GV Gaming & Polling
The Next Generation of Participation TV
Grass Valley is excited to launch GV Gaming and Polling suites to deliver gaming and polling solutions to our users, with solutions focused at different market segments from local, through regional and national/enterprise scale. These new solutions deliver real-time gaming and polling solutions on TV, second screen, social and mobile platforms.
Broadcast has always been a one-way communication to the viewer. With GV Gaming and Polling, users can interactively engage with their viewers to create a real-time dialogue within their live programming. Viewers become part of the program, not passive watchers.
GV Gaming & Polling is a cloud-based live gaming and polling platform....

FEATURES
Web Enabled Voting
- Real-time voting via web. This can be done by embedding a snippet of code within a CMS or a redirect (for example: grassvalley.com/vote)
SMS & IVR Voting
- Viewers have the option to text a response regarding a pre-determined pool of answers (for example, a viewer may text 1 for yes, 2 for no, or 3 for maybe)
- Viewers can call in to a phone line to vote. GV Gaming & Polling Platform provides a pre-recorded options menu, or broadcasters have the ability to record their own message
Social Media Voting
- Facebook — Viewers can vote on the broadcaster’s Facebook page through a simple click-to-vote post
- Twitter — Viewers can vote through Twitter by using a hashtag or Twitter’s native poll
Real-Time Graphic Generation (HTML5)
- Viewers are able to cast their vote via mobile web browser with HTML5 templates.
Gamification/Second Screen
- With HTML5 second screen interactivity, media companies can engage and gamify their content while collecting real-time data that helps them understand their audiences and adapt in real time
Sentiment Voting
- GV Gaming & Polling enables broadcasters to collect viewer sentiment through an HTML5 Dial. Viewers can use the HTML5 Dial within any mobile touchscreen device and vote by simply moving the dial left or right. Results are used to register sentiment over time and can be coupled with multidimensional analytics such as gender, age, etc.
- The HTML5 Dial provides the user with the ability to submit a more detailed response than traditional buttons allow
Contests & Sweepstakes
- GV Gaming & Polling contest portal allows customers to launch promotions through sweepstakes, contests, trivia, and games to grow a social audience, engage consumers and drive sales
Photo & Video Upload (UGC)
- GV Gaming & Polling-powered campaigns can include sponsored contests or giveaways from top-tier brands and offer the ability to collect users’ photos, videos and other user-generated content (with moderation tools)
Analytics
- GV Gaming & Polling facilitates data collection from campaigns and allows customers to compare data between current and past campaigns
CMS Integration
- Viewers can vote on the broadcaster’s website through web-enabled smart widgets. Once added to the site’s CMS, the widgets are fully controlled within GV Gaming & Polling dashboard (automated)
MEDIA GALLERY


ORDERING INFORMATION
GV Gaming & Polling solutions are available as monthly subscriptions with an initial setup fee. Setup includes the creation of the custom templates based on the expected complexity of each package level, limited by a maximum number if configuration hours.
All packages subscriptions are subject to monthly billing, a 12-month minimum contract and require a minimum termination period of 90 days.
The following feature grid explains the capabilities of the GV Gaming & Polling solutions:
Feature | GV Polling Regional Package |
GV Polling National Package |
GV Polling Unlimited Package |
GV Gaming Package |
Notes |
Real-Time Voting | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | |
Real-Time Surveys | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | |
Gaming Package | N/A | Optional | Yes | Yes | Gaming package standalone or with Polling at National or Unlimited levels only |
Number of Custom Templates | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
More Custom Templates? | Upgrade to National Package | Upgrade to Unlimited Package | N/A | N/A | |
SMS/IVR Voting Enabled | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Customer IVR Voice Setup | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | IVR Package only supported on Polling solution at National level and above |
Toll-free Numbers (US) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Facebook Polling | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Twitter Polling | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
On-air Graphics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Support for VizRT, Chyron, Ross, Grass Valley, HTML5 |
Support | During business hours | During and after business hours | During and after business hours | During and after business hours | |
Number of Customization Hours Included | 5 hours | 20 hours | 120 hours | 20 hours | |
Number of Concurrent Users Included | 500 | 5,000 | Unlimited | 5,000 |
Additional (optional) features below. Please note, these can be added in multiples, to the level required by the customer application.
- Add additional 1,000 concurrent users (per month), charged per 1,000 additional users (N/A on GV Polling Unlimited)
- Add additional 10,000 inbound SMS messages — GV Polling Regional and National Packages only, unlimited messages included with GV Polling Unlimited
- Add additional 10,000 outbound SMS messages — GV Polling Regional, National and Unlimited
- IVR (Per 10,000 minutes) — GV Polling Regional, National and Unlimited
- Hourly rate for customization. In addition to setup packages. Not to be used as bespoke alternative charging