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VIA and Ekioh Accelerate Browser Performance in Embedded Systems

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Stephen Reeder

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Bringing hardware accelerated HTML performance to VIA HMI Panel and Industrial Automation solutions using Ekioh embedded browser technologies

August 20, 2019 –Taipei Taiwan, and Cambridge UK – VIA Technologies, Inc. and Ekioh today announce their collaboration to accelerate the performance and ease of deployment of Ekioh browser solutions on VIA embedded platforms.

MotionMark shows Ekioh’s Flow Browser is over three times faster than Chrome

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Stephen Reeder

Ekioh’s multithreaded HTML browser is rapidly making a name for itself as being the fastest browser available. Whilst Blink based browsers like Chrome currently dominate the market, they might not be the best choice for application and middleware rendering. As the MotionMark benchmark confirms, Flow’s performance is streets ahead of the competition.

Ekioh launches the world’s first multithreaded embedded browser

Posted on May 1, 2018

Ekioh today unveiled Flow, a multithreaded HTML browser specifically designed for multi-core processors that delivers a vastly improved user experience. Flow’s layout and animation performance is more than double the speed of other browsers on multi-core silicon. With TV user interfaces increasingly looking towards 4K, Flow overcomes the performance issues of HTML UIs on multi-core processors enabling products to meet consumers’ increasingly high expectations.

Third Queen’s Award for Ekioh

Posted on April 21, 2017

Ekioh, the rendering engine technology provider to many of the world’s fastest growing TV services, has been named as a winner of a 2017 Queen’s Award for International Trade. This is the third time Ekioh has been honoured with a Queen’s Award, the UK’s highest accolade for business success.

Ekioh joins Frog by Wyplay increasing operators’ choice of browser to support high value HTML5 OTT applications.

Posted on June 27, 2016

Wyplay today welcomes Ekioh as new Licensee, joining more than 125 companies in the Frog by Wyplay Community. Ekioh is specialising in enhanced browser provision for TV and embedded devices, and brings its expertise and product offering to the Frog by Wyplay community in order to offer more choice beyond Frog’s built-in Qt-based Webkit browser for operators wanting to add high value HTML5 applications to their Frog deployments.

Third Year of Successful YouTube Certifications with Ekioh

Posted on March 16, 2016

Cambridge, UK, 16th March 2016,

Ekioh announced today that one of its leading European set top box partners has gained YouTube 2016 certification. Meeting the stringent YouTube 2016 requirements, including 4K support, marks the third successive year in which Ekioh has enabled its partners to achieve certification for YouTube on TV.

Altech Multimedia Selects Ekioh’s Twin Engine UI Browser

Posted on September 8, 2015

Cambridge, UK, 8th September 2015,

Ekioh and Altech Multimedia announced today that Altech Multimedia has selected Ekioh’s Twin Engine UI Browser for their high end DTR9401 IPTV set top box. The set top box, which successfully blends operator managed programming with OTT content has already been selected by a rapidly expanding Middle Eastern network operator.

DTVKit Increases Choice with Ekioh’s Browser

Posted on June 4, 2015

Bristol, UK, 4th June 2015,

DTVKit, providers of the core building blocks of a royalty free broadcast DVB and HbbTV solution, today announced that their HbbTV 1.5 solution is now available on the Ekioh TV Browser. This provides the industry with a commercially sourced browser and the availability of the first turn-key HbbTV solution together with Ekioh. The joint solution offers enhanced performance and size advantages over the Qt based browser, which is typically used with the DTVKit HbbTV solution.

Ekioh Receives a Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Posted on April 21, 2014

Cambridge, UK, 21st April 2014

Ekioh, best known as the provider of the most widely deployed TV-centric Scalable Vector Graphics engine, wins the Queen’s Award for International Trade having grown overseas earnings by 216% over the last three years. The company was recognised for its unique products, technical excellence and effective business relationships.

Ekioh Adds Selenium Support to SVG

Posted on April 15, 2013

Cambridge, UK, 15th April 2013

Ekioh announced today that it has added support for the Selenium WebDriver framework to its most widely deployed TV compliant Scalable Vector Graphics engine. This allows the Ekioh SVG engine to be remotely controlled and queried for information from a variety of different client languages which enables middleware providers and content authors to conduct automated content testing.

RiksTV Uses Ekioh Engines to Launch OTT Services in Norway

Posted on November 20, 2012

Cambridge, UK, 20th November 2012

Ekioh, providers of the most widely deployed TV compliant Scalable Vector Graphics engine, today announced that RiksTV have launched a range of new services in Norway using Ekioh’s SVG & HTML engines. The Ekioh engines are at the heart of two new digital hybrid set-top boxes manufactured by Strong which are being sold to Norwegian customers through the retail market.

AirTies partners with Ekioh to deliver optimal User experience

Posted on March 22, 2011

Istanbul, 22nd March 2011 – AirTies, the innovative wireless networking vendor, is announcing a strategic partnership with Ekioh who design innovative user interfaces (UIs) and browsers for embedded systems like set-top boxes. AirTies will be previewing set-top boxes running the Ekioh UIs and browsers, designed to offer ease of use and a better interactive experience for graphics and animation, on stand number 27 at this year’s IPTV World Forum event.