The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) was a

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and

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focused on defining and publishing

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for end-to-end Internet Protocol television (

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) standards. It was later joined by several others. Since June 2014, OIPF has been part of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV association, a similar industry organisation for hybrid broadcast and broadband TV services formed in 2009, which worked closely with OIPF on browser and media specifications for network-connected televisions and set-top boxes.

History

In March 2007

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and

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formed the group. In September 2010 the consortium released the second version of their specification. The HbbTV standard, which has been adopted by many broadcasters across Europe, is based on the specifications created by the Open IPTV Forum. The OIPF and HbbTV announced a joint initiative for testing and certification in 2012. In June 2014, OIPF merged with HbbTV. The two initiatives were combined under the HbbTV banner because the markets for IPTV, OTT and hybrid broadcast and broadband TV are converging.''Open IPTV Forum and HbbTV Association Merge their Activities''
PR Newswire, 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015

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