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ANT Galio

2004 – present Unclear status
68

ANT's successor to Fresco, a browser and application stack for IPTV set-top boxes and connected TVs; ANT was acquired by Espial in 2013.

Facts

Developer
ANT Software Limited / Espial
Website
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Engine
Proprietary
Derived from
ANT Fresco
Platforms
Other
Details
IPTV set-top boxes, connected TVs
Popularity
68/100 — Multichannel News (Nov. 2012): ANT claims more than 10 million licenses deployed (Galio: ADB, Amino, Bouygues Telecom, Cisco, France Telecom, Humax, Sagemcom, Samsung…)

Key versions

  1. GalioANT Galio launches as the successor to the embedded Fresco browser, adding AJAX and modern JavaScript.[1]
  2. 3.0Galio 3.0 suite (browser and client) unveiled at IBC 2008 for operators and set-top boxes.[2]
  3. Espial acquisitionEspial announces it will acquire ANT; Galio was then being deployed by Cisco for a North American cable operator.[3]

Version sources: [1] Fresco (web browser) (Wikipedia en), [2] tvtechnology.com, [3] nexttv.com

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco_(web_browser)
  2. https://www.nexttv.com/news/espial-buy-uk-tv-browser-developer-ant-8-million-306718