and integration we will truly enable our mutual customers to rapidly deploy MPP's payment software to monetise their content. The possibilities for our partnership are endless and this is a very exciting development to announce."

MPP has been the preferred provider of eCommerce payment gateways and content entitlement for the past six years for Sky across a series of its digital services, including Sky Go, which delivers TV services to PC, Mac, games consoles, iPads and iPhones.With this announcement Sky have confirmed that they have reselected MPP to continue to provide their award winning payment solutions across the UK.

Chris Cheney, CTO and Co-Founder of MPP Global Solutions said: "Over the past 6 years we have prided ourselves on working closely with Sky to provide the eCommerce payment technology which it requires to help power their content across multiple channels.

"This development demonstrates MPP's continuous development and commitment to providing the highest level of service to our clients. We are looking forward to continuing our working relationship with Sky."

Established in 2000, MPP Global Solutions have emerged as the leading provider of eCommerce Payment Solutions to the Media and Entertainment industries in the UK having secured such high profile clients as Universal Music Group and Sky.  MPP offer eCommerce payment gateways and solutions built upon a breadth of integration across multiple payment types, payment channels and payment methods.

To find out more about MPP Global Solutions and their integrated, bespoke and secure eCommerce solutions please visit www.mppglobal.com

The eCommerce Awards for Excellence are the only awards of their kind in the UK, recognising and celebrating the companies that are driving the eCommerce industry forward in 2011. Now in their third year, the eCommerce Awards for Excellence is truly a testament of the advancements MPP have made in their eCommerce payment solutions and their standing within the payment industry as a whole.

The Best eCommerce Payment Innovation category sponsored by Paypal recognises the payment providers who consider points of payment as part of the overall brand offering for a client. Offering multiple payment types across multiple content channels delivers value to both client and consumer. Working closely with such high profile clients as BSkyB, News International, Philips, YouView and Miniweb, MPP are truly at the heart of developing fully integrated payment solutions which deliver the functionality which companies require to build cross channel monetised content.

Co-founder and CTO of MPP Global Solutions, Chris Cheney said: "This is a terrific acknowledgement of all the tireless hard work which the team at MPP have put forth over the last 11 years to develop a payment product of which we can be truly proud."

"Our clients' requirements and the demands of their customers are our focus. Our aim is to enable organisations from across the globe to generate revenue for content through a multitude of channels including web, connected-TV and mobile."

The award ceremony will take place in London at the Olympia Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 11th October as part of the eCommerce Expo.

Chris added: "By delivering world class payment services to all our clients every day and by understanding their needs and the future of the payment industry we can ensure that we stay at the forefront of the payment services industry. This fantastic acknowledgement signals that we are making good on our promises to our clients and is a great honour even just to be shortlisted."

MPP Global Solutions, the leading provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries and Zappware, a leading developer of off-the-shelf and custom designed end-to-end interactive digital television solutions will now prove a dominant force in driving the monetisation of digital content through eCommerce powered apps and video on demand services for Connected-TVs, tablets and smartphones.

Paul Johnson, CEO for MPP Global Solutions, said: "This exciting new partnership with Zappware brings together the very best in integrated eCommerce payment solutions and the leading provider in intuitive and creative EPGs, VOD portals and apps.

This natural partnership offers content owners the opportunity to monetise digital content through seamless, broadly integrated digital platforms building on the years of expertise of both companies."

MPP Global Solutions' advanced eCommerce payments platform eSuite is built on three core pillars providing full integration with multiple payment types such as Credit and Debit Card, Direct Debit and Mobile Billing. Multiple payment methods such as Pre and Post-pay Micropayments, Subscriptions and Real Time, and payment channels including Web, Mobile and Connected-TV.

The predicted growth in connected-TVs will open up new revenue streams as more and more consumers switch on their TV to gain the "full internet experience" of viewing, streaming videos, shopping and networking.

Zappware delivers a range of off-the-shelf and custom-designed end-to-end solutions for electronic program guides (EPGs), video-on-demand (VoD) portals, personal video recording (PVR) applications, and red-button applications, featuring their iView Application Delivery Platform in the back-end with which MPP's payment engine has integrated. Zappware's multi-screen solutions have been deployed with numerous operators in Europe.

Koen Swings, CTO for Zappware, said: "This fantastic partnership with MPP will help provide a crucial bridge between Interactive TV Solutions and integrated eCommerce payment platforms.

"Driving the delivery and monetisation of content from the leading content owners and broadcasters across Europe is an exciting proposition, and one which we are well placed to deliver."

MPP's award winning payment solution, eSuite, has been announced by Philips at the IFA Consumer Electronics show in Berlin as demonstrating the required level of functionality, integration points and security to power Smart TV Payments, the monetisation module of Philips Smart TVs.

The Philips Smart TV combines TV broadcasting, video-on-demand, internet browsing and access to a library of apps and social media. eDeveloper, a module of the eSuite and MPP's API toolkit of payment functions, will be shared with app developers and content providers enabling Philips to offer their customers secure and seamless access to paid-for content delivery, central storage and re-use of consumer payment details and promoting one-click transactions. Consumers will be able to purchase products, services or content from hundreds of content providers from their centralised payment account.

Albert Mombarg, Senior Director of Smart TV at Philips Consumer Lifestyle said: "Our 2nd Generation Smart TV is a major step forward in the connected-TV world. The decision to work with MPP Global Solutions was a straightforward one when considering their track record and experience in providing advanced and broadly integrated payment services."

MPP Global Solutions are well placed to integrate their payment solutions into Philips platform having a client list including BSkyB, News International and Miniweb's woomi connected-TV platform for which MPP provide the eCommerce payment technology to process transactions. With over 11 years of experience in the field of eCommerce payment solutions, MPP have a wealth of expertise in the field of digital content monetisation for the Media and Entertainment Industries.

Paul Johnson, CEO of MPP Global Solutions said: "We are over the moon to be working with such a prestigious brand as Philips. The opportunity to demonstrate our experience and ability to provide secure, universal payment solutions for Philips Smart TV around the world in so many languages and currencies demonstrates that MPP are truly at the leading edge of eCommerce technology.

"MPP are continually developing and optimising our payment solutions. Integrating them into Philips' Smart TV platform demonstrates MPP's ability to help clients to monetise content anywhere."

Since 2000 MPP have been continually developing their payment and core billing offering to a level which attracts some of the biggest Media and Entertainment companies in the World such as BSkyB, News International and Universal Music Group. Building upon these successes MPP are committed to supporting their staff's charitable endeavours by demonstrating their support for this worthy cause.

James Eddleston, Marketing Manager of MPP Global Solutions said: "At MPP we wanted to build upon our business successes of recent years and develop a charitable relationship which is close to everyone's heart.

"We conducted a survey of the entire company, and after checking the results Cancer Research UK was selected as the official company charity."

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. The charity's ground-breaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. This work is funded entirely by the public.

Louise Aubrey, Area Volunteer Manager for Cancer Research UK said: "We are delighted that MPP Global Solutions have selected Cancer Research UK as their preferred charity. This announcement demonstrates the fact that throughout our lives 1 in 3 of us are touched by cancer and we rely on supporters like the staff at MPP to continue our life saving work."

James Eddleston added: "We are looking forward to raising as much money as possible to help support Cancer Research UK's important research into the causes and treatments of Cancer."

To find out more about MPP Global Solutions and their secure core billing payment solutions please visit www.mppglobal.com.