{"id":8632,"date":"2023-08-30T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/?p=8632"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:28:06","slug":"is-your-hotel-ready-to-cater-to-your-guests-new-television-consumption-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/blog\/hotel-technology\/is-your-hotel-ready-to-cater-to-your-guests-new-television-consumption-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your hotel ready to cater to your guests\u2019 new television consumption habits?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>A few years ago, this question would not have made much sense. Now, with the rise of OTT or streaming platforms (Netflix, HBO, Disney +, Amazon Prime\u2026), there are increasingly more guests who want to continue enjoying their favourite TV shows or movies while staying in your hotel.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A good selection of several international television channels continues to be a must. Still, the new forms of television consumption force hotels to adapt their infrastructures so that their guests can enjoy their favourite TV shows and films whenever they want during their stay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The popularity of these platforms gives rise to a series of problems when customers want to connect to them through their in-room TV, just as they would at home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Some of them are:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Problems due to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/updates\/our-social-wifi-designed-exclusively-for-hotels\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8038\">poor WiFi coverage<\/a><\/strong> or limited bandwidth.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>The <strong>need to enter the credentials<\/strong> of the platform we want to use on the hotel TV and the probability of forgetting to log off when checking out.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Bad user experience<\/strong> when having to connect to another WiFi network within the same room.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Apps that work separately<\/strong> by forcing the guest to register on the TV again through new credentials.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Need for all potential apps <strong>to be installed on the TV<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Simultaneous use<\/strong> of the remote control and the mobile device to connect to the television.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Security <strong>vulnerabilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Compliance with the <strong>GDPR<\/strong> (General Data Protection Regulation).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Luckily, there are already solutions in the market that help us solve this broad problem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/EkCast-1.png\" alt=\"Casting Profesional Hotel\" width=\"1314\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/EkCast-1.png 1314w, https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/EkCast-1-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/EkCast-1-1024x409.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/EkCast-1-768x307.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1314px) 100vw, 1314px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>One that we already work with at <strong>Hotelinking<\/strong> is the one based on <strong>Google Chromecast technology<\/strong>, a device made by Google, from which you can send content from a mobile, tablet or laptop to the television in the hotel room.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This solution also provides a series of exciting tools and features for the hotel:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>It works with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/social-wifi-and-automation\/\">hotel&#8217;s WiFi<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Digital signage<\/strong> feature, allowing you to set up logos, colours, backgrounds, images and customisable texts.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Possibility <\/strong>to send mass, group or personalised <strong>messages<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>User friendly<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Terms and privacy<\/strong> settings.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Remote <\/strong>activation and deactivation.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Log in and out through QR<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Generation of <strong>statistics<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Compatibility <\/strong>with all types of mobile devices.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Monitoring<\/strong> the system status at all times and being able to deactivate or activate specific rooms.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Linkage with the <strong>PMS<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This system is easy to implement in any hotel regardless of the number of rooms; the only requirement is having a WiFi network and any TV with HDMI.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once connected to the WiFi, the guest will only have to scan a QR code that will appear on their TV or write a URL with a code on their device and accept the terms and conditions of use of the service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>If you currently have problems with this service or are considering the possibility of incorporating it into your property, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/contact\/\">Hotelinking we can advise you<\/a>, we are experts in this type of solution<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We analyse how shifts in guests\u2019 content-consumption habits are forcing hotels to rethink their in-room TV offering: streaming access, robust WiFi and an intuitive experience are no longer optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[117,118,119,120,56],"class_list":["post-8632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotel-technology","tag-google-chromecast","tag-hotel-casting","tag-hotel-tv-solutions","tag-streaming","tag-wifi-network"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8632"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14748,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632\/revisions\/14748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelinking.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}