Resources & Forums
This page provides links to the HbbTV developer forums and a wide range of technical resources to support your work. Start with the forums, where you can connect with other developers and industry experts to ask questions, share knowledge and discuss real-world challenges. You will also find links to key resources including specifications, resource directories, development tools, testing tools, emulators and sample applications.
Slack channel Join the HbbTV developer community on Slack.
Stack Overflow Raise technical development questions with the developer community.
GitHub issue tracker Raise mistakes or enhancement requests for the portal through the GitHub.
Email Email us any questions.
Mailing list Sign-up for our mailing list.
HbbTV GitHub Open source projects for the HbbTV Association, includes tutorials and reference applications.
HbbTV YouTube channel Access HbbTV webinars and hundreds of example service videos.
Application registry A registry of real world and test applications to support greater interoperability, performance and robustness in HbbTV implementations.
HbbTV specification Full HbbTV specifications documents for every version.
HbbTV zoo directory This is a comprehensive listing of testing centres, they provide HbbTV application developers with essential knowledge and easy access to HbbTV device zoo resources worldwide, both remotely and in person.
Suitest remote HbbTV test farm Free tier access to an automated testing platform for HbbTV applications, enabling end-to-end testing directly on real devices in the cloud.
Samsung web inspector for HbbTV This site provides details about how to access the HbbTV web inspector on a standard 2024 and 2025 Samsung TV.
Google sample app for linear addressable advertising A HbbTV sample application showcasing linear addressable TV capabilities, with comprehensive developer documentation.
RedOrbit HbbTV emulator Enables testing and viewing of HbbTV applications within the Chrome browser.
HybridTV dev environment emulatorEnables testing and viewing of HbbTV applications within the Chrome browser.
HybridTVViewer emulator Enables testing and viewing of HbbTV applications within the Firefox browser.
HbbTV DASH/DRM reference application This reference application showcases a video catalogue and player application for DASH content on HbbTV devices, with various DRM and subtitle tests.
FFmpeg A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
TSDuck, the MPEG transport stream toolkit TSDuck is an extensible toolkit for MPEG transport streams. It is used in digital television systems for test, monitoring, integration, debug, lab, demo.
OpenCaster: the free digital TV software OpenCaster is a free and open source MPEG2 transport stream data generator and packet manipulator.
Samsung HbbTV country deployment A country level breakdown of the version of HbbTV deployed in each year since 2015.
MIT HbbTV Test Suite HbbTV testsuite designed for testing HbbTV implementations.
The hbbtv-dvbstream project This project contains scripts to generate a transport stream using FFMpeg and Opencaster which triggers HbbTV portals on HbbTV terminals.
HbbTV FAQ An overview over HbbTV, the specifications, tools, frequently asked questions, the HbbTV Association and membership.
API reference Online API reference in this portal site.
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