LINCOLNSHIRE, IL—LG Electronics has introduced a new set-top box that will bring its Pro:Centric Internet-protocol television (IPTV) platform to more hotel rooms.
Available now, LG’s new hotel set-top box, the Pro:Centric Smart STB-3000, provides advanced smart interactive IPTV functionality, as well as a broad range of compatible third-party System Integrator applications to RF-only legacy commercial televisions from LG and other brands.
The STB-3000 supports the same HTML5 development environment and Application Program Interface as LG’s Pro:Centric Smart IPTVs, so that the same third-party applications developed by LG’s System Integrators partners can also operate on the set-top box.
Features include an enhanced Pro:Centric platform that supports multi-threading, so that multiple applications can be run simultaneously; Bluetooth functionality that allows users to connect personal devices to stream music; and access to an expanded list of Smart applications, including Over the Top video services, and games.
Once completed, this setup can be cloned and deployed to other units using USB or automatically with a Pro:Centric head end server.