The Open IPTV Forum and the HbbTV Association...

The Open IPTV Forum and the HbbTV Association will merge their activities into a single organization under the “legal structure” of the HbbTV Association, effective immediately, the groups said Tuesday (http://bit.ly/U6pkWp). The groups recognized that the over-the-top, hybrid broadcast-broadband TV and IPTV markets “are coming closer together, and barriers between the models are becoming smaller,” they said in a news release. It said merging into one group will enable them “to react proactively and in a timely manner to these market trends."