OTT Platform, Europe
Delivered cross-platform Smart TV application work across Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Sony and legacy platforms.
Smart TV & OTT Apps
Built to Perform
on Real Hardware
Senior contractor specialising in Smart TV, OTT and digital signage applications for demanding environments.
Available for contract · UK based · Remote-friendly
Platforms
Consumer TV and large-scale digital signage deployments.
- Samsung Tizen · Tizen Signage
- LG webOS · webOS Signage
- Apple tvOS · iOS · SwiftUI
Legacy experience
Sony · Panasonic · Philips · PlayStation (WebMAF) · early Smart TV browsers · WebKit · NetTV
Signage platforms are often a superset of consumer TV APIs, enabling more advanced deployment, monitoring and control scenarios.
What I Do
- Build and ship Smart TV and OTT applications across multiple platforms
- Optimise performance on low-powered and memory-constrained devices
- Port and maintain apps on legacy Smart TV platforms
- Integrate secure and reliable video playback with DRM
- Support large-scale deployments and long-term maintenance
Why Work With Me
Most Smart TV projects fail on real hardware. I specialise in the platform constraints, device quirks and performance problems that standard web teams often underestimate.
- 30+ years in software development
- Smart TV specialist since around 2010
- Deep experience with Samsung, LG, Sony and legacy TV environments
- Experience with consumer TV and digital signage deployments
- Real-device debugging and performance optimisation
- Pragmatic, reliable and easy to work with
Selected Experience
Anonymised examples of relevant project experience.
Digital Signage Network, UK
Developed signage platform software deployed across tens of thousands of retail screens.
Streaming Service Migration
Ported and optimised modern app stacks for legacy Smart TV environments with severe browser and device constraints.
Interactive Entertainment
Extending embedded platform experience into self-published games and interactive TV-style experiences.
Technologies & Focus
Video Playback
HLS, DASH, Smooth Streaming
DRM
Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay
Web Technologies
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, WebKit, Chromium-class embedded browsers
Performance
Low-memory optimisation, CPU profiling, startup time, rendering performance
Tools & Debugging
Remote debugging, device logs, platform-specific diagnostics
Platforms
Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Apple tvOS, legacy Smart TV, digital signage
Available for Contract
Available for senior contract roles and project-based engagements.
UK based. Remote-friendly. Short and long-term engagements considered.
Eligible to work in Australia.
marc@bedrock.tv