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TV App Agency reaches 25 apps on Opera TV Store with launch of TG4 app(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) London, UK (PRWEB UK) 8 July 2014 Through their cooperation with Opera Software, TV App Agency has been successful in delivering Smart TV apps and maximising reach for their customers via a huge range of devices carrying the Opera TV Store, such as Sony, Hisense, Mediatek, Humax, Samsung, TCL, Swisscom, Changhong, TiVo, Amino, Konka and Skyworth. All these platforms are supported by TV App Agency's TV App Engine, meaning native apps for each platform can be generated from a single set of code. The Opera TV Store is an HTML5-based storefront of exciting web apps optimized for TV. The store gives the user a comfortable, "lean-back" experience, using a standard TV remote control to navigate, select and launch apps easily. The Opera TV Store is already deployed globally with some of the world's biggest TV and connected device manufacturers. Irish broadcaster TG4 is the latest customer to benefit from this partnership, with the app now available across all the major Smart TV platforms and devices featuring the Opera TV Store. TG4 is now the 25th app developed by TV App Agency in the Opera TV Store, with more currently in development scheduled to be available on the platform soon. TV App Agency have also developed apps for brands such as Coca-Cola, Pelmorex Media Inc., National Film Board, Global Radio, CBN, La Cascara.tv, NRJ, Mundo Deportivo, La Vanguardia, 20 Minutos and Karnaval. Bruno Pereira, TV App Agency Co-Founder and Director, explains, "Opera has been a great partner to us with this constant growth of OEMs offering the Opera TV Store, and has enabled us to provide more and more reach for each of our customers." Daniel Nordberg, Head of Content Acquisition for TV & Devices at Opera Software, adds, "TV App Agency has reached a milestone in helping bring exciting and diverse content to the Opera TV Store, providing even more entertainment options to Opera TV Store viewers in millions of living rooms across the globe." Smart TVs have a significant role to play in the connected home and are key to extending new services and experiences to consumers, with a recent report suggesting that shipments of Smart TVs could reach a staggering 153 million by the end of 2016. To find out more about the Opera TV Store, visit http://www.opera.com/tv or to find out how to get your content onto Smart TV's and connected devices worldwide visit http://www.tvappagency.com. About TV App Agency TV App Agency works with leading brands to help them understand, plan, develop and succeed with their apps on a wide range of Smart TV's, connected TV's, set-top boxes and gaming consoles. The TV App Engine is a 'develop once/deploy to many' cross platform app compiler that is available as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offer and which delivers low cost, maximum reach, faster to market apps for brands through the generation of a single source code to deploy and maintain across most Smart TV platforms and connected TV's. About Opera TV The Opera TV portfolio powers rich web experiences on tens of millions of Smart TVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players and chipsets for more than 50 customers, including Sony, TiVo, Samsung, Swisscom, Philips, TCL and Sharp. Tap into the complete suite of tools for creating compelling connected-TV experiences. The Opera TV ecosystem spans the Opera TV Store app platform with hundreds of entertaining apps tailor-made for TV, Opera Devices SDK (software development kit) for creating and rendering HTML5-based user interfaces, and the Opera TV browser for reaching the full web. Opera TV offers solutions for OEMs, pay-TV operators, broadcasters and content publishers. With the Opera Mediaworks advertising platform, Opera TV can help monetize and drive traffic to content through an end-to-end advertising solution. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/TVAppAgency/OperaTV/prweb11997548.htm (c) 2014 PRWEB.COM Newswire |