The Nordic pay-TV service Allente has recently launched Android TV Service on satellite, IPTV and OTT based on technology to hybrid KAONMEDIA and 3 Screen Solutions (3SS). Hybrid KAON BCM72180 PVR STBs (set-top box) will be available to Allente’s over 1 million subscribers, enabled by KAON middleware, NAGRA Media CAS, Broadcom 72180 SoC and based on 3SS UX (user experience) technology. The service will have a phased rollout throughout the Nordic region in 2022, starting with Sweden.

PVR functionality will be released later on 2022. With KAON STB middleware integrated with the Android TV software stack, new pre-certified Android TV capabilities are enabled, such us Custom Over-The-Air Update.

In 2021 Allente became one of the world’s first operators to complete Google Common Broadcast Stack integration on an Android TV Operator Tier STB. The integration was completed in six months thanks to close collaboration between Allente, KAONMEDIA, NAGRA, Broadcom, 3SS and Google. Google created its standardized Common Broadcast Stack (CBS) to help more TV viewers get the next-generation app-rich services enabled by the Android TV operating system (OS).

Allente was formed from the merger of Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital in May 2020. The operator offers TV and broadband services to customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

Jon Espen Nergård, CTO of Allente, said, “We are very pleased to now offer our next-generation service to subscribers via satellite, IPTV and OTT streaming. We thank our amazing partners KAON and 3SS, and all of our technology partners, for helping us provide our customers with a rich array of content, including their favorite apps, all wrapped in a world-class experience enabled by 3SS and delivered on KAON’s powerful STB,” he added.

“We congratulate Allente on the launch of its next-generation TV offering, which is bringing a truly advanced service, packed with world-class entertainment, to viewers across the Nordic region,” commented Tom Buhl, executive vice president of KAON Media.

“By making its super-aggregated service available to consumers in so many ways, Allente is once again demonstrating its ongoing commitment to providing a superior entertainment experience to all subscribers, on satellite, OTT and IPTV,” says Kai-Christian Borchers, CEO of 3SS. “Allente is at the forefront of technological innovation and customer focus, and we are very proud of our long and ongoing partnership.”