A1 Bulgaria has launched a 3 Screen Solutions (3SS)-engineered Android TV app in Phase Two of a multi-territory smart TV project for A1 Telekom Austria Group.
It follows completion of Phase One, in which 3SS delivered regionalised Xplore TV apps for Samsung Tizen and LG webOS connected TVs.
Bulgarian Samsung and LG TV set owners were the first to get the new Xplore TV apps, announced in November 2021. Subsequent Tizen and webOS app deployments were carried out for Croatia, Slovenia, the Republic of North Macedonia and Austria.
Commenting on the development, Metodi Mladenov, team leader, ICT projects and software development services for A1 Group Team, A1 Bulgaria, said: “Our collaboration with 3SS allowed us to bring the first two of our Phase One Xplore TV apps for the Bulgarian market to life in about eight months and now another four countries are live with Xplore TV apps for LG and Samsung TVs, exceptionally fast for such a multifaceted project. The brand new Android TV app for Bulgaria took only four months to develop. This is a truly powerful demonstration of what can be accomplished through partnership, and an agile way of working.
“Working with 3SS has been fantastic, with great teamwork and efficiency; we really value how collaborative and communicative everyone at 3SS has been”.
Mladenov added: “Enabling high-quality, harmonious user experiences across countries and languages is a complex endeavour, and we’re delighted that, powered by the 3Ready platform, it all happened in such a timeframe; we’re excited to now be embarking on Phase Two apps for our subscribers who own Android TV sets”.
Kai-Christian Borchers, MD of 3SS, said: “We congratulate A1 Group on this ongoing ambitious, multi-territory, multi-language project.
“With its decision to give Xplore TV subscribers an advanced 3Ready-enabled experience, tailored to support multiple languages, countries and even alphabets, A1 Group is demonstrating its commitment to delighting its subscribers,” he added. “We’re thrilled that A1 Group continues to trust 3SS as a partner, and our flexible 3Ready product platform, and we are excited to progress Phase Two deployments to support advanced entertainment enjoyment on Android TVs”.
