OpenTV PVR Solution Rated as One of the Best by Seagate Technology

Personal Video Recording Solutions from Both Companies May Reduce Field Returns and Enhance Viewer and Broadcaster Satisfaction

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV), a leading software and technology provider of advanced digital television solutions, announced today that its Personal Video Recording (PVR) streaming file system was found to be one of the best PVR file systems available today by Seagate® Technology (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions.

“For stability and to maximize drive-life, OpenTV’s SFS is one of the most stable we’ve tested so far.”

Designed and built by OpenTV specifically for PVR use and as a component of OpenTV’s complete PVR solution, OpenTV’s Streaming File System (SFS) dictates how video, metadata and other information is written to the hard disk to optimize performance and maximize the life of the drive in the PVR set-top, reducing the likelihood of end user issues and PVR returns.

Testing was conducted by the Seagate Technology System Integration Engineering Lab using a DVR featuring a Seagate Pipeline HD™ hard disk, which captured the behavior of the file system during a 120-minute simultaneous dual-record and playback session of high definition video content. This test represents the high-end workload that a home theater environment can experience. The test results showed that OpenTV’s SFS delivered excellent performance at the set top box level and could also prolong the life of the hard drive in the field, potentially reducing the number of PVR and hard disk returns.

“The combination of Seagate® Pipeline HD™ hard disk drives along with OpenTV’s SFS system provides an optimized PVR/DVR environment where system performance and reliability are greatly enhanced,” said Bryan Yunker, Seagate PVR Software Tools Manager. He continued, “For stability and to maximize drive-life, OpenTV’s SFS is one of the most stable we’ve tested so far.”

“We were very pleased with these findings which confirm the high quality and robustness of our technology used in conjunction with Seagate® Pipeline HD™ hard disk drives,” said Dr. Joel Zdepski, OpenTV’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Middleware. “By delivering the advanced OpenTV SFS on high quality drives, such as the Seagate® Pipeline HD™ series, original equipment manufacturer customers, network operators and ultimately TV subscribers can benefit from faster and more reliable PVR set-top boxes.”

Seagate offers Seagate Pipeline HD drives starting at capacities ranging from 160GB to 1TB delivering unprecedented levels of acoustic, power and vibration performance for high-definition PVRs. With the ability to support up to ten simultaneous high-definition streams and function at operating temperatures up to 75°C, they provide reliable storage that enables consumers to take full advantage of premium services like video on demand, and time shifted viewing. Pipeline HD drives are the gold standard for high-definition recording.

OpenTV’s PVR solution is one of the many advanced television services that OpenTV’s technology enables. It has been deployed with leading pay-TV operators worldwide bringing the PVR experience to millions of television viewers around the globe.

About OpenTV

OpenTV is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced digital television solutions dedicated to creating and delivering compelling viewing experiences to consumers of digital content worldwide. The company’s software has been integrated in more than 121 million devices around the world and enables enhanced program guides, video-on-demand, personal video recording, interactive and addressable advertising and a variety of enhanced television applications. For more information, please visit www.opentv.com.

About Seagate

Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate's business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

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