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Microcap & Penny Stocks : IATV - ACTV Interactive Television -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: art slott who wrote (2059)	5/6/1998 11:43:00 PM
From: art slott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4748

OpenCable Progress Told Wired News Report 12:43pm 4.May.98.PDT As evidence that interactive cable is making headway, cable operator consortium CableLabs said it has released a first draft of the OpenCable specification. The consortium hopes the spec will become the standard that lets cable-fed interactive services work across set-top boxes made by a variety of vendors. The first-draft documents of OpenCable are being released to vendors for review and comment, CableLabs said. They summarize the kind of services a set-top box must support and the technical features required to do so. Rather than seeking a specific microprocessor or operating system, the consortium said that support for most interactive, cable-delivered services will come in the form of a "middle layer" of software, tapping well-worn Internet specs such as HTML, CGI, and JavaScript. The cable industry also announced today the formation the Cable Broadband Forum, a new initiative backed by major PC and cable companies seeking to propel the cable industry into the business of high-speed, consumer Internet access. - - -