Shared Source

Shared Source Initiatives

Ocean Blue Software leads collaborative, royalty-free, shared-source projects designed to support industry innovation while reducing development costs. We provide a comprehensive range of solutions and services to enable production deployments, including additional software components, integration services and commercial support.

ORB HbbTV Project

ORB

Ocean Blue Software launched the Open Red Button (ORB) project in 2021. ORB is the only mass-deployed open-source HbbTV solution, developed in collaboration with industry partners to deliver a royalty-free HbbTV implementation.

  • Integrates into existing browsers to minimise memory and storage
  • Dedicated browser deployment for HbbTV-first platforms
  • Turnkey Chromium solutions for Android and Linux
  • WebKit-based solutions for RDK platforms
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DTVKit

DTVKit

Ocean Blue Software established the DTVKit industry group in 2013, making its core DVB, CI Plus, HbbTV and MHEG middleware components available to members on a royalty-free, shared-source basis. The initiative has been widely adopted, with more than 30 member companies and millions of deployed devices running DTVKit software.

  • 30+ member companies globally
  • Millions of deployed devices
  • Integration services and commercial support
  • Additional components for HbbTV, OpApp (Freely) and DVB-I

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Interested in Shared Source?

Talk to our team about deploying ORB, DTVKit or other shared-source components in your products.