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Media and entertainment

Websites for media and entertainment companies.

Release days, premieres and on-sales are set months ahead, and the website has to be ready the minute they're announced. Pages are built on a private copy for your team and your partners to approve, then set to go live at the time you agree on.

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What we often hear

What usually goes wrong.

  • The trailer or the lineup went out on social media, and the site couldn't keep up with everyone clicking through.
  • A page went live before the embargo lifted, because nobody could set the exact time it should publish.
  • Ticket and store links broke when the platform changed its embed, and fans emailed to ask where to buy.
  • A distributor or a partner sent a security questionnaire, and nobody on staff knows how the server is set up.
What changes with Hosterr

What it looks like after.

  • Launch pages are built on a private staging copy and go live at the exact time you set, once the people who sign off have seen them.
  • Trailers, audio and big downloads come from a video host or a CDN, so the web server is left to serve pages.
  • Ticketing, store and streaming links are tested before each release, so fans land where they meant to.
  • When a partner's security questionnaire arrives, we fill it in honestly and show how the server, the backups and the logins are set up.
Why this fits

How we handle it.

Pages that go live on the minute

Announcements are scheduled to an exact time and time zone, so the site changes when the press release goes out and not before.

Planned around your calendar

Under a Custom SLA, updates are scheduled away from premieres, on-sales and release nights, and the caching for each of those days is planned ahead.

Straight answers for procurement

We don't hold certifications like SOC 2. What we can give your legal and IT people is how the server is set up, how backups and access work and the terms we'll sign, in writing.

More hands for a big launch

Ryan looks after the site and answers email the same day on business days. When a launch needs more hands, he brings in vetted US-based developers he has worked with.

What happens to your site on announcement day?

Tell us the next date that matters to you, like a premiere or an on-sale, and we'll write back with how we'd get the site ready for it.

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Plans

How much do you want us to do?

Organizations like yours usually go on a Custom SLA, with response times and the terms written into the contract. Smaller sites in the group can still use Managed.

Managed

$50 /mo

per site

You already have a site and you update it yourself. We look after everything underneath it.

What we take care of
  • Plugin, theme and WordPress updates snapshot saved first
  • Server, PHP and database updates planned and tested by us
  • Backups twice a day verified and kept off-site for 30 days
  • Security and monitoring scanning with a firewall and alerts
  • Same-day replies from the developer who does the work
  • Regular email updates what we did, in plain English
  • Free migration we move it for you
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Changes to the site itself are quoted first at our standard $95/hr.

A new website included

Managed + Website

$99 /mo

per site, built and hosted by us

We build you a new website, then host it and keep it current. After that, send the requests, like text changes or new pages, and they get made.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • A new website, built for you up to 10 pages, designed and built when you join
  • 1 hour of developer time a month worth $95 at our standard rate
  • Site problems fixed out of that time no quote to approve first
  • Checks after updates we test your forms and checkout
  • A monthly review a look at speed and security
  • First in line your email gets picked up first
  • A design refresh after two years your existing pages, made current
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12-month minimum, then month to month. Unused time carries over one month. Extra hours are quoted first at $95/hr.

Custom SLA

Quote

after we look at your sites and the terms you need

For agencies, larger organizations, and custom web apps and software that need more development, resources and attention.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • Set up for agencies white-label, every client site on one bill
  • Response times in the contract agreed before anything gets signed
  • Uptime commitments in writing with a named person to escalate to
  • A dedicated server, if you need one sized to your traffic
  • Update windows that suit you scheduled around your busy hours
  • Custom software and integrations web apps and tools built around how you work
  • A development team when you need one vetted US-based developers for bigger jobs
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We agree on the terms with you first.

Add-ons for either plan

Common questions

What people ask us.

Yes. We build the page on a private staging copy, your team and partners sign it off there, and we set it to publish at the time you agree on, with the time zone written down. For a big announcement we plan the caching beforehand and watch the site as it goes out.

No. Video plays better from a video host like YouTube or Vimeo, and press kits and big downloads belong on a CDN. The website embeds or links them, so a trailer day doesn't fill up the web server.

No, and we won't claim them. If your legal or IT team sends a security questionnaire, we fill it in honestly and show how the server is set up, who has access, how backups work and what the contract says. If a partner requires a certification we don't have, we'd rather tell you before you sign.

Response times and uptime commitments agreed before anything is signed, a named person to escalate to, a dedicated server if your traffic needs one, and update windows kept away from your release dates. It includes everything in Managed, and Ryan quotes it after looking at your sites and the terms you need.
A note from Ryan

The launch date sets the work

With a release or an on-sale, the date doesn't move, so I work back from it. I want the pages signed off on the staging copy days ahead and the caching tested before the announcement goes out. On the day, I'm watching the server while the traffic comes in.

Ryan Lovett, founder of Hosterr
Ryan Lovett
Founder, Hosterr
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Clients

A few of the businesses we host.

A few of the businesses whose websites and apps we look after.

ANPC
Go Auto
Congruity 360
500+ sites supported
Cortex Building Intelligence
Public Counsel
Animal Flow
The Pharmacist Choice
10+ years building & managing sites
Boston Carpentry
City Construction
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My Allergy Experts
RYCO Inc
The Mobile Locker Co.
Optiline Enterprises
Pivotal Talent Search
Sara Ray
PRO+GRIP
World Academy
Southern New Hampshire Vertigo and Balance Center
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What customers say.

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