Media & Entertainment
GMMTV’s e-book store and reading app for novels, comics and artist content: on iOS, Android, HarmonyOS and the web, with Thai and English editions, in-app payment and protection against screenshots and screen recording.
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app stores: App Store, Google Play and AppGallery
PDF + EPUB
readers built into the app
TH + EN
editions sold side by side
GMMTV is part of GMM Grammy, Thailand’s leading fully integrated entertainment company, and the home of many of the country’s best-known series and artists. Its novels, comics, artist diaries and behind-the-scenes content have readers in both Thai and English.
The client's need
Readers were moving to mobile, on-demand content, and sales of printed books were falling sharply. Without a secure digital platform, the content was exposed to piracy and unauthorised distribution, costing revenue and control of the intellectual property.
GMMTV wanted fans to buy and read official books on their phone or tablet and pay inside the app, and its own team to run the store: the catalogue, readers, admins and orders.
How we fitted it
We designed the reading app, the web store and the back office together, from UX/UI to the system and database design, then built them as one platform. The plan ran twelve weeks from requirements to release, with internal testing and UAT with GMMTV before the app went to the App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery.
To protect the content, books open only inside the platform, and screenshots and screen recording are blocked. Sign-in for readers and admins runs on Amazon Cognito, so GMMTV’s team can grant admin rights or switch an account off in one place.
What we built
Outcome
Readers
Buy and read in one place
Official novels and comics on phone, tablet and web, in Thai or English.
GMMTV
Content that stays protected
Books cannot be screen-captured or recorded, and open only inside the platform.
The GMMTV team
A store they run themselves
Books, readers, admins and orders are managed in the back office.
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