The 8th HbbTV Symposium & Awards 2019 have started !
Our Dotscreen teams are attending the event and will be performing demos of Amazin’TV , our brand new HbbTV Op-App UI through these 2 days in Athens.
Tonight, DOTSCREEN will also attend the HbbTV Awards 2019 ceremony, and be very proud to present Amazin’TV, nominated for the awards as “Best use of HbbTV for Operator applications” ! 🏆🏅
Stay tuned !
Amazin’ TV is DOTSCREEN’s homegrown multi-screen, LIVE-TV centric UI solution, fully customizable and compatible to any screen and device, including HbbTV Op-App.
Further to be introducing their new Amazin’TV HbbTV OP-App UI, DOTSCREEN is also extremely proud to be concurring with Amazin’TV for the HbbTV Awards 2019 : Amazin’TV has just been nominated amongst the finalists to the Awards, within the prestigious “Best use of HbbTV for Operator applications” category.
“It is an honour to have our homegrown UI selected as part of the finalists within such a prestigious ceremony in the industry”, says Stanislas Leridon, Chairman of the company.
“We have been working for most of the major European HbbTV Pay TV operators already. Since its recent availability in HbbTV Op-App, Amazin’TV has continued proving its success with our HbbTV customers, such as TF1 & France Télévisions in France, Mediaset in Spain, SVT in Sweden, ERT in Greece or France24 worldwide.
The UI already received several nominations such as the CSI, and the European Readers Streaming Media Awards. Being a finalist in the HbbTV Awards 2019 is an even bigger step, as HbbTV op-App is a standard that enjoys today a complete revival within the TV industry”.
About Amazin’TV
Amazin’TV is DOTSCREEN’s homegrown, full-featured, customizable User Interface, available in HbbTV – OpApp, as well as in any other environments
such as Android TV – Operator Tier, HTML5/Linux. The UI
solution was first developed in an Android TV version for Wibox, then using HTML 5 for Andorra
Telecom , and more recently in the HBBTV Op-App version. Lately, DOTSCREEN also customized its Amazin’TV UI to develop Mediaset España‘s new UI MiTele , available on SmartTV and mobile, and to develop beIN Sports’s beIN Connect application, available on SmartTV and Playstation.
More info about Amazin’TV here.
About DOTSCREEN
DOTSCREEN is a leading HbbTV application developer that has been working for most of the major European HbbTV Pay TV operators, namely Freesat in the UK, Freenet in Germany and Fransat in France. Our other HbbTV customers include TF1 & France Télévisions in France, Mediaset in Spain, SVT in Sweden, ERT in Greece and France24 worldwide.
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About HbbTV and the HbbTV Association
Hybrid broadcast broadband TV is a global initiative aimed at harmonising the broadcast and broadband delivery of entertainment services to consumers through connected TVs, set‐top boxes and multiscreen devices. Today, HbbTV offers and supports a broad variety of applications and key advantages for providers and users. The HbbTV specification is developed by industry leaders to improve the video user experience for consumers by enabling innovative, interactive services over broadcast and broadband networks. The specification uses elements of existing specifications from other standards including OIPF, CEA, DVB, MPEG-DASH and W3C. In June 2014, the activities of the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) were transferred to the HbbTV Association. This broadened the HbbTV Association’s mandate to include defining specifications for service providers and technology suppliers that streamline and accelerate deployment of IPTV services.
About the 8th HbbTV Symposium and Awards
The 8th HbbTV Symposium and Awards provides the unique platform to listen to and discuss with high level speakers all relevant topics in the HbbTV universe. Demonstrations of the most recent and future services will provide an inside to the technologies enabled by HbbTV. Increase your network and share experiences with marketers, advertisers, broadcasters, digital platform suppliers, manufacturers, app and service developers and many further industry stakeholders during this unique event in Athens. The 8th HbbTV Symposium and Awards will be co-hosted by the Greek national broadcaster ERT and the HbbTV Association. It will take place at the MEGARON International Conference Centre in Athens.
