ANT Galio HbbTV Platform

A complete HbbTV solution

The ANT Galio HbbTV Platform is made up of the powerful ANT Galio Browser and a full set of HbbTV extensions, tightly integrated to deliver reliable TV functionality with compelling user experiences. ANT is at the forefront of the HbbTV standard, offering a turnkey solution for both versions 1.1.1 and 1.5 of the HbbTV specification for all TV devices.

The ANT Galio HbbTV Platform has been deployed in high volumes with a range of device manufacturers, starting with the first shipping HbbTV receivers in December 2009. Providing a robust, flexible and proven platform, the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform enables both service providers and device manufacturers to develop and deploy HbbTV related applications for hybrid broadcast TV services.

The ANT Galio HbbTV Platform provides a flexible architecture delivering high performance and offers rapid porting and easy applications development. Being a rich hybrid platform, the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform not only delivers HbbTV compliance but also supports a wide range of popular international catch up TV services and portal services. This highly flexible TV service support gives device vendors many opportunities to differentiate and rapidly deploy their products, thus driving strong returns on product investment.

This range of proven capability and rich specification makes the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform a highly trusted product that offers fast time to market. Benefitting from ANT’s 15 years of interactive TV experience and a comprehensive range of support services, the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform is the middleware of choice for many leading device manufacturers.

Features & Functionallity

• Assured compliance with the HbbTV standard

• Available now and already deployed

• A flexible range of integration options, including:

  • HbbTV support alongside an existing receiver UI

  • A full-stack solution providing red button support, portal and TV UI functionality to provide the entire receiver user interface

• Optional integration with the ANT Galio Move product

• Support for HbbTV 1.5

• Already ported and integrated to a variety of hardware and software platforms

• Easily ported to new hardware and software platforms

• Sample code and documentation to guide the integration process

• Can be used with software components that have already been licensed by a manufacturer (e.g. DVB stack or DSM-CC client)

• Full platform integration and performance tuning services available from ANT’s Engineering Services teams

• Source code licensing model (available in most regions)

• No dependency on supplier to rebuild software for different targets or build options

• Aids system integration and debugging

• Easy repurposing for other target product types and regions beyond HbbTV

For more information on ANT Galio Platform HbbTV Edition, please contact info@antplc.com