OpenTV Surpasses 50 Million Set-Top Box Deployments Worldwide

OpenTV Surpasses 50 Million Set-Top Box Deployments Worldwide

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV), one of the world's leading interactive television companies, today announced it had surpassed the milestone of 50 million OpenTV middleware-enabled set-top box (STB) deployments worldwide as of the end of last year.

OpenTV's middleware has been deployed to a multitude of STB's from numerous vendors, including boxes for digital cable, satellite, and terrestrial networks. Indicative of the accelerated growth of interactive enabled households, network operators are fueling the demand for OpenTV's technologies and applications by expanding their digital services with new interactive technologies to their existing customer bases and into new markets.

"I am delighted with the continued strong growth of our middleware deployments," said James A. Chiddix, chairman and CEO of OpenTV. "I believe that surpassing 50 million deployed set-top boxes worldwide creates a base that provides us a significant opportunity to leverage and extend our suite of iTV content, applications and technology solutions over the coming years."

About OpenTV

OpenTV is one of the world's leading interactive television companies. Deployed in over 50 million digital set-top-boxes in 96 countries, the company's software enables a wide array of functionality, including enhanced television, interactive shopping, interactive and addressable advertising, games and gaming, personal video recording, and a variety of consumer care and communication applications. For more information, please visit www.opentv.com.

Source: OpenTV, Inc.

CONTACT: Marc McCarthy of OpenTV, Inc., +1-415-962-5111, or mmccarthy@opentv.com

Web site: http://www.opentv.com/

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