About

Tectonic Interactive is the award-winning media technology business, with clients including the UK's leading broadcasters ITV, the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The Tectonic platform is trusted and used by TV broadcasters and radio stations to manage large-scale interaction with their TV audiences, on programmes ranging from The X Factor to Love Island. Tectonic Interactive was awarded the prize for “Best Digital Platform Innovation” and “Best App” by Broadcast Magazine and “Best Content Innovation” at IBC. The company was a finalist for the BAFTA TV Craft Awards.

GDPR Compliant Competition Platform – GDPR ready

The Tectonic competition platform enables broadcasters to run competitions which are compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This enables broadcasters, radio networks and media companies to be GDPR ready, comply with GDPR regulations and demonstrate regulatory compliance with the Information Commissioners Office. Competition entrants remain in control of their data. After a verification check, consumers can view and amend data held about them and enact their ‘right to be forgotten’. Data is securely managed by Tectonic Interactive as the data processor. By using Tectonic Interactive’s solution, broadcasters are enabled to continue working with digital agencies, brands and sponsors and achieve compliance with GDPR regulations.

Secure Voting Platform

The Tectonic voting platform enables millions of viewers to interact with their favourite TV shows. The secure voting platform handles sudden spikes of interactive traffic elegantly, reliably and accurately. The platform enables broadcasters to provide in-app voting, website voting, on Twitter and Facebook. Tectonic is the voting platform of choice for TV broadcasters in the UK.

Interaction with Quiz shows and game shows

The Tectonic interactive platform is used to enable real-time audience interaction with game shows and quiz shows. The platform is used where the result must be 100% accurate; where a prize is at stake; where viewers have paid; where viewer data must remain secure and where the audience directly influences the outcome of the show.

Compliant Services

Tectonic Interactive’s data security specialists ensure that our services are compliant with EU and UK data security laws, GDPR regulations and broadcaster guidelines. We ensure that personally identifiable information is stored and managed securely. Our Information Security Management System is certified as compliant with ISO 27001/02.

Plug-in and Work

Tectonic Interactive provides an easy-to-use interface for broadcasters to set up and manage interactive TV events. An SDK/API is provided for app and web developers to connect to the Tectonic Platform. Tectonic Interactive will test and certify the integration to ensure that the front end benefits from the scale of the Tectonic Platform.

Real-time TV interaction… where the result really counts

TECTONIC® Interactive – An ISO 27001 certified company

Our Management Team

The Tectonic Interactive team comprises 25 years of collective expertise of both broadcast interactivity and the management of mission-critical systems. The company was launched in August 2012 by two ex-BT Agilemedia employees who previously led the development of BT’s RIDE Platform for high volume phone interaction for TV votes, competitions and phone-ins.

We are based in London, Australia and Poland

Some Fun Facts

Lots of interactive events and TV shows have been powered by the Tectonic Platform world-wide.

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TV viewers used the Tectonic Platform (without knowing it):

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 Leading broadcasters using the platform

60

 Average speed for processing interactions at peak (milliseconds)

100000

Interactions handled per second

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Our Service

TV broadcasters use the tectonic platform to manage interactive services across platforms, including iOS, Android, Facebook, Twitter and mobile responsive websites.

Our Award Winning Platform

Benefits

The Tectonic platform enables safe innovation takes place. Creative people build great services by plugging
Tectonic into their apps, websites and shows.
Here’s why:

Mass Scale

The Tectonic Platform handles millions of users simultaneously. So, when the TV presenter says “play along now!”, millions of users can open their apps and play along.

 
 

Peaks

The Tectonic Platform handles up to 100,000 interactions per second. So, when viewers respond to what they see on TV, the platform handles the sudden peaks of traffic with elegance.

 
 

Real-time results

Atomic counting is used to enable results to be available in real-time. Interactions are validated and counted in real-time. So, vote results and quiz answers are available to the TV producer within seconds.

 
 

Sponsor promotions

Adverts are integrated into viewer interaction. So, promotions can be included from advertisers and sponsors.

 
 

Revenue generation

Frictionless payment methods enable revenue to be generated directly from viewer interaction.

 
 

Rapid Development

We provide easy-to-use wizards, SDK/APIs and dashboards for setting up new votes, polls, competitions and quizzes for iOS, Android, social media and websites. So, TV broadcasters and production companies can create and test interactive services quickly, at scale. Application developers integrate Tectonic services to instantly scale their apps.

 
 

Data Security

Tectonic Interactive appreciates that 100% data security is crucial to our customers. So, data security is built into our technology and our business processes. We are certified for compliance with the ISO 27001 data security standard. So, all results data and personal data is safe and secure.

 
 

Protection against hacking and fraud

Measures are taken to protect the integrity of interactive data. This ensures that results cannot be manipulated.

 
 

Controlled Access

Many organisations are involved in the management of live interactive services. So, we give the rights holder the online tools to control who has access to which services, functions and screens at an individual level. This ensures that only authorised people get the secure access appropriate to their role.

 
 

Regulatory Compliance

The Tectonic Platform is highly scaled and fully auditable. Everything is logged. So, TV broadcasters can maintain and demonstrate compliance with regulatory bodies and compliance managers.

 
 

Social

The Tectonic Platform is fully connected to Facebook and Twitter. So, interaction and sharing via social media helps promote the show.

Clients

Some nice things clients have said about us

• Tectonic Interactive have created new and exciting ways to engage with our younger audiences.

  CHRIS HURST, DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT EDITOR, BBC

• In-app free voting levels are phenomenal. It is key for itv to have robust and reliable platforms when asking the viewing public to interact with our shows. Tectonic have proven themselves to be reliable and consistent in developing the interactive platform.

  ANN COOK, DIRECTOR OF ITV INTERACTIVE

• The introduction of free in-app voting on The X Factor changed the broadcast landscape. The Tectonic Platform is a deserved award-winner.

  KAT HEBDEN, HEAD OF DIGITAL FREMANTLE MEDIA UK

• We only work with strong partners who understand the demands of Europe’s largest interactive TV event. From companies across Europe, we turned to Tectonic Interactive because they have the technology, the expertise and the team we knew we could rely on – and they did a great job.

  ALEX MOULAKAKIS, MD DIGAME MOBILE, GERMANY

• Tectonic’s technical solution was creative, robust and flexible. Tectonic are great to work with and the voting solution was reliable across massive voting volume on the live shows.

  DAVID FLYNN, HEAD OF CREATIVE, ENDEMOL UK

• Tectonic’s expertise was essential for creating the world’s first truly interactive live show. The Tectonic Platform is THE BUSINESS!

  JODY SMITH, MULTIPLATFORM COMMISSIONING EDITOR, CHANNEL 4

• We were very happy with the way the vote aggregation this year, the first year of online voting for the VoiceUK.

  MARTIN TRICKEY, GROUP HEAD OF DIGITAL AT WARNER BROTHERS

• We’re amazingly happy with ‘The Singer Takes It All’. It’s a totally different concept, but people really got it and we saw consistent voting all night.

  JUSTIN GORMAN, CHANNEL 4 HEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT

• We are completely satisfied. Tectonic are technically and operationally flawless when handling large-scale interaction for Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.

  MELISSA GOODWIN, HEAD OF COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS, CHANNEL 5

• Tectonic Interactive have created new and exciting ways to engage with our younger audiences.

  Chris Hurst, Digital Development Editor, BBC

• Tectonic’s expertise was essential for creating the world’s first truly interactive live show. The Tectonic Platform is THE BUSINESS!

  Jody Smith, Multiplatform Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

• Tectonic have proven themselves to be reliable and consistent in developing this platform and we are delighted to be working in partnership with them.

  Ann Cook, Director of ITV Interactive

• We are completely satisfied. Tectonic are technically and operationally flawless when handling large-scale interaction for Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.

  Melissa Goodwin, Head of Commercial Partnerships, Channel 5

• The introduction of free in-app voting on The X Factor changed the broadcast landscape. The Tectonic Platform is a deserved award-winner.

  Kat Hebden, Head of Digital Fremantle Media UK

• We were very happy with the way the vote aggregation this year, the first year of online voting for the VoiceUK

  Martin Trickey, Group Head of Digital at Shed Media Group

• We only work with strong partners who understand the demands of Europe’s largest interactive TV event. From companies across Europe, we turned to Tectonic Interactive because they have the technology, the expertise and the team we knew we could rely on – and they did a great job. We look forward to working again on future projects.

  Alex Moulakakis, MD digame mobile, Germany

• Tectonic’s technical solution was creative, robust and flexible. Tectonic are great to work with and the voting solution was reliable across massive voting volume on the live shows.

  David Flynn, Head of Creative, Endemol UK

• Tectonic Interactive have created new and exciting ways to engage with our younger audiences.

  CHRIS HURST, DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT EDITOR, BBC

• In-app free voting levels are phenomenal. It is key for itv to have robust and reliable platforms when asking the viewing public to interact with our shows. Tectonic have proven themselves to be reliable and consistent in developing the interactive platform.

  ANN COOK, DIRECTOR OF ITV INTERACTIVE

• The introduction of free in-app voting on The X Factor changed the broadcast landscape. The Tectonic Platform is a deserved award-winner.

  KAT HEBDEN, HEAD OF DIGITAL FREMANTLE MEDIA UK

• We only work with strong partners who understand the demands of Europe’s largest interactive TV event. From companies across Europe, we turned to Tectonic Interactive because they have the technology, the expertise and the team we knew we could rely on – and they did a great job.

  ALEX MOULAKAKIS, MD DIGAME MOBILE, GERMANY

• Tectonic’s technical solution was creative, robust and flexible. Tectonic are great to work with and the voting solution was reliable across massive voting volume on the live shows.

  DAVID FLYNN, HEAD OF CREATIVE, ENDEMOL UK

• Tectonic’s expertise was essential for creating the world’s first truly interactive live show. The Tectonic Platform is THE BUSINESS!

  JODY SMITH, MULTIPLATFORM COMMISSIONING EDITOR, CHANNEL 4

• We were very happy with the way the vote aggregation this year, the first year of online voting for the VoiceUK.

  MARTIN TRICKEY, GROUP HEAD OF DIGITAL AT WARNER BROTHERS

• We’re amazingly happy with ‘The Singer Takes It All’. It’s a totally different concept, but people really got it and we saw consistent voting all night.

  JUSTIN GORMAN, CHANNEL 4 HEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT

• We are completely satisfied. Tectonic are technically and operationally flawless when handling large-scale interaction for Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.

  MELISSA GOODWIN, HEAD OF COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS, CHANNEL 5

• Tectonic Interactive have created new and exciting ways to engage with our younger audiences.

  Chris Hurst, Digital Development Editor, BBC

• Tectonic’s expertise was essential for creating the world’s first truly interactive live show. The Tectonic Platform is THE BUSINESS!

  Jody Smith, Multiplatform Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

• Tectonic have proven themselves to be reliable and consistent in developing this platform and we are delighted to be working in partnership with them.

  Ann Cook, Director of ITV Interactive

• We are completely satisfied. Tectonic are technically and operationally flawless when handling large-scale interaction for Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.

  Melissa Goodwin, Head of Commercial Partnerships, Channel 5

• The introduction of free in-app voting on The X Factor changed the broadcast landscape. The Tectonic Platform is a deserved award-winner.

  Kat Hebden, Head of Digital Fremantle Media UK

• We were very happy with the way the vote aggregation this year, the first year of online voting for the VoiceUK

  Martin Trickey, Group Head of Digital at Shed Media Group

• We only work with strong partners who understand the demands of Europe’s largest interactive TV event. From companies across Europe, we turned to Tectonic Interactive because they have the technology, the expertise and the team we knew we could rely on – and they did a great job. We look forward to working again on future projects.

  Alex Moulakakis, MD digame mobile, Germany

• Tectonic’s technical solution was creative, robust and flexible. Tectonic are great to work with and the voting solution was reliable across massive voting volume on the live shows.

  David Flynn, Head of Creative, Endemol UK

Careers

We are looking for people who love creating new technology and want to be part of small team that cares about what it does.

If you don’t want to work for a big corporate, but like working with leading media companies like the BBC and ITV, get in touch.

In Kraków and London, we are recruiting for the following jobs:

 

We are interested in good people. Whether you have years of experience or you want the chance to develop your skills, contact

jobs@tectonic.it