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   <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date of Report: <B>October 9, 2002</B>
  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date of Earliest Event Reported: <B>September 26, 2002</B> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>OpenTV Corp. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>British Virgin Islands </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>001-15473</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>98-0212376</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Commission File Number)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>401 East Middlefield Road </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Mountain View, CA 94043 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(650) 429-5500</B> </FONT></DIV>
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On September 26, 2002, OpenTV Corp. (&#147;OpenTV&#148;) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#147;ACTV Merger
  Agreement&#148;) with ACTV, Inc. (&#147;ACTV&#148;) and ACTV Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenTV (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;). Pursuant to the ACTV Merger Agreement, OpenTV will acquire ACTV by a merger (the &#147;ACTV Merger&#148;) of
  Merger Sub with and into ACTV. The current stockholders of ACTV will receive A Ordinary Shares of OpenTV as a result of the ACTV Merger. The consummation of the ACTV Merger is subject to certain conditions, including the receipt of certain
  regulatory consents and the affirmative vote of the stockholders of OpenTV and ACTV. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Also on September 26, 2002,
  OpenTV and OpenTV US Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenTV (&#147;OpenTV US Holdings&#148;), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the &#147;Wink Stock Purchase Agreement&#148;) with Liberty Broadband Interactive Television, Inc.
  (&#147;LBIT&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, the controlling stockholder of OpenTV, pursuant to which OpenTV US Holdings has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Wink Interactive, Inc.,
  which entity in turn holds all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Wink Communications, Inc., from LBIT in exchange for $101 million in cash. The transactions contemplated by the Wink Stock Purchase Agreement were consummated on October
  4, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On September 30, 2002, OpenTV announced the closure of its regional office located in Naperville,
  Illinois. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">A copy of OpenTV&#146;s press release announcing the ACTV Merger Agreement and the Wink Stock Purchase
  Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. A copy of OpenTV&#146;s press release announcing the closure of its regional office located in Naperville, Illinois is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and
  incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following exhibits are being filed with this Form 8-K: </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 26, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 30, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
  hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date: October 9, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S<SMALL>COTT</SMALL> H. R<SMALL>AY</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Scott H. Ray</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="35%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>Exhibit</U>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description</U> </B></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 26, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 30, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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text: Current Report on Form 8-K
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report:
  October 9, 2002
  Date of Earliest Event Reported:
  September 26, 2002
  OpenTV Corp.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  British Virgin Islands
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  001-15473
  98-0212376
  (Commission File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  401 East Middlefield Road
  Mountain View, CA 94043
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (650) 429-5500
  Item 5.    Other Events.
  On September 26, 2002, OpenTV Corp. ("OpenTV") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "ACTV Merger
  Agreement") with ACTV, Inc. ("ACTV") and ACTV Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenTV ("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the ACTV Merger Agreement, OpenTV will acquire ACTV by a merger (the "ACTV Merger") of
  Merger Sub with and into ACTV. The current stockholders of ACTV will receive A Ordinary Shares of OpenTV as a result of the ACTV Merger. The consummation of the ACTV Merger is subject to certain conditions, including the receipt of certain
  regulatory consents and the affirmative vote of the stockholders of OpenTV and ACTV.
  Also on September 26, 2002,
  OpenTV and OpenTV US Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenTV ("OpenTV US Holdings"), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Wink Stock Purchase Agreement") with Liberty Broadband Interactive Television, Inc.
  ("LBIT"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, the controlling stockholder of OpenTV, pursuant to which OpenTV US Holdings has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Wink Interactive, Inc.,
  which entity in turn holds all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Wink Communications, Inc., from LBIT in exchange for $101 million in cash. The transactions contemplated by the Wink Stock Purchase Agreement were consummated on October
  4, 2002.
  On September 30, 2002, OpenTV announced the closure of its regional office located in Naperville,
  Illinois.
  A copy of OpenTV's press release announcing the ACTV Merger Agreement and the Wink Stock Purchase
  Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. A copy of OpenTV's press release announcing the closure of its regional office located in Naperville, Illinois is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and
  incorporated by reference herein.
  Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c)
  The following exhibits are being filed with this Form 8-K:
  99.1
  Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 26, 2002.
  99.2
  Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 30, 2002.
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
  hereunto duly authorized.
  Date: October 9, 2002
  OPENTV CORP.
  By:
  /s/    S
  COTT
  H. R
  AY
  Name:
  Scott H. Ray
  Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  99.1
  Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 26, 2002.
  99.2
  Press Release of OpenTV Corp., dated September 30, 2002.