Open IPTV Forum

The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) was a non-profit consortium and standards organization focused on defining and publishing open for end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV) standards.[1][2][3][4] It was later joined by several others.[5][6]

Open IPTV Forum
AbbreviationOIPF
Formation19 March 2007 (2007-03-19)
TypeINGO
Websitewww.oipf.tv

Since June 2014, OIPF has been part of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV association, a similar industry organisation for hybrid broadcast and broadband TV services formed in 2009, which worked closely with OIPF on browser and media specifications for network-connected televisions and set-top boxes.

History

In March 2007 AT&T, Ericsson, Orange, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Sony and Telecom Italia formed the group.[1][7][8]

In September 2010 the consortium released the second version of their specification.[9]

The HbbTV standard, which has been adopted by many broadcasters across Europe, is based on the specifications created by the Open IPTV Forum.[10]

The OIPF and HbbTV announced a joint initiative for testing and certification in 2012.[2]

In June 2014, OIPF merged with HbbTV. The two initiatives were combined under the HbbTV banner because the markets for IPTV, OTT and hybrid broadcast and broadband TV are converging.[11]

References
  1. Cedervall, Mats; Horn, Uwe; Hu, Yunchao; Ivars, Ignacio Más; Näsström, Thomas (2007). "Open IPTV Forum – Toward an open IPTV standard" (Portable Document Format). Ericsson. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. Ray, Bill (10 September 2012). "Open IPTV joins HbbTV in connected telly love-in". The Register. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. Mitra, Nilo (15 August 2011). "The Open IPTV Forum Status & Future Directions – An Overview" (Portable Document Format). World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  4. Anderson, Nate (20 March 2007). "Open IPTV Forum wants to set end-to-end IPTV standards". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. Lindquist, Jan (24 August 2010). "Open IPTV Forum (OIPF)" (Portable Document Format). World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  6. "Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) welcomes new members 3 Screen Solutions, Broadpeak, Digisoft.tv and Zenterio". Hitekmagazine.com. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  7. Middleton, James (19 March 2007). "Open IPTV Forum formed". Telecoms.com. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  8. Lane, Frederick (19 March 2007). "Telco Giants Found Open IPTV Forum". Newsfactor. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. "OIPF Publishes its Release 2 IPTV Specifications" (Press release). 7 September 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  10. "OIPF commissions Digital TV Labs test suite". Advanced-Television.com. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  11. Open IPTV Forum and HbbTV Association Merge their Activities, PR Newswire, 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015
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