CES 2013: Opera performs in Vegas

At the Consumer Electronics Show, which runs until the end of this week in Las Vegas, Opera showcased its latest apps for improving TV surfing in the living room.

Opera Software is showcasing the latest solutions for improving TV surfing in living rooms across the globe. With an enhanced Opera TV Store and Opera Devices SDK, Opera is shaping a new way to be entertained.

Here’s how Opera has improved its products with recent improvements:

¬∑ The new Opera TV Store. The new version of Opera’s TV app framework now offers a great selection of new HTML5 apps. A new Side-by-Side feature enables users to use apps in the context of what they’re watching, making the web even more closely integrated with TV.

¬∑ Support for YouTube Leanback. Opera Devices SDK 3.5 now introduces support for YouTube’s personalised TV channel. To protect copyrighted content and improve streaming performance, it includes support for the latest web standards, Encrypted Media Extension and Media Source Extension.

· More standards for content makers. With optimised support for CSS and Subtitles API, developers and content providers get better graphic options for their TV apps. Support for latest SPDY protocol enables them to reduce webpage loading time significantly, now also in TV.

‚”The future of the web on TV involves more contextualization. People are looking for rich content options in the context of what they’re watching,‚” says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. ‚”By syncing TV content with smart apps, we can now truly bring more lean-back interactivity to living rooms around the world.‚”

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