OpenTV Announces 7.8 Million Set-Top Boxes Now Deployed by TV Operators Worldwide; More Than 1.6 Million New OpenTV Set-Top Box Deployments in the First Quarter of 2000

Business Wire, May 8, 2000

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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000

OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) (AEX:OPTV) today announced that its OpenTV software is now installed in more than 7.8 million digital set-top boxes (STBs) worldwide.

For the second consecutive quarter, OpenTV's technology was shipped with more than 1.6 million STBs, further reinforcing the company's position as the worldwide market share leader in digital interactive television software. This represents a 148 percent increase from 0.6 million STBs shipped in the first quarter of 1999.

"OpenTV's momentum continues to be strengthened by our expanding global market reach and the robust growth of digital interactive television worldwide," said Jan Steenkamp, president and chief executive officer. "We are enjoying a steady stream of real deployments by TV operators, enabling television viewers around the globe to experience interactive television using OpenTV's technology.

"The most recent milestone in our strategic growth plan was the company's announcement on May 7 that it successfully ported its digital interactive television (ITV) operating system to the United States' most widely deployed digital set-top terminal, the Motorola DCT-2000. This is the first significant step as OpenTV introduces its uniquely adaptable technology for interactive television to the North American market."

OpenTV offers a complete, ready-to-deploy ITV operating system that supports multiple services for Motorola's DCT-2000 that is currently in more than 5 million North American homes. Motorola has deployed more than 1,100 cable systems passing more than 47 million households in North America.

OpenTV's software solution can be flash-downloaded to all DCT-2000s currently in homes, anywhere in North America, without rolling a truck to a subscriber's home or switching out a set-top box. Once enabled, the OpenTV/DCT-2000 set-top terminal will be able to support multiple interactive services from electronic program guides and e-mail to e-commerce and video-on-demand.

In addition, the DCT-2000 will be able to support OpenTV's custom- developed ITV applications that allow cable operators the ability to generate immediate new revenue opportunities.

OpenTV also expects to port to the DCT-5000 , Motorola's advanced interactive set-top terminal.

About OpenTV

OpenTV is the leading worldwide provider of software that enables digital interactive television, providing a complete end-to-end solution for the development and delivery of interactive services via digital satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast. OpenTV set-top box software has been shipped with or installed in more than 7.8 million digital set-top boxes worldwide.

OpenTV software solutions have been selected by 28 television network operators in more than 50 countries, including: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom; TPS and Cable Lyonnaise in France; PrimaCom in Germany; Via Digital in Spain; Galaxy Latin America, the exclusive provider of DIRECTV(TM) in Latin America; and EchoStar's DISH Network(TM) in the United States.

The OpenTV set-top box software is licensed to 29 digital set-top box manufacturers, and OpenTV's authoring tools are licensed to hundreds of independent developers and content and service providers. OpenTV is a member of the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) project, CableLabs' OpenCable initiative, ATSC DASE and JavaTV. OpenTV is a licensee of Personal Java(TM) from Sun Microsystems.

OpenTV is supported by investments from eight leading Internet, broadcast and broadband companies including America Online (NYSE:AOL), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Liberty Digital (Nasdaq:LDIG), News Corp. (NYSE:NWS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) and Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR), in addition to Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW) and MIH Limited (Nasdaq:MIHL).

Worldwide headquarters for OpenTV is located in Mountain View, Calif. Information on OpenTV is available at www.opentv.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to OpenTV that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause OpenTV's actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including, but not limited to, whether cable operators will provide their subscribers with OpenTV-enabled interactive services, the impact of competitors to OpenTV and the pricing of their products and services, and other risk factors detailed in the Registration Statement on Form F-1 and other documents filed from time to time by OpenTV Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. OpenTV undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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