Ocean Blue Software
Founded 2005 · 45 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Ocean Blue Software provides Smart TV and broadcast software expertise, including broadcast/interactive middleware (DTVKit, ORB), platform engineering, testing, certification, and deployment support. It embeds specialist engineers into the teams of TV operators, device manufacturers, and silicon partners to help launch Smart TV products across European and global markets.
Also known as Cabot International Software Group Limited · Ocean Blue Software Limited
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Ocean Blue Software is a UK-based software services company focused on the Smart TV and broadcast ecosystem. It supplies broadcast and interactive television middleware, platform engineering, memory and performance optimisation for low-memory TV designs, test automation, and managed operator and deployment programmes, positioning itself at the intersection of software, standards, testing, certification and operator requirements for products destined for European and global markets.
Its service lines are grouped into development (system integration, TV middleware and browsers, app and cloud development), testing (TV standards and regional operator requirements, HbbTV testing, platforms, streaming and TV apps) and outsourcing (project delivery and staff augmentation). Product and solution areas include TV middleware covering DVB, HbbTV, ATSC and ISDB; the Axia HbbTV test harness and AI-based automation tooling; and platform work on RDK, Android TV and custom operator-branded devices. The company states its middleware, including the royalty-free source-access DTVKit and the open-source ORB, runs on more than 200 million devices.
The corresponding registered entity, Ocean Blue Software Limited (company number 02620271), is a private limited company incorporated in England on 13 June 1991, registered under SIC code 62020 (information technology consultancy activities), with a registered office at Here, Bath Road, Bristol.
Business model
The company sells engineering services and software to TV operators, device manufacturers and silicon vendors, embedding specialist engineers into customer teams across development, testing and deployment stages, alongside outsourcing and staff augmentation arrangements. It also supplies middleware and test tooling, with DTVKit offered royalty-free with source-code access and ORB provided as open source.
Traction
The company reports middleware deployed behind more than 200 million devices, a team of more than 50 experts across Smart TV platforms, middleware, browsers and systems engineering, three offices, and customers among TV operators, manufacturers and silicon partners.
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Market position
Positions itself as a specialist Smart TV and broadcast software partner with over 20 years of experience and middleware deployed on more than 200 million devices, describing itself as the creator of one of the most widely deployed European middleware solutions.
Combines middleware ownership with platform engineering, certification and test automation expertise in a single embedded-engineering model, offering royalty-free and open-source middleware options and specialising in low-memory live TV implementations.
Technology
Broadcast and interactive TV middleware supporting DVB, HbbTV, ATSC and ISDB standards, including DTVKit (royalty-free, source-code access) and ORB (open source); integrations across Android, Linux, RDK and proprietary TV platforms and major TV SoC vendors; live TV solutions engineered for low-memory devices; the Axia HbbTV test harness with AI-assisted automation; and work on emerging standards such as DVB-I, DVB-NIP, Freely and HbbTV OpApp.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with operators, manufacturers and silicon partners, with delivery through embedded engineers placed inside customer teams and managed certification and deployment programmes aimed at first-time certification pass and reduced time to market. The company also cites trade association memberships as part of its industry positioning.
TV operators, television device manufacturers and brands, and silicon (SoC) partners bringing Smart TV and connected TV products to market in Europe and globally.
Geography
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, with a registered office at Here, Bath Road, Bristol, and three offices supporting customers globally; work is focused on European and global TV deployments.
History
The registered company was incorporated on 13 June 1991 as ANYCO G LIMITED, renamed CABOT INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE GROUP LIMITED on 30 August 1991, and adopted the name OCEAN BLUE SOFTWARE LIMITED on 5 March 2004. The company describes more than 20 years of industry experience and identifies itself as the creator of one of the most widely deployed European TV middleware solutions.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsCompanies House previous-names records show the change from CABOT INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE GROUP LIMITED on 5 March 2004.
The company traded under the name CABOT INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE GROUP LIMITED from 30 August 1991 until 5 March 2004.
Companies House records incorporation on 13 June 1991 under company number 02620271, with the name ANYCO G LIMITED.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Ocean Blue Software do?
- UK software services firm supplying Smart TV and broadcast middleware, platform engineering, testing and certification expertise.
- Who are Ocean Blue Software's investors?
- Ocean Blue Software's investors include Creative UK.