Create an application to present the latest headlines
CNA (formerly Channel News Asia is a Singapore multinational news channel owned by the national public broadcaster Mediacorp. It was created as an alternative to Western-based international media with the purpose of presenting news from an Asian perspective. The Company had a need to design and build a modern TV application, based on web technologies and using available open-source solutions, utilizing existing API points. This projected smart TV application was to be optimized for three main TV operating system, that is: Android, Tizen, and WebOS, plus additionally for selected TV brands/models. The goal was to create an application able to present the latest Breaking News, headlines, daily articles, as well as movies for Channel News Asia (Mediacorp TV group).
Our specialists were hired and managed to complete the analytical, development, and operational tasks on time.
Client: CNA, Channel News Asia, Singapore. Owned by Mediacorp.
Services: Digital Product Development/Consulting, OTT, Content and Cyber Security
Industry: Media, Public Broadcasting
Contracting authority: Andrzej Orzełowski
The CNA old smart TV application was not reflecting the the brand essence. Moreover, the application wasn’t meeting the modern UX and UI requirements and was found difficult to use by its viewers. To increase the quality of user experience, the Customer wanted to explore a new TV app concept to be developed for three major smart TV platforms Android TV, Tizen and WebOS.
The goals were as follows:
This application has been deployed to a TV device. Once it’s turned on, it uses a web service to get its metadata and a CDN repository to play video and audio content. The framework uses a Model View Controller architecture to provide for a clean separation of the HTML5 code from the JavaScript code. The development technology for this application was the creation of a Single Page Application in HTML5 and JavaScript/Typescript/CSS3 and REST-API backend. HLS video streaming technology for live streams has also been used.
Our customer has received full access to the source code and all the necessary documentation to allow it to further outsource the maintenance of the application, if it finds such outsourcing necessary. During the software development process, we stabilized the environment, enabling the testing of old versions of TV system software on LG and Samsung receivers. As a result, the stabilization period of the new software after its introduction into production proceeded flawlessly, and we achieved high satisfaction from the Client/Contractor.
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