Amino announced its Enable virtual set-top box software, which it says is allowing IPTV operators to migrate to an all IP/cloud future. By upcycling existing set-top boxes and eliminating installation costs, the solution will save TV operators billions of dollars in CAPEX and help those service providers keep pace with consumer demands, according to the company. The solutions will have its public debut at Broadcast Asia and ANGA this month.

“As we move into the era of all IP/Cloud television and video, the massive barrier facing operators across the globe is the millions of legacy set-top boxes they are invested in,” Amino’s Chief Executive Donald McGarva says. “It’s upcycle or die, as these installed STBs need to be brought into the modern multiscreen, multi-device, multi-service world – but the expense of doing so is chilling. Most players need a cost-effective way to provide state-of-the-art services across their entire customer base. Enable gives them the ability to do that and shift towards a world in which all applications and services can be delivered over IP, on-demand from the Cloud to any device, anytime, anywhere.”

Amino reports the Enable platform has been tested for more a decade as the software core for its View IP STB product. The software also is said to be widely deployed on third-party set-top box hardware platforms. Third-party STB hardware partners for Enable include ZTE, Samsung, Hybroad, and Xavi, with more promised.

Cincinnati Bell is one of the first companies to use on Enable for legacy transformation in an infrastructure upgrade to support its Fioptics network. PCCW Media, the largest pay TV service provider in Hong Kong and another early adopter of Enable, used the software platform when it launched its ‘Now One’ integrated 4K UHD all-in-one STB.