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About Us
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About UsThe Open IPTV Forum enables and accelerates creation of a mass market for IPTV by defining and publishing free-of-charge, standards-based specifications for end-end IPTV services of the future. End to end specifications are essential to an effective eco-system delivering an easy "plug and play" interoperability experience for the end consumer. The Open IPTV Forum is an essential organization independent from the technology behind the industry. Founding members Panasonic, Samsung, Ericsson, Sony Corporation, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Philips and Nokia Siemens Networks have since been joined by 50+ leading industry stakeholder members of The OIPF: Bouygues Telecom, British Telecom, Deutsch Telekom, Fastweb, KDDI, PCCW, Rogers Communications, SES-Astra, Telefonica, TeliaSonera AB, ANT Software, ADB Broadband, D-Link, Motorola Inc, Sharp, Vestel, Zyxel, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Huawei, HwaCom, Intel, Technicolor, ZTE, BesTV New Media, Oracle/Sun Microsystems, BBC, IRT, RAI, Access Systems Europe, Dolby, DTS, Fraunhofer Institute, Gemalto, Intertrust Technologies, Mstar Semiconductor, MediaTek Inc, Opera Software, Penki Kontinentai, Quative/Nagravision, Rovi, Sigma Designs, Smartlabs, Testronics, Toshiba, Verimatrix. The forum is fully open to participation across the communications and entertainment industries with members including network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network infrastructure providers. As a collaborative industry body the OIPF has incorporated existing standards wherever possible - OIPF standards are also being adopted by complementary groups including HBBTV. A forthcoming device certification and IOT program will see the OIPF logo appearing on numerous services and devices, aiding consumers, service providers and manufacturers as new technologies are delivered to retail, end user living rooms and across multiple mobile screens. |