Short Take: OpenTV signs deal with Prevue Networks

OpenTV, maker of a Java- and IP-based digital interactive television operating system, has signed a deal to port the Prevue Networks electronic program guide to the OpenTV system. The deal with Prevue, one of the leading cable television channel guides, is aimed at making OpenTV?s set-top box software more attractive to domestic cable operators. OpenTV has about 1.5 million users in Europe, while Prevue, a business unit of United Video Satellite Group, reaches 58 million users worldwide.