OpenTV and Euskaltel Announce License Agreement

OpenTV and Euskaltel Announce License Agreement

SAN FRANCISCO, September 21/PRNewswire/ --

- Spanish Broadband Cable Operator to Deploy OpenTV's Core Middleware
and HTML Package

OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq: OPTV), a leading provider of enabling technologies
for advanced digital television services, and Euskaltel, the Spanish
broadband cable television network operator, announced today that they have
signed a multi-year license agreement that will allow Euskaltel to deploy
OpenTV's Core middleware with the HTML Package and DOCSIS. OpenTV's solution,
together with an advanced set-top box supplied by UEC Technologies (pty)
Ltd., will enable Euskaltel to offer its digital cable subscribers email,
chat, Internet browsing, electronic program guide and interactive games
services through their televisions.

"We are delighted to have added another quality broadband cable operator
as a customer," said Ben Bennett, senior vice president and managing director
for OpenTV's European operations. "We're pleased to be partnering with
Euskaltel to provide advanced digital television services to their
subscribers -- delivering a true combination of value, convenience, and
control."

"Euskaltel selected OpenTV for the broad, compelling portfolio of iTV
products and solutions that it offers," said Inaki Alzaga, strategy &
business development director for Euskaltel. "As we strive to become a leader
in delivering interactive television services to our customers, we believe
that OpenTV offers the products, services and experience to help us achieve
that goal."

About OpenTV

OpenTV is one of the world's leading providers of technologies enabling
advanced digital television services. Deployed in over 57 million digital
set-top-boxes in 96 countries, the company's software enables a wide array of
functionality, including enhanced television, interactive shopping,
interactive and addressable advertising, games and gaming, personal video
recording, and a variety of consumer care and communication applications. For
more information, please visit www.opentv.com.

About Euskaltel

Euskatel is a Basque Global Telecommunications Operator offering fixed
and mobile telephone, Internet and television services. It is the Basque
Autonomous Region's top Broadband Operator, with a market share of 45% in
fixed telephony, 44% in Broadband Internet, 31% in mobile telephony and 25%
of the total income from the telecommunications sector in the Basque Country.
In 2004, our income for operations amounted to 291 million Euros, with 16.2
million Euros in profits. Euskaltel is deploying a last-generation
fibre-optic network in the Basque Country with an investment of 1,200 million
Euros -- 600 Euros per inhabitant -- the largest network investment per
inhabitant in the entire Spanish State.

Web site: http://www.opentv.com

Source: OpenTV Corp.

Marc McCarthy of OpenTV, +1-415-962-5111, or mmccarthy@opentv.com; or Koldo Unanue of Euskaltel, +34-944-011-129, or kunanue@euskaltel.es

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