Riivi chooses Norigin Media for Smart TV app testing

Latin American AVOD provider Riivi chooses Norigin Media

OSLO, Norway — Riivi, the OTT streaming service provider in Latin America, has chosen Norigin Media for quality assured Smart TV applications. The Chilean based TV streaming apps that are currently accessible on web browsers and mobile devices, will soon launch on several connected TV devices.

The on-demand TV streaming service provider offers a catalogue of over 200 titles from the biggest of Latin production companies including Fabula, Andrea Films, Shoreline, Ceneca, among others. Nordic TV technology solutions company; Norigin Media has been commissioned to validate the TV Apps that are planned to be launched soon.

Riivi is the first Latin-American ad-based (AVOD) platform that offers free movies, documentaries and series in the region. With ambitious plans to launch in multiple countries, the OTT streaming platform has already acquired a sizable audience who expects availability on many Connected TV models. Norigin Media will help verify and fast-track the certification of the TV Apps, including popular Smart TV devices like Samsung Tizen and LG WebOS, among others.

Norigin Media´s Testing as-a-Service (OTT Testing-aaS) helps quality assure premium streaming TV Apps from broadcasters for efficient device manufacturer certification. The testing lab facilities and world class QA engineering from Norigin Media ensures good quality streaming apps that consumers will use.

Ilan Oliel, Co-Founder and CTO of Riivi says “As Latin America´s first free streaming service of local productions, we have grand ideas to create new TV experiences for our viewers. For us, that means having top quality and smooth user-experience, and hence look forward to working closely with Norigin Media who have many years of developmental expertise on Connected TV Apps”

Ajey Anand, CEO of Norigin Media adds “We are extremely happy to announce our foray and new partnership in South America. It is a pleasure to work with the team at Riivi and we intend to help launch many such great streaming services in the region. Large screen TV models are fragmented and require a lot of specific attention, which we are confident to provide so that their consumers can be soon excited to stream Riivi on Connected TVs”

Riivi is headquartered in Las Condes in Chile and Norigin Media is based out of Oslo in Norway.