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K+ OTT

Live football and premium streaming

High-performance OTT client for live sports and premium content with adaptive streaming, subscriptions, and Smart TV compatibility.

K+ OTT

Challenge

A premium sports OTT client had to deliver stable live football and VOD during peak match-day load across phones and TV form factors.

Approach

Engineered ExoPlayer HLS pipelines, subscription and IAP flows, and performance tuning under partner QA and NDA constraints.

Impact

  • Stable adaptive streaming across varied networks and devices
  • Monetization flows aligned with partner requirements
  • Improved startup, buffering, and memory for long sessions
  • Smart TV compatibility alongside phone clients
  • Release discipline for confidential production streaming product

Role & stack

Android Engineer

  • Kotlin
  • ExoPlayer
  • HLS
  • Firebase
  • IAP