OpenTV Announces More Than 11 Million Set-Top Boxes Now Deployed by TV Operators Worldwide; Over 1.7 Million New OpenTV Set-Top Box Deployments in the Third Quarter of 2000

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2000

Business/Entertainment Editors & High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) (AEX:OPTV), the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company, today announced that its OpenTV middleware is now installed in more than 11 million digital set-top boxes (STBs) worldwide.

Deployments in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2000, exceeded 1.7 million units, a record level for the company, and a 72 percent increase from 1.0 million STBs shipped in the third quarter of 1999.

OpenTV's more than 11 million cumulative deployments reinforce the company's position as the world's leading interactive television software and media solutions company. The record 1.7 million units, driven in large part through deployments by EchoStar in the United States, demonstrates traction in the U.S. market and underscores its worldwide dominance in the interactive television (ITV) industry as the company continues to set the industry standard for deployments.

"OpenTV is focused on rapid deployments for all clients, and with more than 11 million set-top boxes deployed worldwide, we're clearly setting the pace for the ITV industry," said James Ackerman, president and chief operating officer, OpenTV. "I believe that deployments are the best measure for success, and this new milestone clearly underscores OpenTV's worldwide ITV leadership."

Highlights of OpenTV's third quarter deployments include:

-- For the fourth consecutive quarter, OpenTV's technology was shipped with
more than 1.5 million STBs;

-- Growth in the third quarter was primarily driven by EchoStar as it
accelerates deployment of OpenTV-powered STBs to its customers;

-- Three of OpenTV's network operator customers began deploying OpenTV's
systems to their customers for the first time, bringing to 26 the total number
of operators who have commenced deployments;

-- Cable operators worldwide have deployed more than 700,000 OpenTV-enabled
STBs to their customers;

-- BSkyB reported last week that it now has 4.1 million digital satellite
customers, all with STBs powered by OpenTV.

About OpenTV

OpenTV is the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company. OpenTV builds a complete software and infrastructure platform that enables digital interactive television and brings on-demand content to other digital communications devices.

OpenTV solutions are crafted to meet the needs of all digital communications networks and include operating middleware, content applications, content creation tools, professional services expertise and strategic consulting.

OpenTV middleware has been shipped with or installed in more than 11 million digital set-top boxes worldwide and has been selected by 35 digital cable, satellite and terrestrial Communications Networks in over 50 countries, including BSkyB in the United Kingdom; TPS and Noos in France; PrimaCom in Germany; Via Digital in Spain; Stream in Italy; GLA, the exclusive provider of DIRECTV(TM) in Latin America; and EchoStar's DISH Network in the United States.

In addition, more than 31 digital set-top box manufacturers have licensed OpenTV's middleware, and OpenTV's authoring tools are licensed to more than 600 independent developers and content service providers.

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

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including statements regarding anticipated revenue, net loss, earnings per share, anticipated deployment of set-top boxes, the market for interactive television and revenues generated from interactive television. Actual results can differ materially. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the rate at which interactive the television market will continue to expand, the timely identification and development of new products and services, customer acceptance of those products and services and the pricing thereof, the impact of competitive products and services and the pricing of those products and services, whether interactive television industrywide revenues will match the revenue estimates provided by industry analysts, whether set-top boxes will be deployed in similar amounts in the future, and other risk factors detailed in the Registration Statements on Forms F-1 and F-4, the Annual Report on Form 20-F and other documents filed from time to time by OpenTV Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note to Editors: OpenTV, OpenAuthor, OpenTV Runtime, OpenStreamer and the OpenTV logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of OpenTV Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

All OpenTV products and services may not be available in all geographic areas.