[SatNews] ANT, an established provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, has announced that…
…GlobalSat, a leading Chinese manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial products, has licensed its ANT Galio HbbTV Platform. GlobalSat has identified the fast growing HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) market as a target for its next generation of connected STBs. GlobalSat currently deploys a wide range of digital STB’s to satellite, terrestrial, cable and IPTV markets. Its devices are deployed across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, North Africa and Australia.
HbbTV is fast becoming the dominant standard for hybrid TV content in Europe. By 2014, it’s estimated there will be 60 million HbbTV compliant TV sets in Western Europe alone [‘The evolution of broadcast’, Cable & Satellite International, June 2012]. As a Founder and Steering Group Member of the HbbTV Consortium, ANT has a wealth of market experience. The ANT Galio HbbTV Platform has been selected and deployed by many of the industry’s leading device manufacturers and SoC (system-on-a-chip) vendors. ANT’s HbbTV Consortium experience, combined with its proven product deployment history has given ANT invaluable knowledge of the HbbTV market.
