Sofia Digital ships DVB-I client for five device families
Sofia Digital has launched a production-ready DVB-I client compatible with Android Mobile, Android TV, iOS, Web browsers, and HbbTV. The client unifies broadcast and internet linear TV delivery, supporting DVB-I service discovery, adaptive streaming, and multiple tuner inputs for operators and device makers. Sofia Digital states it previously developed the official DVB-I reference client and has existing deployments with satellite operators like SES.
Key Takeaways
- Supports Android Mobile, Android TV, iOS, web browsers and HbbTV.
- Handles DVB-I service discovery, adaptive streaming and multiple tuner inputs.
- Plays IP streams via DASH and HLS, and also supports DVB-T/S/C tuner reception.
- Includes Widevine and PlayReady support where the platform allows.
- Sofia Digital says the DVB Project selected it in 2019 to build the official DVB-I reference client.
Why It Matters
This turns DVB-I from a standards exercise into a packaged client that operators and device makers can actually deploy across Android, iOS, web and HbbTV. The immediate value is a single application for hybrid channel lists, EPG, broadcast tuning and IP playback, rather than separate apps and device-specific flows. That matters for operators managing mixed delivery environments, including the SES deployment Sofia Digital cites. What to watch next: whether more operators adopt Sofia Digital’s Service List Manager and backend tools alongside the client.
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