OpenTV Corp and Mediabolic, Inc. have announced that they have signed a multi-year license agreement to integrate Mediabolic’s award-winning Media Player and Media Server software with OpenTV’s Core middleware. The OpenTV home networking solution (OpenTV HN) will enable network operators to deploy multi-room Personal Video Recorder (PVR)/Digital Video Recorder (DVR) set-top boxes with remote recording capabilities, as well as access personal content on PCs such as photos and music from any networked set-top box. OpenTV expects to offer its home networking solution in mid 2006.

Mediabolic’s software, the foundation of OpenTV home networking solution, is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)-compliant, Intel Networked Media Product Requirements (NMPR)-certified and designed to Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) guidelines. As an extension of OpenTV’s proven Core middleware platform, this solution will enable network operators and their set-top box manufacturers to deploy compelling home networking products while minimizing integration costs and time to market.

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