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Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije has chosen Viacess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player to support its TViN multiscreen OTT TV service. 

TViN is currently available to Telekom Slovenije subscribers in the Slovenia and delivered as a white-label offering in other countries throughout the Balkan region.

The Connected Sentinel Player is a multiplatform media player that includes DRM for premium VoD and live content.

Using the downloadable player, Telekom Slovenije can protect TViN content delivered to Android and iOS devices. Viaccess-Orca’s player supports Microsoft PlayReady as well as the company’s proprietary DRM, integrated with media playback technology by VisualOn’s OnStream MediaPlayer+. The player supports live TV, catch-up TV, remote PVR, and EPGs, as well as cloud-based storage and transcoding.

“Today’s television viewers want to enjoy personalized content anytime, anywhere, and on a range of devices. Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player provides a consistent user experience for the secure consumption of premium content services across all devices,” said Simon Furlan, marketing director, Telekom Slovenije. “By supporting a wide range of video formats, streaming protocols, and device types, while assuring secure, high-quality video playback of TViN content on every screen in the home or on the go, Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player enables us to quickly expand into the OTT multiscreen world. This OTT expansion also enables us to introduce the secure player product to our existing white-label product customers.”