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To: Stoctrash who wrote (37058)11/3/1998 8:51:00 PM
From: BillyG   of 50808
 
Cable, consumer groups agree on DTV interface spec

By George Leopold
EE Times
(11/03/98, 11:53 a.m. EDT)

WASHINGTON — The cable industry and
consumer electronics manufacturers have agreed
on a baseline specification for compatibility
between digital TV receivers and set-top boxes,
they announced on Monday (Nov 2).

The absence of a compatibility spec had threatened
the introduction of next-generation digital TV sets,
which are expected to be ready early next year.

The National Cable Television Association and the
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
(CEMA) said they have completed extensions to
the baseline IEEE-1394, a.k.a., Firewire standard.
The inter-industry consensus was reached in
response to a call by the Federal Communications
Commision for the two groups to reach an accord
on a digital TV interface spec by Nov. 1.

In a letter to FCC chairman William Kennard, the
two groups said "we believe that some consumer
electronics manufacturers may produce
1394-enabled digital television receivers with
content protection technology for retail distribution
by November 1999."

The groups also pledged to continue working on a
scheme to ensure that copyrighted material sent
over the new digital interface is protected. CEMA
president Gary Shapiro had hinted earlier that
Hollywood studios would delay the release of films
to be shown by networks on their new digital
channels until a copy protection scheme was in
place.
eet.com
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