The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) is pleased to announce that its first Interoperability Event was successful. The event took place from Nov 16th – 20th in the premises of the event host, Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin, Germany. The Open IPTV Forum plans for additional Interoperability Events during 2010 and onwards for adopters of the [...]

Opera Software today announced that it has joined the cross-industry consortium that is leading the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative. The purpose of HbbTV is to harmonize the broadcast and broadband delivery of news, information and entertainment to the end consumer through set-top boxes and connected TVs. Opera’s active support of this initiative will [...]

The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) is pleased to announce the publication of the Profiles specification for its Release 1 Solution. This specification is accompanied by a revision (Version 1.1) of its seven-volume Release 1 IPTV Solution specification, originally published in January 2009. All OIPF specifications are freely available for download from the Publications section of [...]

AMSTERDAM, International Broadcasting Convention, 14 Sept 2009: Cisco, SmartLabs and Bouygues Telecom are the latest organisations to join the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) in its development of open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV, based on existing technologies and open standards.
Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate. [...]

Core Facts
ANT today announced the launch of ANT Galio HbbTV Platform.
What is it?
· New release of the ANT Galio Platform that provides full support for Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) services
· HbbTV is an open platform for broadcasters that delivers value added on-demand [...]

Cisco Systems from the USA, SmartLabs from Russia and Bouygues Telecom from France are the latest organisations to join the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) in its development of open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV, based on existing technologies and open standards.
Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, transforming how people connect, communicate [...]

“Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV” or “HbbTV” Specification Aims at Harmonising Entertainment Delivery to the End Consumer through Broadcast and Broadband
27th August 2009 – A consortium of European television industry leaders announced today the launch of “Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV” or “HbbTV”, a major new pan-European initiative aimed at harmonising the broadcast and broadband delivery of [...]

The membership of the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) has been recently reinforced by the addition of four significant new members.
British Telecom, Pirelli, Netgem and ITRI have joined the effort to develop open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV; based on existing technologies and open standards.
British Telecom, BT operates an IPTV service that combines Digital Terrestrial Television with [...]

The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) will present an update on its current activities with a keynote presentation by Yun Chao Hu (Chair of the OIPF) and participation in a panel session at the upcoming NAB trade show event in Las Vegas.
The keynote and panel will form part of the MPEGIF Master Class; this year entitled [...]

MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 in Action in Las Vegas
NAB2009
The MPEG Industry Forum, the world’s largest advocacy group for the promotion of MPEG technologies, today announced that the following 16 member companies will be exhibiting at NAB2009, taking place in Las Vegas, NV between Monday, 20 April and Thursday 23 April 2009.
Amino Communications C2054
Cisco [...]