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Philippines – Cignal TV, the pay-TV provider in the Philippines, has strengthened its partnership with Quickplay to deliver a wider range of content across new platforms, including Android set-top boxes (STBs), enhancing the viewing experience for Filipino audiences.

As part of its innovation strategy, Cignal TV is harnessing Quickplay’s cloud-native, open-architecture OTT platform to elevate its Cignal Play service through the launch of the Cignal Play TV Android set-top box.

The new device serves as an all-in-one entertainment hub, combining various tiers of Cignal TV’s live and on-demand content with pre-installed apps like Pilipinas Live, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Go, VIU, and Lionsgate. These services are also accessible regardless of the user’s broadband provider, ensuring a seamless and diverse entertainment experience for users.

Gerard L. Milan, first vice president and chief revenue officer for Cignal TV, said, “Cignal TV is committed to delivering content that our customers love across the various platforms and screens that they use, combining our vast library with that of leading streaming apps.”

“The versatility and flexibility of the Quickplay platform have enabled us to expedite the integration of new services and availability of our content on Android devices. This will serve as the foundation for further content, product, and business model offerings in the future,” added Milan. 

Paul Pastor, chief business officer and co-founder of Quickplay, said, “Strategies that make a wide variety of content available on subscriber-owned devices are essential to MVPD’s continued ownership of the living room. Cignal TV is using the power of our cloud-native platform and its existing content relationships to launch game-changing Android STB services that will enhance their competitive position in the Philippines and address the needs of its Filipino community.”

Cignal TV’s transition to the Quickplay platform in 2022 brought significant improvements, including enhanced streaming performance, streamlined content management, and a user experience that quickly earned praise on Google Play. A year later, the same platform powered the launch of Pilipinas Live, a sports service aimed at Filipino viewers globally.

Quickplay’s OTT platform supports service launches and telco migration strategies to IPTV, enabling scalable cloud applications with advanced technologies like containers and microservices. This technology stack offers superior performance, modular feature expansion, rapid iteration, and built-in scalability and security. Leading OTT providers and telcos, including sports giants MSG+ and YES, as well as Cignal TV in the Philippines, leverage Quickplay to deliver flexible and agile services that match or surpass broadcast reliability and performance.

Toronto – Quickplay, a cloud transformations platform, has announced the availability of its solutions portfolio in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, an online software store. 

The initiative grants AWS customers with accessibility to Quickplay’s cloud-native platform, including its content management system, end-to-end orchestration offerings, generative artificial intelligence tools, and more.  

Quickplay provides over-the-top (OTT) product solutions for sports, operators, and media companies. With its availability in AWS Marketplace, it will allow OTT providers to adapt with changes in technology and consumer demand. 

“The fierce competition for streaming audiences is amplifying the need for the smartest, fastest, most effective ways to engage and monetize viewers,” Paul Pastor, chief business officer at Quickplay, said. 

“Our AWS Marketplace availability is turbocharging the industry’s CMS, Orchestration and AI capabilities, all of which are essential to creating value for streaming services and their customers,” Pastor added.

Since 2004, Quickplay has been powering the delivery of sports, live experiences, and entertainment.

Manila, Philippines – Local pay television provider Cignal TV has tapped Canadian software company Quickplay to aid them in the expansion of its existing video streaming service called ‘Cignal Play’, as well as the launch of a sports app–a first in the country.

The Cignal Play expansion will allow subscribers in the Philippines to access an all-in-one entertainment platform with multiple tiers of live and on demand content from Cignal TV, in addition to third-party apps and streaming services, regardless of their broadband provider.

The sports app, meanwhile, will use the same Quickplay infrastructure of Cignal Play on mobile and handheld devices. It will be a single source for live events, timely sports news and information, interactive experiences, and other unique content that cater to the varied interests of Filipino fans around the world.

Cignal TV is working with Quickplay to create these two market differentiators that will be launched in the coming months, running on Google Cloud.

Jane Basas, president and CEO of Cignal TV, said, “Streaming has given viewers greater control over a wider range of choices regarding the content available on the devices they use. The Quickplay platform has the agility and high performance that we need to quickly and efficiently provide the big screen viewing experience and live sports action that our subscribers want.”

Meanwhile, Goutham Vinjamuri, chief operating officer and co-founder of Quickplay, commented, “Cignal TV has been a leader in using the flexibility and extensibility of our platform to achieve market differentiation and better business outcomes. We look forward to helping Cignal TV unleash 10-foot Cignal Play experiences on smart TVs, as well as live sports coverage through their sports app in the near future.” 

He added, “We will continue to work with them to find new ways to forge meaningful connections among their subscribers and their commercial partners.”