Sky Italia has entered into a multi-year renewal of its middleware license agreement with OpenTV. Sky Italia is Italy's premier provider of satellite television, offering a variety of programming choices to more than four million subscribers.

"We are extremely pleased with Sky Italia's decision to renew our relationship on a long term basis and explore OpenTV's full range of next generation middleware products," said Ben Bennett, OpenTV's Chief Operating Officer. "Our goal is to continue building on this strong partnership by ensuring our technology is aligned as closely as possible with Sky Italia's business needs; a long term partnership means OpenTV providing Sky Italia with proven and innovative solutions that help grow their business and retain customers through world-class enhanced, interactive and targeted services."

"OpenTV's commitment and responsiveness to our requirements make them the middleware of choice for Sky Italia," said Mark Williams, Sky Italia's Chief Operating Officer. "We are pleased to extend our relationship with the OpenTV team and look forward to their continued support and delivery of innovative solutions."

Sky Italia's programming features a wide range of digital television services, including the innovative and successful "MySky" personal video recording receiver and a variety of OpenTV-powered interactive services featuring news, weather, music and sports.