Nordic Pay-TV Leader Allente to Roll Out New 3SS-enabled Viewing Experiences

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a leading provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB) and multiscreen entertainment, and KAONMEDIA, a leading provider of STBs and broadband customer premises equipment, jointly announce that Allente, the new entity resulting from the recent merger between Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital AS, is deploying KAON STBs and middleware alongside new 3SS-enabled viewing experience advances across its aggregated 1.2 million subscriber base.

The Nordic region’s new pre-eminent pay-TV provider, Allente is building upon its successful 3SS-enabledOnePlace satellite and OTT service which Canal Digital launched in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in February 2018, which is based on the Android TV Operator Tier.

The merger of Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital was EU-approved and completed in May 2020. The combined company and its consumer offering, rebranded as Allente, offers TV distribution via satellite, streaming and other services including IPTV and fibre broadband via open networks to an aggregated total of 1.2 million customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

Allente’s new hybrid KAON PVR STB is made for an enhanced user experience and new services, and is more powerful than incumbent OnePlace on-premise equipment. With a host of advanced features, the new devices will enable Allente’s subscribers to enjoy a range of benefits from high performance to an already proven enriched customer experience.

3SS is developing additional new UI features and capabilities for second-generation OnePlace, in partnership with Allente, which will feature on the entire STB population. Among these are catch-up TV collapsing, which will make searching for an episode in a series catalogue easier. Additionally, all OnePlace receivers will feature electronic sell-through (EST) with more buy and rent options for subscribers, across a broader-than-ever range of assets.