Poland-based technology outfit Redge Media has teamed up with Korean set-top specialist Beacon to provide integrated product offerings primarily covering the Android and RDK ecosystems for online or hybrid environments.
Redge Media provides a technology platform for building online TV encompassing encoders, origin, CDN, Multi-DRM and player for video delivery. For service delivery it also provides a backend to manage content, services and users, and frontend applications for a range of connected TVs, PC browsers and mobiles.
The company also provides a dedicated UX offering targeted at vMVPD, BVOD, VOD, sports, news, education and lifestyle service providers.
The company’s clients in the CEE region include TVN Discovery player.pl, Iliad Play Now, Go3 Baltics, RASP vod.pl, Vectra and Canal+.
Beacon INC is a South Korean based technology company that mainly specializes in the development and manufacturing of digital connectivity devices, including set-tops based on Android OTT and DVB hybrid, RDK and Linux based technology for pay TV operators and telcos. It provides digital broadcasting services to more than 35 customers in about 28 countries. Beacon INC is providing Android based boxes to Telekom Srbija, Telekom Slovenije, Bulsatcom, Vodafone, Sappa, and Unitel T+ in the CEE region.
The partnership between Redge Media SW and Beacon STB HW will offer the market pre-integrated components and development teams.
Redge Media and Beacon will be present their offerings at the forthcoming IBC in Amsterdam. Beacon, located at booth 5.A67, will showcase its set-top HW range with focus on Android TV. Redge Media, located at booth 5.F21, will feature its CDN 3.0 technology and its UX 3.0 solutions dedicated to VOD, news, sport and lifestyle video services, among others.
Source: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021/11/08/redge-media-teams-up-with-beacon-for-android-tv-and-rdk/