On 5 March 2007, we launched Zoopy as a brand new multimedia service in South Africa, changing the lives and internet media habits of our fans forever. We’ve never taken your attention for granted, and really appreciate you visiting us and watching our videos over the last five years. Here’s to many more together, on whatever device you’re using, wherever you are, whenever you like.
To make the day extra special, some local celebs decided to wish us a happy birthday
Adding to our already-impressive collection of apps is the new version of our iOS (iPhone) app. This new version loads faster, looks better and does more!
The biggest change is the new iPad interface. Download the app on iTunes and sync it to your iPhone and iPad, with a unique interface for each.
Now you can watch Zoopy from your phone, or your tablet, with ease. Same great app, new experiences everywhere!
As we continue to grow Zoopy into the mobile entertainment destination everyone wants to watch on their phone, we’re looking to welcome a senior PHP developer to the team.
If you can tick all the boxes below, please give us a shout. If you make the shortlist, you’ll need to be available for a personal interview at Zoopy HQ in Cape Town in the very near future.
Here’s who we’re looking for:
Senior Developer
Working together with Zoopy’s Systems Architect, you’ll be responsible for:
Developing innovative, standards-based, database-driven, scalable code across our web and mobile platforms
Maintaining existing codebase and extending current functionality
Deployment and general health of codebase
Researching, evaluating and implementing new technologies to support codebase
Contributing to brainstorming and wireframing sessions to develop new products
Turning ideas into solutions and solutions into super-tight-deadline actions
Upholding Zoopy’s culture of innovation and can-do spirit
Here’s what you need to bring with you:
Substantial LAMP experience, with MVC experience essential
5+ years of relevant development experience
Mobile development experience in both websites and apps
Background in working with online video preferred
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work on projects with minimal supervision but lots of team work
A professional level of verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Technically-speaking, you need to be able to demonstrate proficiency in working with:
Linux, Apache, MySQL and object-orientated PHP
Vanilla JS
XML, JSON, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC and other related technologies
Please send your application to info@zoopy.com as soon as possible. We’re looking to fill this position in the next two weeks, so we’re going to begin shortlisting quickly and then move to final interview stages.
The numbers are in. Mobile video consumption and engagement has increased dramatically over recent months, leapfrogging desktop access across many metrics.
In addition, according to recent reports from both eMarketer and Gartner, mobile video advertising is poised for the fastest growth of all the mobile ad platforms between now and 2015. In fact, eMarketer predicts that mobile video ads will generate more revenue in 2015 than the combined revenue generated by banners and rich media combined in 2011.
One of Zoopy’s presenters, Leani Ekermans, was chosen to be on the cover of Vodacom Now’s digital magazine in a piece about online shopping. Being digital, the article also features a video of Leani and her online shopping experience, and as always we couldn’t be prouder of one of our own. Keep on keeping on, Leani!
See the cover here and click through to Leani’s video by jumping to ’3′ at the bottom right of the digimag.
If you’re looking for a quick video summary of the day ahead, you have to watch Rise & Shine! At 7.30am every weekday morning, we bring you day’s top news headlines, traffic and weather, giving you everything you need to know in one jam-packed video update, all brought to you by our gorgeous three presenters Jamie, Lizeola and Terri.
Here’s this morning’s episode:
Take a look at some of our previous episodes in the Rise & Shine channel and remember to tune into Zoopy every morning at 7.30am sharp!
The second new Zoopy show to hit our viewers’ mobile screens is Babe Brigade, a show that introduces you to a sensational selection of South Africa’s freshest modeling talent, hand-picked for their attitude, achievements and good looks. Here’s one of our first Babes, Dana:
We’re attending the Mobile Video Summit in London this week to look at where the mobile video industry is moving around the globe. These are a few of the interesting stats and insights shared:
The first major event to use live mobile video streaming was a Bon Jovi concert in December 2005. Bon Jovi, really?
Unsurprisingly, the addition of 4G access to Sprint’s network in March 2010 resulted in an exponential shift in data consumption. Roll on, LTE!
Currently, video streaming is the largest single application type worldwide, accounting for 39% of global mobile bandwidth
By 2015, worldwide mobile data will increase 20x and 66% of it will be mobile video
Battery technology has not kept up with processors, memory and display advancements and is one of the major challenges facing the mobile video industry – users need to be able to consume multiple videos without half of their battery power disappearing
Mobile data allows very precise location targeting by throwing up a geo-fence around an area, which allows a mobile operator to identify users who have been to a certain location (a football stadium, for example) to be able to deliver relevant messages to a very specific group of users
Video MMS messages have an extremely high recall rate – a recent Lynx (Axe) campaign in the UK had an 84% recall rate
40% of tablet and smartphone owners use them while watching TV daily
5% of mobile adspend in 2011 is being spent on mobile video, increasing to 60% by 2015
We, here at Zoopy, love all things video! We watch on our phones and on our PC’s. So we’re super excited that we can now watch Zoopy videos on our TV’s, with our new BOXEE app!
Boxee.tv – a platform for internet video/TV – has apps for Windows, Mac and Linux. They also make a special box that you plug right into your TV set, which means you can watch all your favorite Phuti and Kuli videos from the comfort of your couch.
Get your couch potato on with this cool little app. You’ll be in love in 90 seconds!