Big Blue Marble has selected 3 Screen Solutions’ (3SS) and SEI Robotics to drive its TV-as-a-Service platform.
The new international B2B media technology brand formed by ORS Group and Insys VT has released its Android TV Custom Launcher and Android TV apps. Featuring a new 3SS-engineered and co-designed UI/UX and configuration capabilities based on the 3SS 3Ready Framework, the solution is optimised for delivery via a new managed Android TV STB provided by SEI Robotics. The new device includes Amlogic 5th generation SoC, 3GB of RAM and an additional 16GB flash storage.
3SS has also created apps to enable services across Android TVs, LG, and Samsung smart TVs.
Thomas Langsenlehner, chief customer officer at Big Blue Marble Group, commented, “We are so excited to launch our new TV-as-a-Service platform and empower more and more service providers to take their TV service businesses to the next level.”
Big Blue Marble’s TV-as-a-Service platform aims to allow service providers to realise economies of scale with the confidence of using proven hardware and software technology, providing subscribers with intuitive navigation and content-centric discovery experiences.
MD at 3SS, Kai-Christian Borchers, said, “We’re extremely proud that Big Blue Marble continues to trust the 3SS team to help deliver superior OTT entertainment to operators all around the globe.”
Jeff Yin, CEO of SEI Robotics, added: “Both regional and local operators are now gaining a powerful opportunity to differentiate, and to provide tenant service providers with advanced and proven set-top box technology to accompany the first-rate entertainment experiences it delivers.”