Amino and UniqCast Enable IPTV Modernization Without Replacing Existing STBs

For many operators, IPTV modernization has become a balancing act.

Subscribers expect modern streaming experiences, multiscreen access, and OTT services on tap. Behind the scenes, operators are often running aging IPTV platforms tied to large estates of deployed Linux set-top boxes and replacing that hardware outright is expensive, operationally disruptive, and increasingly difficult to justify.

The challenge is clear: How do operators modernize their TV services without forcing a costly hardware refresh?

That is where the integration between Amino and UniqCast changes the equation.

Extending the Life of Existing Amino Deployments

UniqCast has integrated its IPTV/OTT platform with Amino Kamai 7x and A650m Linux devices, enabling operators to modernize services using the hardware they already deployed in the field.

Instead of ripping out functioning STBs, operators can retain existing Amino Linux devices, introduce modern IPTV and OTT experiences, and carefully plan a timely migration towards Android and multiscreen services at their own pace.

For operators, this creates a practical modernization path with significantly lower risk and cost. It removes the need to engage in a complex, expensive project and enables them to modernize their service and create a fully branded, Android-ready, user experience.

The same integration approach can also extend across much of the broader Amino Linux portfolio, making it particularly attractive for operators managing mixed Amino estates across different generations of deployed hardware.

Solving a Real Market Problem

The timing of this partnership is significant; across the industry, operators are under pressure from

• Rising operational costs
• Customer demand for OTT experiences
• The growing complexity of maintaining legacy IPTV systems

Increased Android device pricing is less of an issue, as the Amino and UniqCast integration leverages existing investment and allows a timely, phased move to Android by allowing operators to modernize the service layer first. This is appealing to many tier-2 and tier-3 telecom operators who find the cost of replacing deployed hardware to be the single biggest barrier to service modernization.

Ultimately, operators gain valuable operational headroom: more time, more flexibility, and more control over future migration decisions.

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Lower Costs Without Compromising the Experience

UniqCast customer-operators have found that adopting the combined solution can reduce operational costs by at least 20%, while enabling a significantly more modern user experience, supporting IPTV/OTT, DVB hybrid deployments, multiscreen streaming, mobile C Smart TV applications, and future Android TV services.

The platform is available both on-premise and through UniqCast Cloud, allowing operators to scale according to their operational model and market requirements.

Why UniqCast

Founded in 2014, UniqCast delivers IPTV and OTT streaming platforms to operators across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and LATAM.

The company has extensive experience helping telecom operators modernize legacy TV environments, including large-scale middleware replacement projects, multiscreen deployments, and hybrid IPTV/OTT migrations.

Its platform supports:

• IPTV and OTT delivery
• Android TV and Linux STBs
• Smart TVs
• Mobile and web applications
• Multi-tenant deployments
• Hospitality environments
• White-label service models

UniqCast currently supports operators across more than 30 countries and five continents, including telcos, ISPs, hospitality providers and wholesale OTT environments.

Why Amino

Amino’s Linux platform provides a stable and well-documented integration environment that allows engineering teams to focus on service innovation rather than low-level device challenges.

Equally important was Amino’s established operator footprint across North America and Europe - markets where operators are increasingly looking for cost-effective modernization strategies that preserve existing infrastructure investments.

Together, Amino and UniqCast provide operators with a practical alternative to full-scale replacement projects: modernize the service, extend the value of deployed hardware, and evolve toward future platforms on their own timeline.

Looking Ahead

This partnership creates opportunities across telecom, ISP, and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) markets - particularly where operators already have Amino Linux devices deployed at scale.

As operators continue searching for ways to reduce costs while improving service quality, solutions that extend hardware lifecycles without limiting future innovation are becoming increasingly valuable.

For operators caught between aging IPTV systems and the cost of full replacement, the Amino and UniqCast integration offers a more pragmatic path forward: modern IPTV and OTT services today, without abandoning the hardware already in the field

Darko Robic, CEO, UniqCast

“Many operators are under pressure to modernize services while controlling infrastructure costs. This integration allows them to improve user experience and introduce new IPTV and OTT capabilities without forcing an immediate replacement of deployed devices.”

Sandra Conejos, VP Sales Americas, Amino

"Operators are looking for practical modernization strategies that balance innovation with commercial reality. Our collaboration with UniqCast gives customers a cost-effective way to enhance the subscriber experience while maximizing the value of their existing Amino Linux deployments. Together, we're providing a flexible migration path that allows operators to modernize at a pace that suits their business, rather than forcing unnecessary hardware replacement.