Opera in Amsterdam - demoing cool stuff

September 13, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

A crew of employees from Opera are at IBC, The International Broadcasting Convention, an annual trade show for everything TV. IBC is Europe's largest professional broadcast show and is held at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

IBC is not a consumer show. Something I experienced at the event this year. There's a lot of serious business going on down here and the big thing is (of course) 3D.

At the Opera stand we are showing off cool web applications and technology on TV's and set-top boxes running Opera as their framework or platform. The booth area is very busy, with new potential partners and customers dropping by every minute:

We were goofing around with the Opera Mobile demo when we all of a sudden came across this sweet article from Engadget:

Opera has a lot of partners in the TV/broadcasting industry. Many systems are based on Opera technology. Here's an interface built with Opera technology. And no, that's not an iPad on the devices table:

We apologize for the sound quality in this video clip (it was shot using my mobile phone). If you crank up the volume a bit, you should be able to hear what Mikael Albertsson, an Engineer from Opera Software, has to say about Opera Widgets running on TVs. Also, notice the insane Twitter Widget rage after 0:26 seconds.

Video on YouTube

And last, but not least, here's a demo of a set-top box running Opera with support for the video tag in HTML5. It was amazing to have a YouTube clip in 1080p running on a TV. The quality was flawless and the rendering was incredibly smooth:

Video on YouTube

The Opera stand is located in Hall 4. If you're in the area, stop by our booth for a chance to meet Opera people, get a drink and see our cool demos!

Readers' comments 28

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Dustin WilsonMonday, September 13, 2010 3:48:59 PM
Great stuff, Espen! Great to see Opera get the recognition it deserves. Opera's running on the TV was really impressive. Couldn't run 1080p video from YouTube flawlessly using Flash!

And I can't believe I beat Tamil as the first poster. I deserve some Opera swag for this accomplishment.
İlker ŞenMonday, September 13, 2010 3:50:14 PM
woowwww
avthedemonMonday, September 13, 2010 3:54:29 PM
its very cool to see opera in tv biz
MikeMonday, September 13, 2010 3:58:14 PM
Awsum!
David TsunamyMonday, September 13, 2010 4:01:57 PM

Nice work!!!
HyaeneLeipzigMonday, September 13, 2010 4:13:05 PM
yeah, Opera in my livingroom
Anaclet kasalaMonday, September 13, 2010 4:33:09 PM
Opera is the life for me
AngelikiMonday, September 13, 2010 5:40:46 PM
nice!
Charles SchlossMonday, September 13, 2010 6:01:36 PM
IREK PUMA QMEGAMonday, September 13, 2010 8:00:46 PM
nice!
voinov viacheslav mikhaylovichMonday, September 13, 2010 8:02:59 PM
ALL THE BEST COMMUNITI OPERA!
Espen André ØverdahlMonday, September 13, 2010 10:36:09 PM
Originally posted by jorjy27:

What phone did you use to shoot the video Espen?
I used a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (wow, long and difficult product name).
CarolTuesday, September 14, 2010 12:52:42 AM
bring this type of event to USA please
Muji hartonoTuesday, September 14, 2010 2:21:02 AM
Hi, carol.. How are you.. ? Thanks konfirmation carol..
Cutting SpoonTuesday, September 14, 2010 5:07:44 AM
Nice.
HokkutTuesday, September 14, 2010 6:59:17 AM
wow, cool)
Pål Unanue-ZahlTuesday, September 14, 2010 7:39:07 AM
Carol: I think Opera are represented at NAB in the US.
Muji hartonoTuesday, September 14, 2010 8:18:16 AM
Thanks to you..
Superrrrrdurt!Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:18:52 AM
Originally posted by EspenAO:

I used a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (wow, long and difficult product name).

Glad you don't have the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro

fun fact# yesterday I was in Amsterdam also (wearing my Opera shirt ) Location is not very near, though...

ps. Is there a way for us/me to get that Opera phone sleeve the woman is wearing (on her also funky Opera keycord)?
there should be a Opera fanshop
TamilTuesday, September 14, 2010 11:31:03 AM
Superrrrrdurt!Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:36:38 PM
Come on man, stop spamming...
Muji hartonoWednesday, September 15, 2010 2:46:46 AM
Hi, my friends.. Thanks to you..
Lanzaderas Jesrel DWednesday, September 15, 2010 3:38:39 AM
hehehe nice opera
Muji hartonoWednesday, September 15, 2010 6:46:30 AM
I love opera..
Marcel LettertThursday, September 16, 2010 3:55:54 PM
opera is wowow :-)
Muji hartonoThursday, September 16, 2010 4:06:57 PM
Thanks to you..
Blaz(ž) PristavThursday, September 16, 2010 5:36:53 PM
What TV use Opera Widget system?
Peter GyimesiMonday, December 6, 2010 7:04:44 PM
Hallo,
ich schreibe keinen Kommentar, jedoch freue mich, endlich eine Kontaktstelle zu finden, auch wenn diese die Falsche ist.

Zuerst über mich. Ich bin seit einigen Jahren ein begeisterter und fleissiger Anwender von Opera am PC. Seit zwei Tagen habe ich auf meinem Smartphon auch Opera Mini installiert.
Und jetzt kommt meine einfache Frage : kann man "Opera Mail" in "Opera Mini" verwenden ? Leider gibt´s dafür keine FAQ, oder sonstige Antwort.

Danke für jede Rückmeldung Peter