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HbbTV releases v2025-1 of HbbTV Conformance Test Suite

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks, has announced the release of version 2025-1 of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The latest update further strengthens the Test Suite’s position as an essential resource for manufacturers, ensuring compliance of […]

April 22, 2025

Data: HbbTV reaches 100m homes in Europe

The HbbTV standard has reached a significant milestone in 2025 with over 100 million households in Europe now having at least one TV set supporting the technology. This was announced by the HbbTV Association, based on market estimates by research company Dataxis. The number of HbbTV households will continue to rise, reaching 108 million by […]

March 27, 2025

France: M6+ on TNT in HbbTV

M6 Group is continuing to develop its M6+ streaming platform and is extending its accessibility to connected televisions receiving DTT, thanks to HbbTV technology. M6+ will be accessible in France via the M6, W9 and 6ter channels and will provide free access to the entire programme catalogue. Compatible with HbbTV 2.0 televisions (post-2021), the service […]

January 9, 2025

Freely wins big at HbbTV Awards 2024

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has unveiled the winners of the HbbTV Awards 2024. The winners were selected by an independent jury of international industry experts. A total of 33 submissions from […]

November 15, 2024Colin Mann @ HbbTV Symposium

HbbTV Association appoints Service List Registry

The HbbTV Association has appointed the Service List Registry to run the registry platform enabling HbbTV Application Discovery over Broadband. The multi-year agreement follows a competitive tender process for a supplier to establish,  provide, and operate the root domain service to enable online discovery of HbbTV applications. It will enable unique identifiers carried in media […]

November 14, 2024Colin Mann @ HbbTV Symposium

OBS launches Axia

Ocean Blue Software (OBS), a specialist in TV software, has strengthened its position as a trusted partner for HbbTV compliance with the launch of Axia. Built to support TV manufacturers, operators, broadcasters, and application developers, Axia offers a complete suite of tools and services tailored for rigorous HbbTV compliance, from integration through testing to deployment […]

November 12, 2024

Shortlists for HbbTV Awards 2024 announced

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced the shortlists of entries nominated for the HbbTV Awards 2024, showcasing and celebrating excellence in the HbbTV community. The finalists are (in […]

October 17, 2024

HbbTV unveils jury for HbbTV Awards 2024

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced that the jury has been appointed for the HbbTV Awards 2024. The jury members are: Nicole Agudo Berbel, Seven.One Entertainment Group Ophélie […]

September 23, 2024

HbbTV releases v2024-2 of HbbTV Conformance Test Suite

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services. has announced the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The v2024-2 Test Suite, developed by the HbbTV Testing Group, is the second major release in 2024 and includes a total of […]

August 5, 2024

ACCESS, NetRange launch integrated HbbTV browser and Appstore solution

ACCESS Europe, a provider of advanced software solutions for connected TVs, mobile devices and networking, and NetRange, a provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, have announced the launch of NetFront Browser BE v3, the latest version of ACCESS browser which supports HbbTV2.0.4. This solution is fully integrated with the NetRange HbbTV Appstore, […]

July 31, 2024