[opendtv] Top US Cable Operators Announce 'On Ramp' to Advanced JavaTechnology-Based TV Services

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: undisclosed-recipient: ;
  • Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:07:03 -0400

     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.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41246559

 
 
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