OpenTV ION

Introduction

About OpenTV ION

OpenTV ION is a user experience product for a wide range of client devices. This documentation bundle provides details of its technical construction and configuration.

The technical design of the product is an evolving entity which tries to satisfy a vision to converge the following requirements:

  • Ability to use the source code once written in as many client platforms as possible. 

  • Ability to leverage the latest technologies as building blocks that enable state of the art feature sets.

  • Ability to build configurable, modular software design blocks.

Supported devices

Here are the currently supported devices:

Design type

Platform

Current status

Handheld

Mobile  (iOS, Android)

Production ready

Tablet (iOS, Android)

Production ready

10 ft distance

Android TV Operator Tier launcher

Production ready

Android TV Standalone app

Production ready

FireTV

Production ready

Future device support

We have further device support in the pipeline:

Design type

Platform

Current status

10 ft distance

Apple TV

Roadmap

Web

Desktop

Legacy - not on current code base

Smart TV

TV applications

Roadmap

The OpenTV ION design documentation and sample applications that point to demo instances are available on request for partners.

Glossary

Keyword

Detail

GUI

Graphical User Interface

CMS

Content Management System

KMS

Key Management Service

SSP

Secure Services Platform

SSM

Secure Session Management

OVP

OpenTV Platform

OTV Player

NAGRAVISION Player product integrated per platform