. this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message opentv type private industry digital television fate fully owned subsidiary of the kudelski group founded 1994 headquarters cheseaux switzerland opentv based in san francisco usa products television operating systems middleware tv user interface and advertising revenue 120 million for the year ended on december 31 2009 owner kudelski group number of employees 600 parent kudelski group website www.nagra.com dtv opentv or opentv connectware is a software platform product line within the nagra digital television products & services offering . 1 opentv is a global software technology company for interactive and digital television . opentv was founded in 1994 through the merge of thomson multimedia and sun microsystems . its primary business involved the sale of set top box operating systems and middleware software as well as advanced advertising products and on march 28 2010 opentv became a fully owned subsidiary of the nagra kudelski group nagravision or nagra kudelski and opentv as a company was delisted from the nasdaq where it had been listed under the symbol optv . 2 contents 1 opentv middleware broadcast & digital television platform 1.1 opentv virtual machine execution environment 2 opentv 4 middleware internet streaming platform 3 opentv 5 connectware media convergence platform 4 gravity guides 5 opentv advertising 6 see also 7 references 8 external links opentv middleware broadcast & digital television platform edit opentv s flagship product is opentv formerly known as opentv core a widely deployed digital television middleware . opentv 2.x software technology contains a hardware abstraction layer to enable hardware independence tv libraries a broadcast stack dvb t dvb c dvb s isdb atsc ... a selection of application execution environments and personal video recorders pvrs to create a digital television environment for set top box . nagara offers opentv 2 middleware bundled with the award winning nx2 guide and user interface with their quickstart solution . 3 opentv 2 middleware has shipped more than 160 million set top boxes worldwide . it passed the 100 million mark in february 2007 . 4 the opentv 2 middleware was deployed at bskyb uk sky italia italy digital spain t l vision par satellite tps france numericable france echostar usa bell expressvu canada foxtel australia austar australia sky new zealand new zealand showtime saudi arabia evision dubai cablecom switzerland euskaltel spain auna spain starhub singapore truevisions thailand viasat nordic hot isra l net servi os de comunica o brazil zee dish tv of essel group india tv cabo portugal cabovis o portugal digiturk turkey etisalat uae ntv plus russia liberty global upc broadband europe nova greece dstv south africa among many other pay tv operation globally opentv 2 was ported on more than 40 different types of television set top boxes such as the one from pace adb amstrad daewoo echostar grundig humax hyundai matsushita motorola nokia philips sagemcom samsung cisco scientific atlanta sony toshiba and thomson now technicolor . opentv virtual machine execution environment edit opentv applications are written in c using the compiler gcco which outputs o code which is then run on many set top boxes . the opentv api wraps 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 . the opentv 2 sdk is available on the nagra opentv application community web site . opentv 4 middleware internet streaming platform edit opentv 4 client middleware leverages the linux os capabilities . 5 it supports http live streaming also known as hls adaptive streaming with nagra prm for secure over the top delivery of both live and on demand content . the software was deployed at jazztel in spain in q4 2011 . opentv 5 connectware media convergence platform edit nagra connected home demo at ibc 2014 in amsterdam . from left to right on the screens starhub net and telef nica uis running on opentv 5 platform opentv 5 is a television and media convergence platform . 6 the multi services connectware solution allows to abstract television & media services across devices e.g. set top box residential gateway television within the home cloud as well as bridge broadcast environment with ip based internet services 7 it is built on the linux kernel operating system and internet technologies such as html5 and svg combined with core digital television components . the product is designed for portability modularity and security . it includes a broadcast and service information si stack dvb t dvb c dvb s isdb with an advanced digital video recorder dvr and home networking module digital living network alliance dlna for sharing media content across the home while enabling internet video with adaptive bitrate streaming capabilities progressive download http live streaming microsoft smooth streaming . the solution also supports on demand video on demand and iptv . the middleware components are implemented as linux services each in a separate process . it uses standard linux for inter process communication via d bus which insulates services and facilitates adding third party modules . this enables television service operators to quickly deploy applications using industry standard tools and programming languages without any fear that new applications will interfere with their core tv services or network infrastructure . opentv 5 s porting interface abstracts the driver interface and reduces the complexity of driver development . in addition to the svg html environment and tv centric api ccom opentv 5 provides a javascript application framework jsfw for rapid ui and business logic development . 8 the framework offers libraries to accelerate common tasks such as uex menus branding service delivery and back office integration pvr management vod portal listings or online community access . opentv 5 is performance optimized for embedded television systems and can scale from a thin tv set top box devices up to a residential gateway solution . 9 stmicroelectronics was the first to announce availability of opentv 5 drivers for the sti7105 and sti7108 orly cannes liege and st s latest generation powerful broadband system on chip ic . broadcom has also developed and deployed opentv 5 solutions on a wide range of their soc families e.g. on bcm7356 7231 7425 7430 7435 7445 7251 7252 7383 7384 . opentv 5 drivers are available to hardware manufacturers through the soc vendor . opentv 5 has won numerous awards including the best middleware & cpe at the connected world tv awards at the 2012 ibc conference in amsterdam . 10 opentv 5 has launched in various regions including latin america where it has been deployed on the telef nica network along with other nagra pay tv service solutions . 11 gravity guides edit nagra s gravity ultra hd ui demo at ibc 2014 in amsterdam nagra also offers their gravity guides 12 product portfolio in conjunction with opentv 5 . 12 gravity guide and navigation is video centric uses minimal design and is based on menu structure with consistent navigation . gravity ultra is an optimized ultra high definition television 4k media user interface leveraging html5 and opengl . the product is build on top of the opentv 5 platform and offers new navigation schemes to content discovery and consumption . 13 during the latest ibc conference gravity ultra was presented for public viewing . key features include new ways of discovering content the possibility of eliminating traditional grid epgs and a new integration of social features 14 opentv advertising edit in october 2011 nagra acquired sigma systems scte 130 subscriber information service platform sis business for response management and audience qualification as to deliver customized messages to the audience . 15 the eclipseplus line of campaign management solutions schedule more than 100 million spots per month and manage some 2.5 billion of annual advertising revenue march 2012 . 16 on october 31 2014 imagine communications corp. acquired opentv s advanced advertising systems from the kudelski group 17 including eclipseplus eclipse xg billing eclipse xg insights and participate . 18 imagine communications has added the products to its portfolio of media management software for advanced advertising traffic and billing . see also edit cloud api digital video recorder electronic program guide enhanced tv home network home server iptv internet television over the top content residential gateway second screen smart tv technological convergence video advertising references edit nagra digital television press release kudeslski group completes acquisition of opentv march 29 2010 cheseaux switzerland press release nx2 quickstart solution an advanced ui easy to adapt simple to use clover julian . opentv found in 100 million enabled devices broadbandtvnews.com . february 20 2008 press release echostar europe integrates opentv s linux client solution from nagravision september 11 2010 echostar http www.nagra.com dtv download file view 664 159 press release nagra opentv 5 bringing multi service tv to life nagra community youtube nagra homedge gateways & devices http www.screenplaysmag.com 2012 10 05 nagra initiatives lower bar to launching multiscreen tv press release http blog.digital.telefonica.com press release telefonica nagra pay tv latin america a b http www.nagra.com dtv download file view 944 159 press release nagra the user interface a game changer for pay tv service providers http www.v net.tv uhd is stunning and will need a ui to match press release nagra and sigma partnered on advanced advertising october 3 2011 cheseaux switzerland and toronto canada press release nagra opentv and time warner cable media extend advanced advertising partnership march 5 2012 cheseaux switzerland press release http dtv.nagra.com company newsroom press releasesv2 press releases v2 article article kudelski group completes sale opentvs advertising assets imagine http www .4 traders.com kudelski sa 6096412 news kudelski imagine communications acquires opentv advanced advertising business 19315329 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title opentv & oldid 714732914 categories digital televisioninteractive televisioncompanies established in 1994hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2015all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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