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Follow UsSANTA MONICA, USA: Syabas, provider of over-the-top (OTT) settop software and hardware and makers of Popcorn Hour, has announced the company is accepting applications for a new software development kit (SDK) and OTT settop device profile that incorporates the ability to develop and deploy applications to the company’s app store portal.
Demonstrating their Rich Objects Based Interactive Graphics (ROBIG) and development platform that builds on the tradition of the Media Service Portal API’s that developers have used successfully to date, the SDK, device profile and updated application store will enable developers to create compelling high definition interactive applications and content.
The applications and content may then be given away or sold on the Popcorn Hour Media Service Portal that will release later this year. Syabas is accepting a limited number of applications starting today and will contact selected individuals prior to the SDK’s official release on May 30.
“By continuing to open our platform to third party developers, and now with the introduction of the additional ROBIG API’s, we expect to see the growth in a variety of compelling user-generated applications that will ultimately draw new end users to the Popcorn Hour platform,” said Syabas’ COO, Alex Limberis.
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The Popcorn Hour is the World’s first open platform networked entertainment device to stream digital content from the Internet or its internal hard drive to your HDTV and home stereo. Unlike competing Internet settop boxes that support a limited number of Internet audio and video file types, the Popcorn Hour supports more than 30 formats, including MPEG 1, 2, 4, AVI, Xvid and H.264.
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