title: Android set top box development
body: <p>Has anybody experiences with Android IPTV set-top-boxes software development? Do we need to use Google TV add-on? Can we install application outside of the Market Place? Do current STBs allow the 3rd party applications installations?</p>
  
  <p>I was checking several developers web pages and there were not any information which puts together the Android OS development and STBs. </p>
  
  <p>There should be many specific problems not known on mobile world (media players, remote controls, etc.)</p>
  
  <p>Promising devices are:</p>
  
  <p>o   <a href="http://www.echostar-europe.com/products/ConnectedDevices/IPTV/X200.aspx">http://www.echostar-europe.com/products/ConnectedDevices/IPTV/X200.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>o   <a href="http://www.techcinema.com/2011/07/amex-mp-g7-android-tv.html">http://www.techcinema.com/2011/07/amex-mp-g7-android-tv.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Regards,
  STeN</p>