Industry Media & Telecoms | Founded 2015 | |
Type Broadcast, mobile and OTT solutions Headquarters Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom Key people Matt Seaman CE, Roger Matthews MD, Bodo Linnhoff, David Thompson and Simon Dore Products Onboard entertainment service, Video on demand, Pay TV using BYOD | ||
GoMedia is a British company which supplies internet connection, films and email for travelers on trains and coaches. In 2015, it won the contract for providing end-to-end content sourcing and management system to passengers of the Eurostar trains. Rather than using a monitor on the seat in front of the passenger, it uses the passenger's own device ("Bring Your Own Device" or BYOD) such as mobiles and tablets. It uses the vehicle's own wi-fi rather than the passenger's independent mobile network for on-board infotainment.
GoMedia was first launched on Eurostar trains in March 2016 and was quickly followed by Virgin trains in July 2016. It is described by the rethinkresearch.biz website as 'the first in-train entertainment portal in the UK'.
The free on-demand entertainment provided include: blockbuster films, catch-up TV, box sets, cartoons, games, newspapers and magazines. A tracker app also shows the train's exact location. GoMedia have awarded the 'cloaking contract' to Irdeto, as well as the wi-fi's security, using their Secure Key Exchange (SKE).
Chief executive Matt Seaman has previously worked for Sky TV, Virgin Media and ITV. Ex-Sky "Cloud" managing director Roger Matthews and ex-BBC Worldwide's Simon Dore also joined GoMedia's team in 2015.