Videon’s aVia Media Player Featured on LG Google TVs

Nov. 14, 2012 - PRLog -- STATE COLLEGE, PA. – Videon Central, Inc. (Videon), a leading provider of media streaming solutions for the consumer electronics market, announced today that its aVia Media Player has been selected by LG Electronics Inc. (LG) to be a featured application on its G2 Series, Smart TVs.  The software update released today from LG will include aVia pre-installed and is compatible with the LG 47G2 and 55G2 Google TV models.  

“The aVia Media Player is the second software product from Videon that is shipping on a Google TV device, and we are excited that LG has chosen to feature aVia on its innovative G2 Series.  This software update from LG will be the launch of the next generation Google TV version.  aVia was designed for the "10-foot user experience” and optimized specifically for the Android environment, and we are pleased to provide even further enhancements to this Smart TV platform,” stated Michael Daulerio, Vice President of Business Development at Videon.

With aVia’s intuitive user interface, media management is simple and allows users to customize by creating playlists and rating favorite content for easily locating at a later time.  aVia media players allow users to browse, scan, and select media from a variety of sources including local storage, USB, Facebook, Google +/Picasa, and networks with its built in DLNA/ UPnP functionality.  Fling continues to be a favorite feature among users with its convenient sharing of media options between compatible devices.

aVia and aVia Media Player Pro are available now for download in the Google Play and Amazon Markets.  aVia is also a featured application for Google TV and Sony Select.  For more details on aVia, please visit www.aviatheapp.com.

About Videon Central, Inc.

Videon Central, Inc. (Videon), an Intel Capital portfolio company, is a leading independent software vendor (ISV), supplying video streaming technology and Blu-ray Disc (BD) middleware for the consumer electronics (CE) market.  Videon’s media playback solutions have enabled over 25M embedded products including Smart TVs, IPTV set-top boxes, BD players, Tablets and other connected devices.  Videon specializes in applying our core IP with software system integration, custom software and hardware design and product certification testing services.  Videon offers OEM and vertical market customers a unique set of capabilities to help scale their product development and facilitate the launch of their next generation digital media applications.  For more information on Videon, visit http://www.videon-central.com.