Vewd Poaches Android TV Product Chief Sascha Prueter

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OSLO, NORWAY-BASED SMART TV SOFTWARE VENDOR VEWD has named former Android TV products chief Sascha Pruter its new chief product officer. Pruter will lead all ofVewd's product-management efforts, focusing on the company's emerging portfolio of pay TV operator products, including the recently announced Vewd OS for Android TV. "Sascha understands how to design compelling OTT products and has deep commercial insight relevant to global pay TV operators and leading OEMs," said Aneesh Rajaram, CEO of Vewd, in a statement. "His experience creating world-class solutions aligns well with Vewd's strategic product roadmap." Founded 15 years ago, Vewd lists Samsung, Sony, Verizon and TiVo among its customers. As a key member of Google's Android leadership team, Pruter was responsible for all TV-related product and partner engineering efforts. Most recently, he led the charge to build and distribute Android TV to nearly 100 pay TV operators globally. He also ran the Android platform program management team in charge of Android operating system releases to phones and tablets worldwide.