SERAPHIC’s leading Sraf® HTML5 browser is to be massively deployed in Sharp smart TVs, according to the announcement by UMC, the Sharp license holder and the second largest TV manufacturer in Europe.

SERAPHIC delivers internet-related software and web-based solutions, mostly pre-integrated on all MStar chipsets. Its lightning-fast Sraf® HTML5 browser has proven to be the perfect match for various OTT services including Chili TV, the second-largest VOD provider in Italy with around 400,000 customers and a correspondent market share of 20%. The strong footprint of Sraf Browser in the OTT filed has greatly boosted global TV sales of UMC, deliver more added values to its products and prominently enhance its competitiveness.

Aslan Khabliev, CEO at UMC, commented, “Thanks to SERAPHIC’s Sraf HTML5 browser, our Sharp portfolio enjoy rich OTT contents already supported and can react to European clients’ requirements very fast. We are convinced that the customers will be deeply impressed by the new product range.”

“The broad global horizon and customer-oriented spirits of SERAPHIC support teams make ourselves positioned as an ideal and trustworthy partner for respectable European clients such as UMC and its Sharp brand. We are delighted to play such an active role in global smart TV market,” said Ye Wang, CSO of SERAPHIC.

About UMC

UMC (www.umc-slovakia.sk, www.Sharp.eu/av, www.blaupunkt.com/tv) with its head office in Bratislava, Slovakia is Europe’s largest privately held manufacturer of LCD TVs. With a total of 1,200 employees and its own factories in Poland & Slovakia, sales and customer service offices across Europe, UMC currently represents the most dynamically growing business in the European LCD TV market. UMC turnover for 2016 is expected to surpass 500 million EUR. For more information, please visit www.umc-slovakia.sk. 


About SERAPHIC

SERAPHIC Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is dedicated to providing internet-related software and web-based solutions to all those TV-/Video-related terminal devices including Smart TVs, set-top boxes, over-the-top devices, game consoles, etc. SERAPHIC’s product offering includes TV Browser for HTML5, HbbTV 2.0, Freeview Play, YouTube 2016, open internet and TV Portal as well as Blink-based Web UI and Web OS solutions. The company is located in Shanghai, China and targets at digital TV and consumer electronics markets in Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia Pacific. For more information about SERAPHIC, please visit www.seraphic-corp.com or send an email to info@seraphic-corp.com.