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To: Stoctrash who wrote (45780)	10/5/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

OpenCable requests proposals for middleware API By Junko Yoshida EE Times (10/04/99, 4:42 p.m. EDT) DENVER — System vendors and software companies gathered last week to discuss guidelines for responding to the OpenCable software Request For Proposal (RFP) issued by Cable Television Laboratories Inc. The RFP is looking for the middleware software segment of OpenCable retail devices, and is expected to become the latest battleground for a variety of industry groups and individual companies now promoting their own APIs to bring interactivity to TV sets. According to CableLabs, this layer of OpenCable software is expected to work with multiple software operating systems. It will also allow individual cable operators to deploy their custom services and applications, such as electronic program guides, on OpenCable-compliant host devices connected to the cable operator's network. Possible bidders for the RFP include: Advanced Television Systems Committee's DTV Application Software Environment (DASE) group; Advanced Television Enhancement Forum (ATVEF), which is led by Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.; and the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) developed by the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB). The deadline for responses on the RFP is Oct. 14.