Name

Forum Frontier Network

Legal name

株式会社To The Next

Website

https://ff-network.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forum Frontier Network (株式会社トゥ ザ ネクスト) is a Japanese firm providing in-room digital content and entertainment services, notably the みるみる (MiruMiru) platform with integrated Viewn reading content, targeted at leisure hotels in Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Content Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Computer Terminals (3575), Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Signage & Campus Communication Displays (EDAEAHAM)

Keywords

• Digital signage services
• Hotel content delivery
• Leisure hospitality services
• System development services
• Application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Forum Frontier Network engages in digital signage, system development, and application development services. The company delivers digital entertainment and reading content services—through its みるみる (MiruMiru) product line and the みるみる×ビューン読み放題スポット (MiruMiru x Viewn unlimited reading spot) collaboration—to leisure hotel guests in Japan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• みるみる: Digital content/product brand operated by To The Next, featuring video/content streaming services including 'みるみる×ビューン読み放題スポット' (MiruMiru x Viewn unlimited reading spot).

Products and services

• みるみる (MiruMiru) Digital content/entertainment service for leisure hotel guests, providing in-room viewing and reading content. The service is targeted at leisure hotels (レジャーホテル) seeking entertainment content for their guests.
• みるみる×ビューン読み放題スポット (MiruMiru x Viewn Unlimited Reading Spot) Subscription-based unlimited reading spot service offered in partnership with Viewn (ビューン), deployed within the みるみる hospitality content offering for leisure hotel guests.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• SuitePad: SuitePad provides in-room tablets and digital guest experience platforms for hotels, including content, services, and information apps. This is a directly comparable hardware-and-content model to Forum Frontier Network's hotel content spots.
• Netgem: Netgem provides TV and streaming entertainment platforms for telcos and hospitality operators in Europe. Its content aggregation and in-room delivery model parallels Forum Frontier Network's Viewn-powered content distribution.
• Sonifi Solutions: Sonifi (formerly LodgeNet) provides in-room entertainment, internet, and digital signage solutions to hotels globally. It is the closest international analog to Forum Frontier Network's in-room digital content service for Japanese leisure hotels.
• Otrum: Otrum specializes in interactive TV and digital signage solutions for hotels, cruise ships, and healthcare. Its in-room content and display offering is directly comparable to Forum Frontier Network's "みるみる" content spots.
• Bittel: Bittel manufactures hotel guest-room devices including phones, tablets, and charging stations, often bundled with content and service apps. It operates in the same in-room hospitality technology category as Forum Frontier Network.

Others

• Viewn (ビューン): Viewn is a Japanese e-book and digital content subscription service that is the explicit content partner behind the "みるみる×ビューン" offering. It is more of a content supplier/enabler than a direct competitor, but operates in adjacent digital content territory.

Broad incumbents

• Philips Professional Display Solutions: Philips offers MediaSuite hospitality TVs and digital signage displays bundled with content management software. As a broad incumbent, it competes in the same space as Forum Frontier Network but across many verticals and customer segments.
• LG Pro:Centric: LG Pro:Centric is LG's hotel TV and digital signage platform with content management capabilities. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping in-room display and content capabilities to hotels.
• Samsung LYNK Cloud: Samsung's hospitality display business (LYNK Cloud, REACH) provides hotel TVs, content management, and digital signage at global scale. It represents a broad incumbent in the same in-room content/display category Forum Frontier Network addresses.

Emerging players

• Nomadix: Nomadix provides internet gateways, casting, and in-room connectivity for hotels. While focused on connectivity rather than content, it addresses the same hotel operator customers and overlaps thematically with Forum Frontier Network's in-room guest experience thesis.

Market position

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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