Smartlabs

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SmartLabs, a privately owned German software company founded in 2007, develops service delivery platforms for interactive digital television, including OTT, IPTV, and hybrid TV systems. The company, which employs approximately 60 people, specializes in solutions for set-top boxes and other related technologies. In 2023, SmartLabs reported revenues of less than $10 million.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2007

Headcount

Headquarters

Germany

Primary Segment

Set-top boxes

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

Smartlabs invited attendees to experience its video solutions at the IBC Show in Amsterdam from September 12th to 15th. The company's SmartCARE tool, a monitoring and analytics solution for Pay TV operators, allows real-time tracking of service performance and user engagement, as demonstrated in its deployment with StarNet. SmartCARE collects and analyzes data across various devices, including mobile devices, Smart TVs, Android TV devices, STBs, and web platforms. At ANGA COM, Smartlabs highlighted its integration of AI across its products, focusing on quality assurance, content tagging, and network optimization to reduce operational expenditure and improve service performance. A partnership was also announced with Cooptel, a Québec-based triple-play operator, to provide a next-generation video experience.

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Smartlabs offers 9 products in the telecoms tech and media tech industries. Smartlabs's product portfolio comprises of video business systems, video processing and playout, video data and analytics and set-top boxes.

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Smartlabs's revenues were less than $10M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Smartlabs's revenue into 10 different product categories, the largest of which is streaming/OTT/IP set-top boxes. For full access to Smartlabs's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Dec

16th

2025

07:52

Partnerships and Alliances, Emerging Tech

Smartlabs and MediaKind Announce Partnership to Boost Pay TV Service Deployments

Berlin, December 2025 – Smartlabs, a leading provider of interactive TV solutions, and MediaKind, a global leader in video-streaming technology, today announced a strategic global partnership. The collaboration unites MediaKind’s video headend with Smartlabs’ IPTV/OTT platform and client applications, offering operators a pre-integrated, end-to-end solution for launching and scaling video services.

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Nov

12th

2025

10:57

Emerging Tech

Smartlabs UDRM: Simplifying Content Protection for Pay TV

One System for Multiple Devices Traditional DRM often requires separate implementations for each device or platform. Smartlabs UDRM eliminates this complexity. A single system works across iOS, Android, PCs, and Smart TVs, allowing content providers to maintain security without managing multiple DRM solutions.

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Oct

16th

2025

11:58

Artificial Intelligence

AI, Accessibility & Analytics: Discover the Latest Upgrades Across Smartlabs’ Product Suite

SmartTUBE AI-Powered Program Descriptions and Chapters The platform now offers AI-generated descriptions and chapter markers for recorded TV programs. This feature processes actual video streams to create accurate program descriptions and identify key moments within shows.

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Sep

12th

2025

10:10

Let’s meet at IBC’2025

Smartlabs is thrilled to invite you to experience our video solutions at the IBC Show on 12th to 15th September in Amsterdam. Don’t miss this perfect opportunity to meet our team to have a decent dialogue on: How powerful Streaming Apps made by Smartlabs can boost your TV service; How you can Migrate to the new technology platform and save money; What pain point in your TV service business you should address right now and which tools would be the best fit.

Smartlabs (tv)

Aug

28th

2025

10:32

Smartlabs Fuels StarNet’s Next-Gen Multi-Screen Streaming Experience

SmartCARE, Smartlabs’ advanced quality monitoring and analytics tool, is also part of the deployment, enabling StarNet to track service performance and user engagement in real time. “This upgrade allows us to meet evolving customer expectations with better performance, quality content, and modern features,” said Andrei Horoianu, Director of Procurement and Logistics at StarNet.

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Aug

7th

2025

09:57

CT_Monitor Company

SmartCARE’s Evolved Monitoring & Analytics: Aggregated Insights, Faster Diagnostics

SmartCARE is a comprehensive monitoring and analytics solution designed for Pay TV operators. It provides deep visibility into platform performance and viewer experience by collecting and analyzing granular service-level data across all user devices: mobile devices (Android, iOS), Smart TV (Samsung, LG, Hisense, Whale OS TVs), Android TV devices, STBs, Web (PC, Mac).

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Jun

10th

2025

10:21

Artificial Intelligence

Key Takeaways from ANGA COM 2025: How Operators Can Stay Ahead in a Fragmented TV Landscape

AI is entering the video pipeline ANGA COM featured growing interest in AI not only for personalization but also for automation in quality assurance, content tagging, and network optimization. Smartlabs is actively integrating AI across product areas—from QoE analytics to smart content categorization—helping operators reduce OPEX and elevate service performance.

Smartlabs (tv)

May

20th

2025

10:57

Procurement and Sales,

Smartlabs selected by Cooptel to power scalable, multitenant TV Service transformation in Canada

Smartlabs, a leading provider of streaming video platforms, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Cooptel, a triple-play operator based in Québec, Canada. Cooptel has selected Smartlabs as its strategic technology partner to deliver a next-generation video experience to existing and new customers across its operational footprint.

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May

5th

2025

13:17

Partnerships and Alliances, Artificial Intelligence,

Smartlabs Powers Ucom’s Entertainment Service Uplay in Armenia

The project was delivered in close collaboration with Ucom and their technology partner, MediaKind. Uplay is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of users across Armenia, bringing them a unified and modern entertainment experience.

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Apr

2nd

2025

13:38

Smartlabs and Innovative Systems bring Pay TV to US-based service provider Solarus

Smartlabs’ partnership with Innovative Systems is now entering its 10th successful year, working seamlessly together to supply service providers with market leading STBs and video solutions in more than 27 U.S. States.

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Mar

20th

2025

12:47

Cost Cutting,

Key Takeaways from ConnectedTV World Summit 2025: what’s next for SmartTV and streaming

📌 Underinvestment in operator devices: a growing concern Many service providers have shifted away from their own branded Set-Top Boxes, opting instead to rely on retail devices for delivering video services. While this strategy reduces upfront costs, it comes at the expense of control.

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Mar

4th

2025

09:03

Partnerships and Alliances,

Smartlabs Expands Support for Wiltel’s PLAYME OTT Service in Morteros, Argentina

This expansion highlights Smartlabs’ essential contribution to Wiltel’s growth, helping the operator scale its services efficiently and provide high-quality entertainment to more subscribers across Argentina. For more details about Wiltel’s ongoing partnership with Smartlabs, read the article here.

Smartlabs (tv)

Smartlabs's customers primarily consist of media and TV services and telecoms services companies. Examples of Smartlabs's customers include O2 Czech Republic, Ucom and Megogo.