Consumers are increasingly embracing the digital lifestyle and, as result, media libraries including music, photos, and personal videos are growing exponentially. With this shift in media consumption, consumers are now expecting seamless access to digital memories and entertainment media unbounded by physical location or type of device.

Integrating personal media and entertainment/TV content into a unified and consistent user experience poses several issues from usability to transparent content discovery and management across the various media silos within the digital household.

OpenTV’s Connected Home Solution breaks the media silos and enables operators to turn the set-top box into the primary distribution point for digital content and services. By extending the navigation capabilities of the set-top box beyond pay TV content to include personal content, we help protect the network operator’s control of the TV experience – thus making it less likely that subscribers will turn to competitive product offerings.

Based on OpenTV Core™ and OpenTV PVR™ Connected Home provides the foundation to create unified media portals and seamlessly integrates with other devices within the home network.

Automated discovery of devices on the home network - All devices on the network are automatically notified when a device is connected or disconnected. Devices can automatically discover the capabilities of other devices on the home network.

View and record from any pay TV receiver on the home network – For example, schedule or view a PVR recording in one room from any disk-less pay TV receiver in any other room.

View personal media - Enjoy photos, home videos, and music stored on the home PC or any other DLNA-compliant CE device in any room from any pay TV receiver in any other room.

Automated discovery, browsing, and rendering of personal media - Share photos, home videos, and music on the home network.