ALi integrates Opera TV into set-tops
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Michelle Clancy
| 23 May 2017

Set-top box (STB) chipset provider ALi Corp has integrated Opera TV to enable STB manufacturers and pay-TV operators to add over-the-top (OTT) content more easily into their content mix.

“With a sharp focus on minimising time-to-market for pay-TV operators to enable OTT in consumers’ homes, we’re excited to announce our collaboration with Ali,” said Aneesh Rajaram, CEO of Opera TV. “Our engineering teams have combined fluently, bringing to market a fully capable OTT platform that now empowers operators to fulfil their consumer agenda by integrating a premium OTT experience within their own offering.”

ALi Corp SoCs for STBs are ready to integrate with Opera TV’s latest complete suite of OTT-enabling products that support advanced UI rendering, HbbTV capabilities, a media streaming module with support for all popular adaptive streaming formats used in OTT, as well as an HTML5-based application platform providing tailored and engaging OTT viewing experiences. This ultimately allows ALi Corp.’s customers to effortlessly integrate over 1,000 OTT apps into their own UI’s or using Opera TV’s UI.

“By providing an integrated solution we can make sure that consumers have access to the experience they want, while making it easier to for STB manufacturers and service providers to enter this fast evolving market,” said Tony Chang, COO at Ali. “Opera TV is known for the maturity, reliability and depth of their solution, thus a good partner for Ali. They work across a variety of device ecosystems seamlessly and make deployments easy.”