Top US Cable Operators Announce 'On Ramp' to Advanced Java Technology-Based TV Services - May 4, 2004 07:02 AM (PR Newswire) New Java Set-Top Box Standard Plans to Leverage Successful Technology Already on 250 Million Cell phones NEW ORLEANS, NCTA, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Top U.S. cable operators and technology providers today jointly announced the formation of a Java Community Process (JCP(SM)) Expert Group (EG) to develop a new Java (TM) technology-based digital television API standard -- OnRamp to OCAP -- targeted at legacy, resource-constrained cable television set-top boxes. CableLabs, Charter, Cox, GoldPocket, Liberate, Motorola, Philips, Sun Microsystems, Time Warner Cable, and Vidiom Systems are working together as members of the Expert Group to define the new specification. Upon finalization of the specification (JSR 242), OnRamp to OCAP, a profile of the J2ME CLDC technology specification, will be available to all set-top box vendors, DTV application developers and service providers. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41246559 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.