Organization:Open IPTV Forum

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Open IPTV Forum
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AbbreviationOIPF
Formation19 March 2007; 16 years ago (2007-03-19)
TypeINGO
Websitewww.oipf.tv (Now Defunct)

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]

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. 1.0 1.1 Cedervall, Mats; Horn, Uwe; Hu, Yunchao; Ivars, Ignacio Más; Näsström, Thomas (2007). "Open IPTV Forum – Toward an open IPTV standard" (Portable Document Format). Ericsson. http://www1.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/publications/ericsson_review/2007/1_OpenIPTVForum.pdf. Retrieved 14 January 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ray, Bill (10 September 2012). "Open IPTV joins HbbTV in connected telly love-in". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/10/iptv_testing/. 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. http://www.w3.org/2011/09/webtv/papers/W3C_position_paper_OIPF_20110815_clean.pdf. Retrieved 14 January 2013. 
  4. Anderson, Nate (20 March 2007). "Open IPTV Forum wants to set end-to-end IPTV standards". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/business/2007/03/open-iptv-forum-wants-to-set-end-to-end-iptv-standards/. Retrieved 12 January 2013. 
  5. Lindquist, Jan (24 August 2010). "Open IPTV Forum (OIPF)" (Portable Document Format). World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.w3.org/2010/09/web-on-tv/slides/W3C-OIPF.pdf. 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. http://www.hitekmagazine.com/hitekmag/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1875:open-iptv-forum-oipf-welcomes-new-members-3-screen-solutions-broadpeak-digisofttv-and-zenterio&catid=42:events-news&Itemid=64. Retrieved 12 January 2013. 
  7. Middleton, James (19 March 2007). "Open IPTV Forum formed". Telecoms.com. http://www.telecoms.com/6048/open-iptv-forum-formed/. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  8. Lane, Frederick (19 March 2007). "Telco Giants Found Open IPTV Forum". Newsfactor. http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Telco-Giants-Found-Open-IPTV-Forum/story.xhtml?story_id=10300BOU165N. 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. http://advanced-television.com/2012/12/05/oipf-commissions-digital-tv-labs-test-suite/. 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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