Microware and OpenTV Partner to Deliver Complete Digital Television Solution.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1998--Microware Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:MWAR), developer of the OS-9-based DAVID- system software for digital television, and OpenTV Inc., the leading provider of digital interactive television delivery and applications development software solutions, Monday jointly announced the two companies have signed a partnership agreement to work together. The flexibility and modularity of Microware's OS-9 real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. combined with OpenTV's hardware- and platform-independent software will enable Microware and OpenTV to provide their customers with a cross-compatible, off-the-shelf solution for digital interactive television applications and services. The two companies will benefit by providing a superior combined solution for the needs of the European digital broadcast industry plus a variety of other international markets, including the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "The partnership between Microware and OpenTV is a big step in advancing the digital interactive television industry as a whole," said Jan Steenkamp, chief executive officer of OpenTV. "Our two companies have gained recognition in their own rights in this growing market, and together we can make even greater progress toward furthering the continued deployment of digital interactive services worldwide." Ken Kaplan, chief executive officer and president at Microware, added, "We have found that Microware and OpenTV share some things in common which make this partnership a sound alliance: the match between our technologies, the great relationships we have established through our successful histories in the industry, and our desire to work together to advance what we both recognize as an opportune market in digital interactive television." OpenTV OpenTV is the leading software solution company engaged in providing all the key components for the development and delivery of interactive services and content to digital satellite, cable, terrestrial broadcast and other video delivery services worldwide. Working in partnership with the world's leading consumer electronics companies, chip-set vendors, pay television set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. providers and conditional access system A conditional access system (CAS) is a system by which electronic transmission of digital media, especially satellite television signals through cable, is limited to subscribed clients. This is called conditional access. providers, OpenTV provides the only truly open, digital platform for the rapid delivery and deployment of interactive-television services and content. OpenTV, formerly known as Thomson Sun Interactive, is jointly owned by Myriad International Holdings (MIH MIH Make It Happen (band) MIH Master of International Health (University of Copenhagen) MIH Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralisation MIH Men in Hats (online comic) ), an international pay-TV company that recently purchased a 44 percent stake in OpenTV; Thomson Multimedia, a leading consumer electronics company; and top computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. company, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . OpenTV played a leading role in the launch of TPS' (la Television Par Satellite) interactive services in 1997 and continues to be actively involved in the development and introduction of new applications. The TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. services currently have more than 300,000 interactive television subscribers, making it the largest commercially operated system of its kind in the world. The company recently signed major agreements to provide its OpenTV software solution to British Interactive Broadcasting's (BIB) interactive television services platform and to Japan's PerfecTV! OpenTV is also in the final stages of negotiation with leading television services in Denmark, the Netherlands, Africa, the Middle East and the United States. Additional information on OpenTV can be found on the World Wide Web at www.opentv.com . Microware Systems Microware develops markets, and supports sophisticated real-time operating-system software and development tools for advanced consumer, communications and industrial products, including devices for the emerging Internet, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. and digital television markets. Microware's DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. (Digital Audio/Video Interactive Decoder) is an open operating-system software standard for digital television. Based on Microware's OS-9 real-time operating system, DAVID is designed to enable content and network providers to author an application once, store it on a variety of servers, send it across different types of broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. and run it on DAVID-based digital network devices. DAVID can be used in telephone, cable television and wireless networks and is licensed by manufacturers for use in digital television deployments, both in the United States and abroad. Microware, with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, , was founded in 1977 and has technology and sales offices throughout the United States as well as in England, France, Germany and Japan. Additional information on Microware can be found on the World Wide Web at www.microware.com . Microware, the Microware logo, OS-9 and DAVID are registered trademarks of Microware Systems Corp. OpenTV is a trademark of OpenTV Inc. All other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. -0- NOTE: The statements in this release concerning the outlook for the referenced partnership are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful development and customer acceptance of the products and services discussed. CONTACT: Bender, Goldman & Helper (for OpenTV) Alexis Hunter Alexis Hunter (born 1948) is a contemporary New Zealand artist, who has a feminist stance. She has lived in London and exhibited extensively, as well as teaching in art colleges. Life and career Alexis Hunter was born in Epsom, Auckland, one of twins. , 415/388-5587 415/388-5586 (fax) ahunter222@aol.com Stu Ginsburg, 212/371-0798 212/754-4380 (fax) sginsburg@bghny.com or Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. Deb Fry, 515/327-2338 debf@microware.com Sara Payne, 515/327-2449 sarap@microware.com |
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