Five years ago this week… Amino launched its first software-only contract with tier 1 Hong Kong operator PCCW, which hopped aboard the former’s Enable software platform. This provided a layer of software below the middleware, so that PCCW could adjust the middleware and UI on its existing footprint of Now One UHD set tops to roll out the 4K version of Now TV. Amino inherited Enable with its 2015 acquisition of US-based cloud TV company Entone, which alongside another acquisition of Swedish OTT system Booxmedia, saw the company move aggressively into software. This software-led M&A charge was clearly a trend of the time – as in the 12 months prior, Arris acquired Pace, and Technicolor acquired Cisco’s set top business.…