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activa_multimedia digital S.L. AM, www.activamultimedia.com) was founded in 2001 as a subsidiary company of the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA, www.ccma.cat), the public corporation that manages the radio and television broadcasting services of the Catalan government (6 DTT channels, 4 radio stations, Internet, mobile, etc.). activa_multimedia leads the RTD&I activities of the CCMA. Our main objective is to develop innovative technologies and services that could be easily exported commercially to the market.
activa_multimedia has four business lines: AUTOMATIC TV (automatic content on TV), COMPACT TV (media asset management technologies), iTV (developers of cross-platform interactive applications), SAM (content provider of audiovisual weather services). Main RTD&I activities of activa_multimedia address automatic audiovisual technologies and intelligent content generation, both including multiple ways of interactivity.


ActiveVideo Networks is the world leader in cloud-based interactive services that are redefining television (iTV 2.0). The company's network-centric approach simply and inexpensively enables expanded programming, navigation and advertising possibilities, allowing viewers to define and share their TV experiences. ActiveVideo combines Web-based media and targeted, clickable advertisements with the high-quality video, immediate responsiveness and remote control navigation of television for uniform interactivity across all digital and IPTV set-tops, CI+ enabled televisions, and broadband-connected CE devices. ActiveVideo Networks is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, with offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore and Hilversum, the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.activevideo.com.


Akamai Akamai® bietet marktführende, Cloud-basierte Managed Services für die optimierte Bereitstellung von Inhalten und Applikationen für Web, Mobile sowie Online-HD-Videos und sichere E-Commerce-Transaktionen. Mit der Kombination aus weltweit aufgestelltem, energie-effizientem Computing und intelligenter Software verwandelt Akamai die Cloud in eine wachstumsfähige Informations-, Unterhaltungs-, Interaktions- und Kollaborationsplattform. Mehr Informationen zu weltweit führenden Unternehmen, die ihre Geschäftsaktivitäten mit Akamai in der Cloud optimieren, gibt es unter: http://www.akamai.de oder auf Twitter unter @Akamai.


Alcatel-Lucent is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and multimedia services to end-users. Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services. For interactive media services Alcatel-Lucent offers comprehensive solutions and SaaS services to efficiently produce and distribute interactive TV formats to a maximized reach of consumers. This Digital Media & Advertising Suite is an element of Alcatel-Lucent`s application enablement strategy.


Antik
Antik Technology is a company dedicated to a long-term development, production and distribution of hardware and software for telecommunication industry. The company is a designer and manufacturer of IPTV set-top boxes, professional encoders/transcoders and IPTV Middleware&Headend SW. Antik also operates global CDN for Over-The-Top content acquisition and delivery.  A sister company Antik Telecom is a leading provider of triple play services in Kosice, Slovakia - 13th fastest internet city worldwide according to University of Cambridge, UK survey. More information at www.antiktech.com.


Arion ARION Technology Inc. (KOSDAQ listed) has concentrated on Digital Broadcast Receiver since it was established in 1999. The company struggled to develop new and best products and maintain its high quality by recruiting and educating skilled employees, emphasizing the importance of quality among employees, staying in touch with customers, analyzing quality results and getting feedback continuously. Having based ourselves on the features demanded by large operators such as DishTV, Telmex, Cablevision, Telefonica, etc. since past a few years, we also have created innovative and user-friendly applications that are now available. For more information, please visit our website (www.arion.co.kr).


The Beuth University of Technology Berlin as an University of Applied Sciences has a strong research and development activity in the scope of interactive TV, IPTV, WebTV and Mobile IPTV. In Particular the Department of Computer Science and Media is working within of several research and cooperation projects with a noticeable number of partners from the media and software industry on the newest interactive TV and IPTV solutions.


BroadCom Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and in mobile environments. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything.


Cabot Communications is a market leader in providing tailored DVB middleware solutions for the digital TV industry. Cabot software and services are designed to deliver competitive advantage to digital device manufacturers by providing 'total' solutions which are tailored to meet specific needs, according to market and cost criteria.


Canal+ Group is France's leading pay-TV operator and a major player in the programming and production of premium and special-interest channels, the broadcasting of pay-TV services, and a pioneer in the development of new television services. At year-end 2008, Canal+ Group had over 10.5 million subscriptions to its different product offerings. CANAL+ Group runs pay-TV operations in Poland and in French-speaking countries around the world via Canal Overseas. CANAL+ GROUP is also a European leader in the financing, acquisition and distribution of feature films through its affiliate StudioCanal.


Capablue is a leading digital product development business focussing on TV and Web projects. Capablue have a pedigree within broadcast and VoD development that is second to none, having worked with many of the major broadcasters. Our core aim is in helping our clients getting TV on the Web and bringing the Web onto TV. Capablue's Services:
  • Advise & Consult - Strategy, Requirements, Advice
  • Design & Build - UX, Creative Design, Implementation
  • Managed Services - Out of the box solutions
Capablue develop cutting edge services for TV and broadcast and are involved in major broadcaster initiatives around Connected TV/IPTV services.


Capgemini sd&m belongs to the Technology Services Unit of the Capgemini Group in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It offers its customers holistic processes and software solutions which have a significant influence on their ability to compete. Its services extend from process planning and IT consultancy by way of the development of individual solutions and the implementation and rollout of standard software to system integration and application management. For its customers in the telecom, media and entertainment industries, Capgemini sd&m is developing and launching major web CMS projects, web TV, video on demand and IPTV solutions. Capgemini sd&m has offices in Munich, Stuttgart, Walldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hannover, Hamburg and Zurich and is registered as a company in Vienna under the Capgemini brand.


ChangHong SICHUAN CHANGHONG NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. PROFILE Sichuan Changhong Network Technologies Co, Ltd. is an independent subsidiary of Changhong Group, which is specialized in R&D, marketing and manufacturing of DVB-S(Satellite), DVB-C(Cable), DVB-T(Terrestrial), ISDB,DMB-TH and HDTVdigital set-top-box, applied system of the value service of digital TV. Sichan Changhong Network Technologies Co, Ltd. is the largest STB manufacturer in China, the production capacity of set-top-box reaches to 12 million.
The company has invested a huge sum of money to build digital TV lab., digital TV HFC experiment net, EMC lab., high accuracy SMT production line.
More than 330 engineers specialized in hardware, software, structure, testing and system integration are engaged in researching and developing the concerning products. Its aim is to become one of the strongest suppliers for Digital TV Solution worldwide.


Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks.
Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.


CLIXX CLIXX.BIZ helps to jump start your development of creative and compelling interactive content. Our experts will assist in evolving your current media catalog and help to design and develop prototypes at the forefront of innovative entertainment and e-commerce.
Built on over 30 years of experience in computer graphics and interactive applications, having worked on projects for the David set top box, ITV and IPTV, CLIXX.BIZ is offering its consulting and production services to clients in the advertising and media industry.
Please visit www.clixx.biz to find more information.


Codevise Solutions is a creative web agency with a strong focus on multi-device software solutions. Due to our long years' experience with customers in the broadcasting markets, we are able to meet the challenge of cutting-edge technology's early adaption combined with high quality of service requirements.
Leveraging of standardized web technologies in HbbTV implementations corresponds to our belief of next generation TV services. Codevise Solutions is the current leader in the creation of HbbTV applications for German radio broadcasters. For more information, please visit: http://codevise.de


CreNova CreNova Technology GmbH (www.crenova.tv) was established in 2008 as set-top-box manufacturer to take to market a unique modular system design that allows products to be tailored to meet individual customer needs. Meanwhile we have become the fastest growing manufacturer of STBs and have since attracted business as a provider of OEM solutions worldwide with a strong portfolio of product lines. Our competitive products are tailored to their specific requirements and span from DVB-S2, C-HD, T-HD, Combo S2/THD and Combo C-HD/T-HD to Twin-HD receivers. CreNova's team, which brings together over 20 years of experience in the set-top box market, is skilled in both software and hardware development. The addition of the HbbTV proposition to our range of receivers opens up totally new business opportunities to our customers.


DiscVision GmbH, established in Paderborn, Germany is providing technologies for networked STB and PVRs. DiscVision has long term experience especially in the development of PVR solutions and has provided its know how to a large number of innovative solutions since 2002.
Today, DiscVision is working on STB / PVR technologies that support broadcast and broadband applications ranging from WebTV portals, VoD solutions to web-based management and control systems for STB / PVRs. The HbbTV functionality will be a central topic in all future DiscVision solutions.


The Digital TV Group (DTG) is the industry association for digital television in the UK and is independent and platform neutral.
Formed in the mid 90s to facilitate the introduction of digital terrestrial TV in the UK, the Group is now at the centre of UK digital TV development. It publishes and maintains the technical standards for digital terrestrial TV in the UK and runs the industry's test and conformance centre: DTG Testing.
The Group is presently focused on emerging consumer devices and experiences including Connected TV, 3DTV, Video-on-Demand (VoD) and High Definition TV (HD).


Espial Group Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand software used across the world by cable operators (MSO), telco IPTV operators, hospitality operators and consumer electronics manufacturers. Its middleware, browser and video-on-demand solutions provide superior service delivery, advanced service innovation tools and the ability to serve a wide range of market segments - including over-the-top, IPTV, hybrid IP, multi-dwelling unit and enterprise. With over 2.5 million licenses of its patented technology in use, Espial is a leading supplier of TV software. Its browser products are also deployed in automobiles, mobile devices, TVs and a wide range of other devices.


eviado - visionary people, crafting solutions
eviado - the German cutting-edge technology company - offers a new world of home entertainment. Consumers will get in touch with web on TV in an easy way and will become a part of the most important overwhelming TV and media revolution ever. Partners will find an innovative way for customer retention.
Combining the worlds of web, television, music, social media and VoD, eviado is the real next generation TV.
eviado understands how Web-TV works and is looking forward to hbbTV's start, which will be the next step into the future of television. www.eviado.com


Fraunhofe5-HHI Concerning innovations for the digital future (i.e. both in the field of state-of-the-art communi cations systems and in the field of digital media and services use) we are at the heart of research and development w ork carried out by the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut. We are concentrated to develop the principles of information technology and to demonstrate new applications for new products in partnership with the industry.
Main topics are video- and audio-coding / transmission (Video over IP), the 2D- und 3D image proces sing, the image reproduction in virtual environments, teleimmersive systems, autostereoscopic displays, miixed realit y displays, man-machine-interactions and information and videoretrieval.


fseu Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe is a major supplier of semiconductor products. The company provides advanced systems solutions to the automotive, digital TV, mobile telephony, networking and industrial markets. Engineers from design centres dedicated to microcontrollers, graphics controllers, mixed-signal, wireless, multimedia ICs, ASIC products and software development, work closely with Fujitsu Semiconductor's marketing and sales teams to help satisfy customers' systems development requirements. This solutions approach is supported by a broad range of advanced semiconductor devices, IP, building blocks and software. For further information please visit http://emea.fujitsu.com/semiconductor .


FULAN Electronics LTD, a China leading digital TV company, specializes in developing digital TV solutions for worldwide operators and STB manufacturers. The mission of FULAN is to let people enjoy the digital new life which innovates unceasingly brought by home-use multimedia. Website: http://www.fulansoft.com


Haier The Haier Group (www.haiereurope.com) is the world's No. 1 white goods brand in terms of retail volume share per brand for refrigerators and washing machines (Euromonitor, 2010). With its commitment to quality and innovation, Haier brings the inspired living experience to consumers in over 160 countries worldwide. With group global headquarters based in the Chinese city of Qingdao, Haier has regional headquarters in both Paris and New York, serving its clients in Europe and America. Haier has 61 trading companies, 29 manufacturing plants, 8 design centres and 16 industrial parks with more than 60,000 employees worldwide. Haier specialises in technology-led research, manufacturing and trading a large range of durable products - within Europe these include: televisions, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, consumer electronics (notably television sets) and energy saving home solutions. Haier's global revenue in 2009 was 18.2 billion USD. Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (HKG: 1169), a subsidiary of the Haier Group, is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Qingdao Haier Co. (SHA: 600690), also a Haier subsidiary, is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.


Humax is one of the world's largest manufacturers of digital set-top boxes, exporting its products to over 90 countries across the globe. The company has built a solid reputation as a leading supplier of high quality, feature-rich digital TV products, including Digital Television Recorders (DTRs), high definition (HD) set-top boxes and digital TVs. The company headquarters and R&D facility are based in Korea, with offices in Dubai, Germany, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US.


Icareus Group has been actively involved in the development of standardized interactive digital TV since 2001 by developing and promoting cutting-edge iTV solutions for terrestrial, cable, satellite and IPTV environments. Icareus' product and service offering for HbbTV includes innovative and attractive interactive TV services and head-end playout products including e.g. total HbbTV Lab playout server and Object Carousel. The company works with the leading digital-TV operators (Telekom Italia, Videocon, Digita, N, Telenet, etc.), broadcasters (ABC, RAI, RTB, TV3, ORF, MusicTV, etc.) equipment manufacturers (LG, Phillips, NEC, Samsung, etc.) and research institutions (Aido, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Universidade de Bras?lia, SENA, Torino University, etc.) in more than 40 countries around the world.


Based in Istanbul, Turkey, IKON Interactive Digital TV is an end-to-end technology and interactive services provider for digital television platforms, enabling differentiated media and platform experience to the broadest audience possible with a special focus on emerging IP, OTT (over the top)and next generation Hybrid platforms.
Its services and solutions help operators, content/service providers, broadcasters, TV and consumer platforms to bridge IP, interactivity and rich media to unlock the revenue potential of their networks, deliver "TV Everywhere" strategy with key broadcast, integration and turnkey IP, OTT,Hybrid platform services.


Intek Digital Inc. is the manufacturer of digital set-top-boxes, such as satellite, terrestrial, cable, SD, HD, PVR models. Our core members have over 10 years experience for set-top-box business. All products are made in Korea. Therefore we guarantee that the quality is the highest in set-top-box companies. Also we provide prompt solution to every issues which are from customers and buyers.


Inverto logo Inverto Digital labs, is a leader in broadcast reception and streaming products and a major player in the Low Noise Blocks (LNB's). The company serves tier-1 operators across EMEA and execute roadmaps on behalf of leading brands worldwide. As a DVB expert group, the technical staff specializes across the various technologies from Antenna, Feed, RF design, through switching to steaming software and hardware in confined, embedded environments. This unique trait allows for a truly holistic view on product and system design (www.inverto.tv).


iPlus logo Since its establishment in 2000, iPlus Technologies has been committed to providing the best head-end solution for IPTV service providers. The members of the company have gained extensive IPTV expertise in Korea, which already supports the greatest number of IPTV subscribers worldwide. The core strength of iPlus Technologies is their ownership of end to end solutions for IP hybrid technologies, including head end, middleware and set top box systems.


Jiuzhou Shenzhen Jiuzhou Electric Co.,Ltd.(Digital Telemedia Co., Ltd.), is a hi-tech joint venture company specialized in the research & development, manufacturing and marketing of set top box and TV set, Multi-media equipments.The company headquarters and R&D center are based in China, with more than 250 professional engineers, and Jiuzhou have extensive technological cooperation with European R&D centers. As one of the set top box leading supplier in China with a manufacturing capability of 2 million units per month. Jiuzhou also provide OEM, ODM, CKD and SKD service and win reputation among customers worldwide.
Jiuzhou will show a colorful digital world harmoniously combining high digital technology with human life by multi-national enterprises management, advanced idea, first-class technology, reliable and superior product performance, excellent human resource and satisfied service.


Joshfire Joshfire is the Internet of Things Agency and is developing the first Open Source Multi-Object Framework (with a specific HbbTV connector).
We are assisting our customers in the development of innovative solutions helping them to be pioneers in their industry.


Miniweb enables converged broadcast and broadband entertainment on the TV, with a Connected TV Services Platform allowing easy navigation and consumption of internet video. Miniweb’s Platform provides a seamless experience across all content providers and empowers the viewer with global search, recommendations, micropayments, community, and personalisation functions. The connected TV services platform can be customised by content owners, device OEMs and operators and enables them to benefit from new revenue streams generated by micropayments and advertising.


The NetRange MMH, formerly MMH Interactive, is a pioneer in interactive television (ITV) in German-speaking regions. Our comprehensive service portfolio includes not only strategic consultation, conception and support for license issues, but also technical implementation and services for ongoing operations. NetRange MMH assists you in the realisation of your ITV projects in this new, promising segment with incredible potential.
As the largest consultancy agency for web-based TV applications in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, NetRange MMH works with clients such as telephone and cable network providers, CE device manufacturers, linear TV networks, media companies and publishing houses and with a variety of content and service partners. The first ITV programs available in Germany were made possible by NetRange MMH.


nexx.tv, based in Munich, Germany is a full service provider for all aspects of video platforms. Their products are available on a variety of devices, using all available technologies. Starting with golfdigital.tv on Philips netTV, they began to extend their efforts on the growing HbbTV market. Since january 2010, they are working on HbbTV applications for Rovi's media guide.


NPO Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO) is responsible for the overall management of the public broadcasting system. Naturally, NPO strives to reach the largest possible audience with the programmes produced by the public broadcasters. Aside from NPO, the public broadcasting system consists of broadcasting associations, aspiring broadcasting associations, the programme organizations established by law (NOS, NPS), educational broadcasters, and broadcasters based on faith or outlook on life.
Public broadcasting is active on many platforms: radio, television, internet and mobile telephone. Some of these platforms are cross-medially linked to each other. A radio excerpt might be available to on the internet, for instance, or the website of a television programme may offer more information about a particular topic on the show. In order to enrich and distribute the existing range of programming in new ways, public broadcasting has also set up a number of digital theme channels and audiovisual portals such as Uitzendinggemist.nl, Cultura and Nederland 24.
Uitzending Gemist is public broadcasting’s online TV catch-up portal. The site (Uitzendinggemist.nl) offers viewers a chance to catch up on any recently-aired public broadcasting TV programme. This service is available via an internet video player, 24 hours a day and free of charge. Uitzending Gemist can also be viewed offline via mobile telephone and some cable providers even offer the service on demand in their expanded digital TV packages. Annual figures from the NPO audience research department show that increasing numbers of Dutch viewers are using Uitzending Gemist. In 2008, the site attracted on average more than 1.6 million unique visitors a month. In all, over 130 million broadcasts were viewed.


NRJ 12 is a French private TV service broadcasted is SD over DTT and satellite and in HD over cable and ADSL... Innovative, attractive and interactive, NRJ 12 has confirmed its status as a general-interest channel, thanks to an editorial programming schedule that is solidly focused on the future. Behind this eldest child of the NRJ television family come three channels : NRJ HITS (music only); NRJ PARIS (the Parisian multicultural channel) and 7L TV, the regional station for Montpellier.


Ocean Blue Ocean Blue Software, based in Bristol and Hong Kong and specialises in the development, distribution and support of world-class software solutions, which are incorporated into Digital TV consumer electronics products, present in the Digital Home.
Ocean Blue's software products stand out in terms of maturity, usability, operability and adherence to international digital broadcast standards, notably DVB and DTG. Ocean Blue is active in both DTG and DVB groups, assisting in the development of industry software standards. Ocean Blue's new software developments include support for High Definition TV broadcasts, Advanced Text-To-Speech Technology, CI Plus and Connected-TV solutions.


Opentech Inc., a leading set top box manufacturer, was founded in 1996.
In 2001, Opentech started digital set top box business with all of its efforts and has been advanced in key digital broadcasting technologies. Now opentech becomes one of the leading set top box manufacturers with many success businesses in the world. Opentech has supplied the high quality products and services to over 50 countries including 10 big broadcasting operators worldwide with a variety of set top boxes meeting the high standard of requirements.
Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, Opentech has a branch in Dubai, U.A.E and Eschborn, Germany to respond promptly to it's customers around the world. http://www.opentech.co.kr


pasife Pasife offers solutions for consumers and business partners for monitoring and managing of fitness and health in combination with TV terminal equipment. Our goal is to carry out daily exercises and repetitive health checks effectively. The remote control navigates you through the world of your vital data and advanced assistive services with valuable and motivating feedback. Pasife's central experience is the integration of live sensor data into various interactive services in combination with TV terminal equipment and mobile devices, combining fitness training and health management with entertainment the simplest way.


Ping ping24/7 (GmbH) was founded in 2003. Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, the company is a leading specialist for cross-sector services in the field of eCommerce and web solutions, interface programming and innovations based on the new HbbTV technology. Since the beginning of 2010 ping24/7 focuses on programming of solutions connecting Internet and TV without any media interruption (connept TV). One example operated by ping24/7 is the first and currently only web-tv shop www.hoerbuch-direkt.tv that offers the possibility to buy audio books via television. With only 3 clicks "easy checkout" a recently developed product for shops and portals enables you to purchase on the TV screen via HbbTV technology. ping24/7 is one of the first providers that make webshops work on Internet enabled TV sets. In July 2010 another inhouse development was released: "ping Connepter" links existing IT systems and applications of an organization without media disruption and thus contributes substantially to the optimization of business processes.


Pronovit Pronovit AG is a dynamic and innovative management consultancy, situated in Düsseldorf. Founded in 2007 we are committed to producing fresh ideas. Currently we are employing more than 100 contractors and over 30 permanent employees. During the last years we are continuously growing.
We develop innovative business models to enable online shopping via remote control, known as t-commerce. Our mission is to bring the retail and the television sector together to generate additional revenue for retail companies.
We support HbbTV as an excellent standard and a very suitable technology to enable easy purchasing products under usability issues. Therefore we optimize processes along the value chain of t-commerce and work together with our technology partners.


reycom Reycom brings HD TV and the Internet to the TV screen.
We deliver the entire value chain for complete entertainment solutions to network operators: from content, over the IP/VoD platform up to state-of-the-art user devices. Driven by the convergence of HD and the Web, subscribers enjoy a new and fascinating TV experience. Right in the living-room.
Our "More than TV" Entertainment Solutions for network operators incorporate application integration services (TV, movies, music, pictures, videos, e-commerce), video-on-demand platform services (content aggregation, content rights management, video-on-demand platform operation), remote managed services (software update services, deployment of new services, remote storage management) and hybrid client devices for digital-TV and IP/TV (next generation settop-boxes, Entertainment Nettop systems) for closed and encrypted operations or for open environments.


Rovi Corporation delivers technology solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect and discover to new entertainment content from many sources and locations. The company provides industry leading interactive media and program guides; a catalog of entertainment metadata; advanced media recognition solutions and industry standard networking technologies for the discovery of new media. These solutions are deployed by companies working to create a more cohesive entertainment experience for the consumers. More information about Rovi can be found at www.rovicorp.com.


Sharp Since its foundation in 1912, Sharp has devised a string of Japan-first and world-first products, based on the spirit to "make products that others want to imitate“. Sharp formulated two new visions for its 2012 centennial anniversary: "Contribute to the world with environment and health conscious business, focusing on energy-saving and energy creating products" and "Contribute to a ubiquitous society with one-of-a-kind Liquid Crystal Display“. Sharp is committed to achieving these visions by pioneering the future through its environment and health business including solar cells, in addition to promoting its core LCD business.


The simple HbbTV Editor started as a project at Beuth University for Technology Berlin. The idea was to create a component based editor that enables one to design an HbbTV website without programming skills. The user can create pages on a wysiwyg basis via drag& drop. The HTML, Javascript and CSS code for an HbbTV compatible site/ application is generated automatically. Through a plug-in-system new components and features can be added easily.
For further information feel free to contact us at: projekt-she AT gmx.de


Skyviia Skyviia Corporation, a multimedia IC design company, is the market pioneer in System On Chip (SOC) solutions for innovative digital multimedia products. As a spin-off from Skymedi, the world’s market leader in storage controller IC solutions, Skyviia leverages Skymedi’s deep semiconductor industry experience to integrate competitive turnkey product solutions for our customers to develop Video, Audio and Internet multimedia electronics products.
With deep OS development experience in Android and QT, Skyviia provides the following products and services to our valued customers:
Skyviia Solution Evaluation Board and Related Software SDK / Basic Android and QT training courses / PCB layout check and PCBA verification / UI modification and system optimization / Porting Market-specific Applications and Adding New Functions / Testing and Acquiring Certifications for Safety and Various Standards.


Skyworth Established in 1988, Skyworth Group Co., Ltd is a leading global TV manufacturer and a public company listed in Hong Kong Exchange Stock (Stock code: 0751).  The company is engaged in researching, manufacturing and sales & distribution of consumer electronics, Internet communication products and security & protection products. Skyworth is one of the top 10 TV brands in the world and the number one TV brand in China.Shenzhen Skyworth digital technology co.ltd as a subsidiary company of Skyworth Group established in 2002. Focus on digital Set Top Box, HDTV, IP Boxes, PVR and iDTV. Biggest supplier for China Cable Market, occupying over 20% market share. Total volume in Y2009 is 8 million units. No.1 Volume shipped for HD STBs in Europe, South America and Australia, with DVB-S2 and DTT models among Chinese vendors.


smart The high-tech-company smart electronic GmbH, based in Germany's black-forest, has a future-oriented digital satellite, cable, DVB-T and hybrid product-line. The first-quality digital-receivers brand SMART is the main business, which satisfied with its innovative equipment, eco-friendly and an excellent price-performance ratio. smart electronic GmbH is a company with a real sense of tradition and they connect digital know-how with latest technology. They are an active and involved partner for business-partners and end-customers in this time of Europe's digitalisation and puts "high-tech from Germany's black-forest" into your home.


sofatronic is a leading middleware solutions provider for iTV and Blu-ray. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with offices also in Los Angeles, CA. sofatronic's products and services enable the Film & TV industries to develop highly complex interactive applications efficiently which consequently reduces developmental costs and introduces targeted T-commerce merchandising. Leading C&A facilities and film studios are using sofatronic Kaleidoscope to develop BD-J applications for Blu-ray. For more information visit www.sofatronic.com


STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. ST is a world leading supplier of comprehensive solutions for the converging segments of home entertainment, communication and connectivity. ST's product offering encompasses a broad range of applications in the digital consumer market, including set-top-boxes, TV, and audio together with a wide array of solutions for personal multimedia, from application processors to energy management and mobile imaging.


Sybit Sybit GmbH (http://www.sybit.de/media), established in 2000, is an innovative solution provider of multimedia content and asset management systems for radio and television broadcasters. We've built our core experience around high performance media portals and are one of the first solution providers in Germany for HbbTV with services such as EPG, video, Red Button and geolocation. Individual design and implementation of media libraries and media web portals for leading TV channels is our business. We seamlessly combine your video content with your web presence.


tascan TASCAN Service GmbH specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, repair and maintenance of interactive TV and computer systems together with the necessary aerial and computer networks in hotels, hospitals, retirement homes and similar facilities. As a specialist for the development of communication solutions for guest rooms we use the existing network structure of the premises with antenna, telephone and power net to broaden the range of services for the guest. By means of our modem (4 x VLAN, 8 x WLAN on DOCSIS standard) which was developed especially for this purpose or through the installation of communication solutions of our partners the guest obtains access to the world of information via TV set (HbbTV, Internet-TV, STB) and notebook. For further information please visit www.TASCAN.de


The TDF Group is operator of shared facilities and terrestrial networks in Europe. Its main markets are France and Germany.
It assists television networks, radio stations, telecommunications operators, ISPs and local authorities over the entire value chain of audiovisual and telecoms networks: filming, management and distribution of content up to transmission, deployment of networks, on-site hosting of operators' equipment at its sites and maintenance.
A key player in telecommunications and audiovisual convergence, upstream of new technologies, TDF is an operator with strong local roots, actively committed to battle against the digital dividend.


TechNexion manufactures board level, system level, and fully integrated streaming STB for customers who seek to deploy their networks quickly and cost effectively. We are dedicated to providing you with a single source for all of your needs - from our systems integration service, engineering support to customizing of PCB's or housings.


TechniSat The TechniSat group develops and manufactures consumer electronics and information technology products in Germany and throughout Europe. As a leading company in the digital radio and television market, TechniSat has experienced continued success for more than 20 years and has made a significant contribution to the economy, innovation and most importantly to the benefit of its customers.
As a pioneer of satellite reception technology in Germany, TechniSat has been presenting the market with a continually expanding range of products for more than 20 years. In addition to digital satellite reception infrastructure equipment and high-grade professional technology such as headend systems, multi-switches, measurement devices and installation accessories, TechniSat also offers a wide range of digital receivers for satellite (DVB-S/S2), cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) television. Using its position of market leader in Germany for digital receivers, TechniSat entered the luxury TV market in 2005 with its first IDTV, equipped with multiple tuners for the reception of digital programming from satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasters. The company’s success is based on its philosophy of developing high-quality, innovative products for consumers in Germany and across Europe, and manufacturing them within these markets.


TTG TechnoTrend Goerler GmbH is a company of digital technology and is based in Bavaria, Germany. The employees have almost 20 years of experience in the area of digital receive solutions and work closely together with development partners worldwide. The international sales and distribution activities are coordinated from Unterfoehring near Munich. Target markets are international operators, distributors and retail partners.
The product range goes from digital receiver for the classical digital TV, DVB-T, DVB-C and DVB-S, the innovative IPTV up to the future
oriented hybrid solutions. Worldwide trends of the market like HDTV- technology come to the fore within TechnoTrend Goerler.


TESC TESC Test Solution Center GmbH, a Kudelski Group company, operates internationally a globally acknowledged test laboratory and support center for digital television (DTV) products. TESC´s quality assurance tests make sure that DVB/IP set-top-boxes, iDTVs, CI/CI+ CAMs and smartcards operate reliably in the required network configuration, as well as with regard to maximum functional dependability and an excellent level of stability. TESC offers automated "back-box" testing regarding stability, performance, reliability and robustness of DTV products. All test engineers and project managers working for TESC are "ISTQB Certified Testers". Please visit www.tesc.tv for more information.


Teveo provides services to the interactive television market. The company offers a unique service that allows broadcasters to identify viewers in front of TV screens and to bill transactions thereby bridging the gap between free-to-air broadcasters and their audience.
Once registered, TV viewers can use the service to conveniently access premium content from any TV portal supporting the Teveo service.
Teveo performs payment processing for content providers and e-commerce businesses that offer their services through Internet enabled TV sets and other CE devices. For more information please go to: www.teveo.de
Teveo is based in Hamburg, Germany.


Topfield Topfield Co., Ltd is a leader taking initiatives in digital broadcasting industry. Since its establishment in 1998, with its first export of STB in Sep. 2000 on the basis of differentiated technologies, Topfield is securing higher reliability and competitiveness on the basis of continuous promotion for the products under its own brand and distinguished technologies in the world. Topfield has a strong history of leading the market since its establishment in 1998, with innovative new functionality for first STB(set-top box) with Two Tuners and was the first company to develop a PVR(Personal Video Recorder) successfully.


TVC is a large producer of TV content. Its in-house production covers a wide range of genres (news programs, documentaries, sports programs, fiction, entertainment, etc.). But TVC also co-produces with private companies and has contributed to creating a thriving audiovisual industry in Catalonia. TVC is also pioneering interactive applications that allow viewers to access a wide range of complementary services.


TV Genius improves the TV experience with personalized search that provides relevant recommendations across TV, mobile and the web. The company's content discovery platform has been built from the ground up to specifically meet the needs of TV discovery, providing deeper, richer content aggregation, allowing viewers to discover programming from a variety of sources. Its Recommendations Engine suggests appropriate content according to individual preferences.


uc-connect UC-Connect is a company that offers services that allow Consumer Electronics (CE) products to work seamslessly with services offered for such products and/or with other Consumer Electronics products. Today´s products are services are increasingly complex. All of us have experience of connecting two Consumer Electronics devices, or connecting a decice to a service, and finding out these do not work together properly.
Sometimes problems can be fixed by changing the product at the retailer, but more often then not we give up. UC-Connect aims to create a better experience in the connection of products and services by creating a efficient collaboration platform between the different market parties on all aspects of products and services that are relevant to the end-user. HbbTV is a perfect example of a standard that can facilitate better interoperability and thus supporting and promotion of HbbTV is natural to UC-Connect.


VANTAGE Digital GmbH - "Television at the highest level " - This guiding principle has been set as a benchmark for all activities of the company VANTAGE Digital GmbH based in Karlsbad/Germany.
The company develops and manufactures products since 2004 in the field of consumer electronics. The specialty of VANTAGE Digital are set-top boxes with HDTV receiver technology.
Innovative technology and outstanding design are the basic hallmarks of the receiver from VANTAGE. VANTAGE products are available across Europe in well-stocked electronics centers and in traditional stores.
Parallel to the everyday business offers VANTAGE Digital GmbH customized OEM services for set-top boxes.
www.vantage-digital.com


VBox VBox is a leading provider of products and solutions converging DVB (broadcast) and IP networks. VBox offers innovative payTV receivers that enable solutions deployed for a range of market segments.
vBox covers market segments that benefit from its core technology competencies: broadcast and IP convergence, full payTV CAS (Conditional Access Systems) and DRM integration, TV Gateway for any IP enabled devices and support for any Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux). vBox solutions include:
  • v@Home for advanced all home payTV consumer premises equipment (CPE) that covers Home networks, PCs, TVs and Portable devices
  • v@Retail Digital signage IP players converged with any type of broadcast TV
  • v@Enterprise Enterprise business TV and Data broadcasting


VideoWeb, based in Karlsruhe, Germany (www.videoweb.de) is a leading supplier of TV-Portals and Hybrid SetTopBoxes. The first product, the VideoWeb 600S receiver with full integration of HbbTV will be available in January 2010 in volume. VideoWeb 600S features a state-of-art Sat-Receiver (with HDTV, built-in HD+ support, PVR & TimeShift), full HbbTV support (RedButton and VOD) and the VideoWeb TV-Portal with HD VOD and may Internet Services like Picasa etc. VideoWeb 600S already runs all major HbbTV applications from the German broadcasters like (ARD, ZDF and RTL).


WTV WizTiVi is a leader in interactive TV with a complete solution for content on all connected devices and operators.
Our company offers publishers the ability to monetize their content with creative and interactive services across all devices (TV, Set Top Boxes, game consoles) and on multimedia IPTV Telco, ISP and cable operator platforms. Through its “Best Practices” experience and a unique technical background, WizTiVi is bringing the next stage of interactive television to life !
www.wiztivi.com


Zappware is a one-stop solution provider for interactive digital TV (iDTV) on multiple TV platforms. Zappware conceives, designs, develops and integrates compelling and revenue-generating iDTV services such as Video-on-Demand, Electronic Program Guides, (Network) Digital Video Recording, Interactive Advertisements or TV Programme Enhancements. Zappware's interactive services are complete end-to-end solutions and come with respective production and management tools to allow operators, broadcasters or advertisers to manage, maintain and measure their iDTV services in-house. Zappware delivers interactive services on a broad variety of TV platforms including cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV and connected TV platforms. They are also pre-integrated with a broad variety of head-end management products.
Besides custom iDTV solutions, Zappware offers a range of off-the-shelf iDTV services that can easily be rebranded and thus allow for a fast market introduction.