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US
based Cable Television Laboratories Inc has adopted the
middleware software developed by Digital Video Broadcasting
(DVB), for advanced OpenCable digital set-top boxes that
are being deployed throughout North America from mid November.
CableLabs
is the technology consortium for cable system operators in
North and South America and is now the point organization
for continuing cooperation with DVB, which has established
a special middleware task force group to coordinate this effort.
The DVB platform called Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) will
be part of the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) that
is the middleware software portion of OpenCable. Cable connected
households will be able to access both digital broadcasting
and interactive digital applications through the OpenCable
box.
The DVB Project an industry-led consortium, was formed in
1993, and comprises of over 300 broadcasters, manufacturers,
network operators, software developers and regulatory bodies.
With members in more than 35 countries, the project is committed
to designing global standards for the delivery of digital
television and data services. The DVB standards cover all
aspects of digital television from transmission through
interfacing, conditional access, and interactivity for digital
video, audio, and data and their objective is to create
unity in the march towards global standardization, interoperability,
and future proofing.
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