Advanced Television

HiSilicon, Vewd strike global partnership

May 9, 2018

Nik Roseveare @ TV Connect

Vewd, a global market player in enabling OTT, and HiSilicon Technologies, a global chip manufacturers, have announced a joint Global Strategic partnership and will develop turnkey OTT software solutions directly on HiSilicon’s chipsets. This collaboration aims to give device manufacturers a seamless path to offering the industry’s most-trusted streaming platform, with no extra integration work required.

“Our silicon partner programme is the hallmark of Vewd’s continued success in this space. We’re constantly thinking about how we can better serve our OEM customers and we find ourselves increasing our commitment to pre-integrated solutions on chipsets,” said Aneesh Rajaram, CEO, Vewd. “By working closely with HiSilicon and making these significant investments, Vewd plays its part in mitigating launch risk for OEMs and better serving the overall OTT value chain with high-performance solutions.”

“Partnering with Vewd to deliver these solutions on our TV chipsets is a great win for us and our addressable OEM market,” said Kun Luo, GM of TV Product Line, HiSilicon “Our new TV chipsets push the limits on performance, and as we aggressively expand in the global market it was important to work with Vewd, the world-leader in streaming television. Investing in this partnership means we can offer manufacturers the most secure path to market, without challenging and expensive integration work.”

Categories: Articles, OTT