Video streaming company 24i has announced its platform has been adopted by the Danish broadband fibre provider Waoo.
The tech will put Waoo’s pay-TV service onto the latest Android TV set-top boxes, adding third-party aggregated content and enhanced search functionality.
Waoo has used the 24i streaming platform since 2010 to bring its Pay TV service to life on managed set-top boxes (STBs) and unmanaged devices including iOS and Android mobile phones and tablets, web browsers and Apple TV boxes. The same platform is now powering Waoo’s offering of live TV channels, network PVR, catch-up TV and a VOD rental store on a new custom Android TV launcher.
“Aggregation is the keyword. Using our existing 24i streaming platform to reach Android TV boxes with the Google Play Store means we can offer our customers a wider range of attractive content. We are preloading the new TV boxes with apps from streaming services like Disney+, Discovery+, Viaplay and the national broadcaster DR. Users can also download apps for themselves like Spotify or games. This makes the box become a versatile media hub in the home,” said Martin Jürgensen, Waoo’s Senior Product Development Manager.
Waoo has also rolled out 24i’s Unified Search capabilities to all its devices. Users can now get integrated search results from across the Waoo platform, including catch-up TV, EPG and more than 12,000 TV and Movie titles available to rent in the Waoo Bio VOD store.
“We have been working with Waoo for many years now and they’ve always wanted to innovate and offer their subscribers ground-breaking features, so we’re delighted to have supported them on this latest step into content super-aggregation. The combination of a custom Android TV launcher and our cloud-hosted Universal Search solution is a great way to give customers what they want – quality, choice and convenience,” said Joachim Bergman, 24i CEO.
Headquartered in Tilst near Aarhus, Waoo is Denmark’s leading provider of internet, TV and telephony over fibre.
