The Opera TV Store gives you a completely different way to experience TV. By introducing easily navigated HTML5 apps such as Facebook or Vimeo to your living room, it expands your TV entertainment options. The Opera TV Store is optimised for HD Ready screens and standard remote controls.

“We had a simple idea that, in order to bring apps to the world of TV in a huge way, you need to provide users with a lean-back web experience and developers, content providers and manufacturers with the most convenient, cross-platform technology,” says Opera Software chief executive Lars Boilesen.

“With the Opera TV Store we’ve done it, and given the world of TV more possibilities and entertainment options at the same time.”

The Opera TV store allows you to use developer tools to create your killer cross-platform TV app and reach millions of users around the world. With the Opera TV Emulator and the Opera Dragonfly tool you can create and test your TV app without leaving your computer. To get started, find useful articles and tutorials specific to TV development at http://dev.opera.com/tv.

The Opera TV Store can be installed by OEMs on any set-top box, Blu-ray player or HD Ready TV. Manufacturers can easily harness the power of TV apps on any device running the Opera Devices SDK. Also, with a selection of high-quality, TV-optimised web apps offered within Opera TV Store, OEMs can rest assured that their users will get the best possible experience, without having to worry about the content themselves.