Frog by Wyplay

What Frog by Wyplay does

Frog by Wyplay is an open source middleware platform launched in 2013 that targets pay-TV operators and set-top box manufacturers. It provides a modular device-side software stack, configuration and build tools, and server-side components that together support STB, OTT, and multi-screen TV deployments. The codebase is derived from Wyplay's proprietary middleware and runs on a wide range of chipsets, with customizability spanning from the driver level to the user experience. The platform is distributed under a freemium model: the community portal grants free access to the complete source code with no membership fees, positioning the offering as an explicit alternative to proprietary, lock-in-prone middleware incumbents.

The company operates as a community-led open source initiative under its parent Wyplay SAS, a French private company. It has assembled an ecosystem of more than 20 technology partners spanning silicon vendors (Broadcom, Hisilicon, STMicroelectronics, Sigma Designs, ViXS), STB OEMs and ODMs (Samsung, Technicolor, Cisco, Huawei, Kaonmedia, 4mod Technology, DTM/Jiuzhou, Arcadyan), and adjacent specialists (Philips, ruwido, Wiztivi, Quadrille, MathEmbedded, eurogiciel, AirTies, easyDigital, beeweeb). Wyplay's underlying technology is reported to be deployed in more than 10 million set-top boxes. Marketing and community engagement are conducted through a self-serve website, blog, Twitter, Google+, RSS, and industry-event presence including CES 2014.

The business model is freemium: zero fees for community membership and source code access, with revenue (not publicly disclosed) likely derived from professional services, support contracts, or enterprise licensing arrangements. No revenue figures, headcount, funding rounds, or pricing for enterprise tiers are disclosed in available material.

Name

Frog by Wyplay

Legal name

Wyplay SAS

Website

https://frogbywyplay.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Frog by Wyplay is an open source middleware platform launched in 2013 that provides pay-TV operators and set-top box manufacturers with a modular device-side software stack, build tools, and server-side components under a zero-fee community model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pay-TV Middleware Software

SIC

Household Audio & Video Equipment (3651)

akta.pro primary industry

Playout Infrastructure & Hardware (Servers, Storage, SDI/IP Gateways) (MPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Open source middleware
• Pay TV software
• Set-top box platform
• OTT streaming middleware
• TV operator solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Not disclosed in source

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Open Source Community Model: The community platform is free to join with zero fees for accessing source code. Revenue is likely derived from professional services, support contracts, or licensing arrangements with enterprise customers, though specific revenue model details are not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Frog by Wyplay is an open source middleware solution for pay-TV operators, providing a modular device-side software stack for set-top boxes (STB), OTT, and multi-screen deployments. The offering includes configuration and build tools, server-side back-end components, and runs on a wide range of chipsets with full source code access to community members.

Product overview

Frog by Wyplay is a single unified open source middleware platform for pay-TV operators. The solution includes a modular device-side software stack, powerful configuration and build tools, and server-side components. Built with open source technologies, it runs on a wide range of chipsets and can be customized from the driver level to the user experience. The product provides access to the complete source code and is currently deployed in more than 10 million set-top boxes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frog by Wyplay Open Source Middleware

Quantifiable outcome

• 10M+ set-top boxes deployed with Wyplay/Frog technology
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BroadcomcoreTechnology or IntegrationSemiconductor partner providing chipsets for set-top box reference designs. One of the technology partners in the Frog by Wyplay ecosystem enabling multi-chipset support.
• SamsungcoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor electronics manufacturer and technology partner in the Frog by Wyplay ecosystem.
• CiscocoreTechnology or IntegrationCisco Videoscape partnership. Technology and ecosystem partner providing set-top box and TV solutions integration.
• TechnicolorcoreTechnology or IntegrationMedia and entertainment technology company as ecosystem partner for set-top box solutions.
• HuaweicoreTechnology or IntegrationHuawei Device as technology partner providing set-top box and consumer electronics chipsets.
• HisiliconcoreTechnology or IntegrationSemiconductor subsidiary of Huawei providing chipsets integrated with Frog platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Verimatrix: Verimatrix provides content security, anti-piracy, and Pay-TV platform/middleware solutions, serving the same operator customer base that Frog by Wyplay targets with its open-source middleware.
• NetRange MMH: NetRange provides a cloud-based app and content platform for smart TVs and set-top boxes, competing with Frog by Wyplay on the device-side middleware and OTT app-distribution layer.
• Amino Technologies: Amino designs and supplies IPTV/OTT set-top boxes and an associated software platform to operators, closely paralleling the device-side middleware and operator-deployment model of Frog by Wyplay.
• Synamedia: Synamedia (carved out of Cisco's Service Provider Video business) provides video platform, middleware, and security solutions to Pay-TV operators, overlapping directly with Frog by Wyplay's offering.
• ACCESS CO. (ACCESS Twine for TV): ACCESS provides the Twine for TV platform — a middleware/content aggregation solution for Pay-TV operators and STB manufacturers — directly comparable to Frog by Wyplay's STB/OTT middleware offering.
• Harmonic: Harmonic supplies video infrastructure — including playout, processing, and OTT delivery — to broadcasters and Pay-TV operators, overlapping with the broadcast and OTT parts of the Frog by Wyplay stack.
• NAGRA (Kudelski Group): NAGRA is the leading independent provider of content protection and Pay-TV middleware for operators worldwide, directly competing with Frog by Wyplay in the same operator middleware and conditional-access market.
• Ericsson MediaKind (Media Solutions): Ericsson's media solutions business (now MediaKind) supplies video processing, delivery, and TV platform software to Pay-TV operators, competing head-to-head with Frog by Wyplay on operator middleware and video distribution.

Broad incumbents

• TiVo (Xperi): TiVo (now part of Xperi) provides TV user-interface, discovery, and middleware technology to operators, offering overlapping operator-platform capabilities but as part of a much broader IP and entertainment portfolio.

Emerging players

• Samba TV: Samba TV provides a smart-TV operating system and content/data platform, addressing the same TV middleware layer as Frog by Wyplay but with a focus on data and OTT aggregation for TV manufacturers and content providers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/frogbywyplay

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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