Success story

Android STB app development for a telecom operator

Ensuring online TV and VoD services for Android TV’s users

Joining the project aligned with strategic goals

Launch online TV services for clients

Developing a special offer for existing viewers, leveraging the broadcaster’s fiber network and delivering content through branded Android TV STB devices.

Scale their service monetization strategy

Generating additional revenue through ad insertion and white-labeling the STB app for small and medium-sized operators.

The client shares the app’s use case with Oxagile

TV broadcaster: “Ready to introduce online TV for fiber users”

Our TV service on STB devices offers a seamless viewing experience — instant login, high-quality live TV with start-over, 72-hour catch-up, personal recordings, and an endless library of movies and series, all at our subscribers’ fingertips. We rely on you as trusted video streaming experts to help us deliver this experience.

The client shares the app’s use case with Oxagile

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The STB app’s vision transformed into features

With the client’s trust, Oxagile’s team led the front-end development phase, delivering the following features:

Live TV streaming with start-over
Catch-up TV programs for up to 72 hours
NPVR (personal recordings on the server)
Video on demand with movies and TV shows
Adding channels to Favorites
Watchlist creation
Continue Watching
Advanced TV guide with mini-EPG
Film category filters
Parental controls based on video categories
Auto-play function
Closed captions
Meta descriptions for playback videos

Ensuring a branded viewing experience via STBs

Custom TV Launcher development→

Created a tailored launcher to deliver a unique branded user experience as part of Google’s Operator Tier program.

Android TV integration→

Integrated key Android TV features, including Google Assistant and ATV Home page content, for enhanced user interaction.

Third-party service integrations→

Implemented integrations with third-party services to add features not supported by the current OTT middleware, expanding functionality.

Exploring the tech behind the video streaming solution

The app is built as an APK file, which can be installed on the viewer’s Android TV or Fire TV device.
Exploring the tech behind the video streaming solution

Tackling key challenges head-on

Legacy code refactoring
Having inherited legacy code, we performed extensive code refactoring as part of releasing application screens and overhauled the architecture to Single Activity, enabling seamless switching between background and full-screen playback and improving overall app navigation.
Custom integrations for STBs
To implement features not supported by third-party back-end systems, we collaborated with the client to create services on their side. This allowed us to integrate directly with these services for functions like MAC address-based authorization and extended metadata retrieval.