iWedia has completed a significant project for Hrvatski Telekom (HT), leading Croatian telecom and part of Deutsche Telekom group.
This project involved extending the lifecycle of HT’s hundreds of thousands legacy IPTV STB devices by upgrading to new DRM protected ABR streaming technologies via seamless integration of iWedia’s products (media player and browser) combined with the new TV platform.
With the need to replace the existing TV platform and focusing on capabilities and feature set of the new one, iWedia played a crucial role in managing the project execution as well as implementing the low-level software enabled security and UI application changes for different STB software devices in the field.
“Our engineering team expertly adapted existing STB software to integrate with newly selected TV platform APIs, ensuring a seamless transition for HT’s customers,” said Hans-Juergen Desor, CEO at iWedia.
“In addition to the TV platform and back-office migration, the team successfully managed to enrich the functionality of HT’s IPTV STB devices by integrating iWedia’s media player and browser, ensuring smooth video playback for on-demand and catchup services protected by Widevine DRM,” he added.
“The cooperation with iWedia, coupled with their professionalism and engineering expertise enabled a smooth transition to new TV platform and adding of unicast IP functionalities to our STB devices. As a result we continued building further on providing the best customer experience on the best network, further enhancing MAXtv, our IPTV solution,” said Sinisa Klekovic, Head of TV platform services at Hrvatski Telekom.