| Framework | Managed by | Used by | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android TV | Asus AT&T (DirecTV) Bang & Olufsen Bouygues Telecom (Bbox Miami) CCC Mobile (Air Stick)[1] ChannelMaster Dish Free/Iliad (Freebox Mini 4K) Hisense Grundig LeEco (Super4 X Series) LG NVIDIA (Shield TV Console) Philips RCA Sharp Skyworth Sony TCL/Thomson Technicolor[2] Toshiba Westinghouse Xiaomi (Mi Box) | Smart TV platform for TV sets and set-top-boxes. Gives access to Android apps through the Play Store. | |
| Boxee | Boxee, Inc | D-Link | Popular fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software with custom graphical user interface and some proprietary application framework for apps.[3][4] |
| Fire TV | Amazon | Westinghouse, Element, Insignia, Toshiba[5] | Smart TV platform for TV sets |
| Firefox OS for TV, My Home Screen | Mozilla | Panasonic | Panasonic's Smart TVs, including their new 4K TVs, continue to feature Mozilla's open source Firefox OS, despite Mozilla lowering its development priority on developing the operating system. [6] Panasonic is continuing to develop their fork, calling it My Home Screen while Mozilla has stated that they will continue to support and work with Panasonic[7][8] |
| Frog | Wyplay | SFR | Used by some IPTV operators, such as SFR in France on its set-top-box |
| Google TV | Asus Hisense LG Logitech Netgear SFR Sony TCL Vizio | Android based platform.[9] Its development stopped in 2013[10] and it is replaced by Chromecast and Android TV. | |
| Horizon TV | Liberty Global | A cross-platform platform based fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software with proprietary middleware framework for video on demand and handling DRM for streaming cable television channels. | |
| httvLink | HTTV | Kaon Pace Sagemcom Smit | An HbbTV compliant TV Operating System for Connected TV receivers, addressing all Digital TV platforms. |
| Inview | Inview Technology Ltd | Digifusion Thomson Sony | Connects an ordinary TV (or set-top box) to get IPTV.[11][12] |
| Kodi Entertainment Center(formerly XBMC / Xbox Media Media Center) | XBMC Foundation | Open source cross-platform media center and DVR/PVR frontend software. | |
| MeeGo | Nokia, The Linux Foundation | Middleware for smart TV. Now split into Tizen, Mer, and Sailfish OS)[13] (Linux Foundation, Intel, AMD[14]) currently based on a derivative fork of Kodi/XBMC media center software[15][16][17][18] | |
| Mediaroom | Ericsson(former: Microsoft) | Ericsson Mediaroom TV platforms are offered by 90 operators around the world. | Middleware for Pay-TV operators[19][20][21] |
| OpenTV | Nagravision | BSkyB (UK) Sky Italia (Italy) Digital+ (Spain) Numericable (France) EchoStar (USA) | Middleware for Pay-TV operators. |
| Vewd (formerly Opera TV) | Vewd | Hisense Mediatek Humax Samsung Sony Swisscom Vestel | TV solution for operators, OEMs, and brands. |
| Oregan Media Browser 5 | Oregan Networks | British Telecom Telefónica NTT | Middleware for Pay-TV operators, deployed by large telecoms and cable operators such as BT and Telefónica on Hybrid STBs |
| Plex | Plex, Inc | Closed source cross-platform media center with proprietary streaming functionality to numerous devices, (started out as a popular fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software. | |
| PowerUp Suite | Zodiac Interactive | Cablevision (Altice USA) Charter Communications Rogers | Middleware, presentation engine, low level adaptation, back office mediation for Tier 1 through Tier 3 pay TV operators |
| Roku TV [22] | Roku | TCL Sharp Hisense Philips Sanyo Element JVC RCA Hitachi Magnavox Westinghouse | |
| RDK (Reference Development Kit) | RDK Management, LLC | Cisco Humax Pace | TV solution for operators, OEMs, and brands. |
| Smart TV Alliance | Smart TV Alliance | LG Panasonic (VieraConnect) Philips / TP Vision Toshiba (CloudTV) | A common SDK for TV app development and publishing for TV vendors. |
| ToFu Media Platform | Pivos | Pivos PlayJam | Cross-platform fork of Kodi/XBMC media center licensed to third parties and other commercial partners as OEM. |
| Ubuntu TV | Canonical | Ubuntu operating system[23][24][25] based platform, with Unity Next user interface for TV. | |
| Yahoo! Smart TV (formerly Yahoo! Connected TV) | Yahoo! | Mediatek Samsung Sony Trident Toshiba Vizio (Internet Apps Plus) | Available on some TV sets.[26] |
| Shijiu TV | Shijiu, Inc | Samsung LG TCL Skyworth Alibaba and various OTT boxes | Middleware for internet TV. A cross-platform high-performance OpenGL based HTML5 engine licensed to third parties and other commercial partners as OEM. Also known as 'QCast'. |
Includes first and third-party solutions.
| Vendor | Platform | Devices |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Fire TV | For Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick. |
| Apple | tvOS | For Apple TV devices. iOS-based, with an app store. For Apple TV generation 4 and later. |
| Apple | Apple TV Software | For Apple TV devices, generations 1 to 3. iOS-based. Initially based on Mac OS X Tiger and Front Row. |
| Chromecast | For Chromecast HDMI dongles. | |
| Haier | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| Hisense | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Hisense | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| Hisense | VIDAA / VIDAA U | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
| Hitachi | Roku TV | |
| Insignia | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| LG | webOS Smart TV | Current solution for TV sets.[27] |
| LG | NetCast | Former solution for TV sets.[28][29][30][31][32] |
| Microsoft | Xbox One | For Xbox One game console. More Smart TV features and TV apps expected with the Windows 10 update, that include the Windows Universal App Store. |
| Microsoft | Xbox 360 | For Xbox 360 game console, with smart TV features. |
| Netgear | NeoTV | For NeoTV streaming players. |
| Nvidia | Android TV | For Nvidia Shield TVs. |
| Panasonic | Viera Cast and Viera Connect | For TV sets. The newer TV models now use the Firefox OS TV platform (no longer vendor specific). |
| Panasonic | My Home Screen | For TV sets.[1] |
| Philips | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Philips | Net TV | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
| Samsung | Tizen OS for TV | For newer TV sets. |
| Samsung | Samsung Smart TV (Orsay OS) | Former solution for TV sets and connected Blu-ray players. Now replaced by Tizen OS.[33] |
| Sharp | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Sharp | AQUOS NET+ | Former solution for TV sets. |
| Sharp | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| Sharp | SmartCentral | Former solution for TV sets. |
| Sony | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Sony | PlayStation TV with Sony Entertainment Network | For PlayStation game console.[34][35] |
| Sony | Sony Internet TV (Sony Apps) | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform (no longer vendor specific). |
| TCL | Android TV | For TV sets. The newer TV models use the Roku TV platform |
| TCL | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| TCL | Smart TV 2 | Former solution for TV sets. |
| TiVo | TiVo | For TiVo DVR box. |
| Toshiba | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Toshiba | Toshiba Places | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
| Sling Media | Slingbox | For Slingbox set-top-boxes. |
| Skyworth | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Western Digital | WD TV | For WD TV boxes. |
| Westinghouse | Android TV | For TV sets. |
| Westinghouse | Fire TV | For TV sets. |
| Westinghouse | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
| Westinghouse | SAMBA | Former solution for TV sets. |