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Smart TV & Streaming Apps

Some industries forgive a bugThis one doesn't

Smart TV & Streaming Apps sets the rules before you write a line.On the big screen, one second of buffering is the moment the viewer leaves.

  • Time-to-first-frame
  • DRM
  • Device fragmentation
  • Live at scale
Playback surface

It just has to play

Playback here has to survive thousands of TV models, protected content and live audiences that arrive all at once

The things that are never allowed to fail

  1. 01Time-to-first-frameThe stream starts within a second or two of pressing play, or the viewer leaves before it does
  2. 02Rebuffer-free playbackABR holds a low rebuffering ratio across shifting bandwidth, not just on a fast connection
  3. 03Enforced DRMWidevine, PlayReady and FairPlay licenses gate every protected title, at the right security level per device
  4. 04Licensing windows honoredTitles appear and vanish exactly on their contractual dates, per territory, without manual pulls
  5. 05Runs on the cheap TVThe app works on years-old firmware and tiny RAM, not only on this year's flagship