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| Type | NASDAQ: OPTV |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, USA |
| Industry | Interactive television |
| Products | Television operating systems and Middleware |
| Revenue | $110 million (USD) in 2007 |
| Employees | 500 |
| Website | www.OpenTV.com |
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OpenTV Core middleware
OpenTV's flagship product is OpenTV Core, a widely deployed digital television middleware. Middleware is computer Software that connects Software components or applications OpenTV Core software technology contains a hardware abstraction layer to enable hardware independence, TV libraries, a selection of application execution environments, and support for Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) to create a digital television environment for set-top box. Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
OpenTV Core middleware has shipped some 100 million set-top boxes worldwide (February 2007)[1] on 37 set-top-box manufacturers.
OpenTV supports interactive advertising. Interactive advertising uses Online or offline interactive media to communicate with consumers and to promote products brands services and public service announcements corporate They purchased CAM Systems in 2005, an advertising traffic & Billing solution for US cable (Comcast). Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone OpenTV provides system for allocation, scheduling, traffic, verification, and billing and supports local ad insertion/targeting at the headend or on the set-top, ad telescoping using VOD and PVR, enhanced TV for consumer call-to-action and audience measurement solutions for campaign effectiveness.
OpenTV Virtual Machine execution environment
OpenTV applications are written in C, using own compiler, gcco, which outputs o-code (like . tags please moot on the talk page first! --> In Computing, C is a general-purpose cross-platform block structured O-code is an Intermediate language emitted by the BCPL compiler exe under windows) which is then run on many set-top-boxes. The OpenTV API wrap all the hardware functions, including data transmission (one-way satellite broadcasts, full bi-directional links such as a modem or hard-wired serial port and high-speed broadband networks).
FSF lawsuit against OpenTV
In 2002, the FSF engaged in a GPL enforcement action against OpenTV. The Free Software Foundation ( FSF) is a Non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the Free software movement According to Forbes, OpenTV ended up paying the FSF $65,000. But OpenTV also reportedly complied by making available the requested code, so the purpose of the payment is unclear. The FSF's stated mission is not to demand money damages for GPL violations. [2]
See also
- Interactive television
- C programming language
- OpenTV API
- Personal Video Recorder
- High Definition
- IPTV
- Video On Demand
- Free Software Foundation
External links
References
- ^ Clover, Julian. "OpenTV found in 100 million enabled devices" BroadBandTVNews.com. February 20, 2008
- ^ http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/qECCd2x743n32T/The-Legend-of-Linksys.xhtml
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