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  Creating TV store icons, thumbnails and screenshots

  By Chris Mills · Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2

  First impressions are very important for a successful product. It is therefore vital to take your time on graphics that represent your app, and polish them before you publish your work. This short guide provides some tips on making your application’s icon and other graphics the best they can be. Read more…

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  Creating web content for TV

  By Patrick H. Lauke · Thursday, September 9, 2010 14

  This guide is aimed at web developers wishing to optimize their web sites and applications for better compatibility with web-enabled/connected televisions, with a particular emphasis on the Opera Device SDK and its functionality. Read more…

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  Opera TV Store app templates

  By Daniel Davis · Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11

  Since the launch of the Opera TV Store, we've seen a variety of apps published by creators and enjoyed by users. The fact that our TV apps are built using web standards means that web developers can use their existing skills to create content for the TV platform. Developing for TV can still feel unfamiliar, however, so to make it easier we've created a couple of templates for common types of apps that content creators can freely use. Read more…

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  Building applications for the Opera TV Store

  By Patrick H. Lauke · Friday, February 10, 2012 5

  The Opera TV Store is a moderated, hosted catalogue of TV-specific web applications. Developers can submit and share their apps through this portal. This article outlines the Opera TV Store architecture and lists the requirements and acceptance criteria for submitting applications. Read more…

• Design considerations for Opera TV Store applications

  By Yenny Otero · Thursday, February 9, 2012 24

  Although Opera TV Store applications are, in essence, nothing more than web pages, there are certain design considerations related to the TV context in general, and the Opera TV Store model in particular, that developers need to take into consideration. Read more…

• Testing your app inside the Opera TV Store

  By Patrick H. Lauke · Monday, August 20, 2012 8

  This article introduces the concept of "Paired devices", which allows developers to test their applications directly inside the Opera TV Store even before they've been submitted. Read more…

• Opera TV Emulator user guide

  By Patrick H. Lauke · Wednesday, January 23, 2013 27

  The Opera TV Emulator allows web developer to test HTML5 and CE-HTML content for TVs and other appliances running the Opera Devices SDK, as well as HTML-based applications for the Opera TV Store. It comes packaged as an Oracle VirtualBox image and can be run on Windows, Mac and Linux. Read more…

• Functional key handling in Opera TV Store applications

  By Patrick H. Lauke · Friday, February 10, 2012 8

  The Opera TV Store is designed to use the standard four-way directional keys on a remote control for spatial navigation. Authors may also choose to handle the navigation of their application themselves by intercepting key presses from the remote control, using a series of built-in global constants for each functional key. Read more…

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