Some 16 months since its contentious but essential entrance into Android TV operator tier, Wyplay has teamed with SmarDTV Global, the former Kudelski Group conditional access module and set top division sold to Neotion for $20 million last year. This could so easily be cast aside as a “me too” announcement, were it not for the fact Wyplay perplexed us all back in June when it launched the self-proclaimed most exhaustive Android TV offering on the market. Crucially, SmarDTV now provides Wyplay with the hardware piece of the puzzle. French technology firms are notorious for sticking together and the two vendors have reacted to intense demand for Android TV – which is disrupting the video vendor ecosystem as shown by…