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August 2002

• Pasting the pieces together - a special report on OCAP from Communications Engineering & Design magazine
• Sofia Digital releases a launcher application for iTV services (August 22nd)
• MHP set-top box for 100 Euros - German (August 12th - Translation of this article from Google

July 2002

• MHP boxes should be inexpensive - German (July 29th - Translation of this article from Google)
• German firm develops first MHP browser (July 19th)
• de Bot: Open standards will help promote iTV penetration (July 11th)
• MHP receivers ready to roll out (July 8th)
• DVB-MHP receivers ready to roll (July 3rd)
• MHP - who will televise the Java revolution? - Report by the451 (premium content, full report costs US$ 1,495)

June 2002

• Philips offers MHP solution to electronics manufacturers (June 2002)
• Canal Satellite: New arrival - MHP decoder - Italian (June 27th - Translation of this article from Google)
• 'Wer wird Millionr?' starts as MHP application -German (June 24th - Translation of this article from Google)
• MHP rollout in Finland (June 21st)
• ADB set to launch new MHP set-top box (June 19th)
• MHP & DVB in Brazil (June 7th)
• Finnish station previews iTV football service (June 5th)

May 2002

• MHP deployed in Finland (May 30th)
• CableLabs hires law firm to handle OCAP patents (May 29th)
• Finland Integrates MHP (May 28th)
• Sofia Digital launches iTV publishing tool (May 22nd)
• iTV MHP Management (May 13th)
• Canal Plus OpenCable contribution (May 9th)

April 2002

• Chip makers back fledgling DTV standard (April 18th)
• MHP Boost in USA (April 17th)
• MHP off to a slow start (April 3rd)
• Understanding the Multimedia Home Platform (April 1st)
• The Multimedia Home Platform (April 1st)
• Interactive Systems in DVB (April 1st)

March 2002

• MHP article from Time Europe
• MHP article from profil.at - German (Translation of this article from Google)
• Company sets up special MHP unit (March 19th)
• Philips adds partners to Companion TV (March 18th)
• Yet more Cebit news from DMEuro.com - Again in German, and again breaks the translation software I've tried (March 18th)
• More coverage of MHP from Cebit - German (March 18th - this page seems to break translation engines, so you'll just have to find someone who speaks German if you can't read it)
• German interactivity 'not delayed' (March 15th)
• Premiere and Wissen.de present MHP applications at CeBIT (March 15th)
• Broadcasters to start offering MHP services by mid-year (March 14th)
• ARD and partners to develop EPG (March 14th)
• Sky Life to usher in full-fledged multi-channel digital broadcasting era with first signal - from the Korean Herald (March 12th)
• Interview with Jean-Marc Racine, Canal+ about MHP adoption - (premium content, free registration allows access for 30 days)
• Coverage of MHP from CeBIT 2002 from Der Spiegel online - German (March 13th - This page breaks most translation engines)
• Sony and Karstadt Quelle to launch iTV shopping application (March 8th)

February 2002

• Interview with David Limp, Liberate about MHP adoption - (premium content, free registration allows access for 30 days)
• Philips and STMicroelectronics strike agreement (February 28th)
• CableLabs OCAP conference lures large turnout (February 27th)
• ST and Philips to develop DTV technology (February 26th)
• Spanish government favours MHP for DTT applications (February 21st)
• Liberty buy unlikely, Compere steps in (February 20th)
• Microsoft drops Ultimate TV project (February 12th)
• DVB World - speakers confirmed (February 7th)
• Sofia Digital launches new iTV editing tool (February 6th)
• Esgem announces assayer software development kit for MHP (February 5th - dead link)
• Applications in Interactive TV (February 1st)

January 2002

• Microsoft drops Ultimate TV project (January 24th)
• iTV alliances formed under the Sun (January 24th)
• Sun/Strategy in iTV agreement (January 23rd)
• MHP launch catalogued (January 15th)
• iTV standards may bypass Microsoft (January 13th)
• Cablelabs finalises OpenCable (January 8th)
• CableLabs: At long last, OCAP (January 4th)

December 2001

• MHP article from profil.at - German (Translation of this article from Google)
• Set-top box SoC ready for high-speed demands (December 21st)
• Vivendi deal brings MHP set-top boxes to the US (December 20th)
• Finnish DTT slowdown (December 19th)
• Program offerers affirm their commitment for the brisk MHP introduction - German (December 4th - Translation of this article from Google)
• UPC zaps MS digital TV platform plans (December 3rd)
• MHP and iTV: The real digital difference

November 2001

• DVB-MHP iTV for China (November 21st)
• Microsoft falls to Java in bid to control digital cable APIs (November 18th)
• OCAP authors: MHP no surprise (November 15th)
• CableLabs taps DVB-MHP for OCAP (November 14th)
• Seagate: Prototype Multimedia Home Platform - German (November 13th - Translation of this page from Google) (I'm a little dubious about how accurate this is, because the label underneath the product in the image calls it something different)
• Liberty asks money from channels for MHP (November 7th)
• Microsoft sings praises of open standards (November 2nd)

October 2001

• Motorola set-tops to support MHP (October 18th)
• Liberate licenses MHP technology from IRT (October 17th)
• Canal+ browsing at the Opera (October 11th)
• Opera makes I-TV gain (October 9th)
• Microsoft to grab TV market share (October 3rd)

September 2001

• MHP adopted in Germany (September 27th)
• Germany adopts MHP standard for DTV (September 27th)
• MHP standard for digital TV in Germany (September 24th)
• German television companies agree on MHP - German (September 21st - Translation of this article from Google
• iDTV sets from Philips, Bang & Olufsen (September 21st)
• Philips and SysMedia announce MHP alliance (September 17th)
• MHP Express launched at IBC (September 17th)
• Philips to launch I-TV tools (September 17th)
• Liberate shows MHP middleware (September 13th)
• Liberate/Philips team on MHP middleware (September 13th)

August 2001

• RTE proposes MHP (August 31st)
• Triumvirate in integrated offering
• First MHP services world-wide August 30th)
• RTL Newsmedia iTV planned (August 29th)
• Finns launch MHP TV (August 29th)
• Philips supports MHP - German (August 29th - Translation of this article from Google)
  
• OpenTV introduces MHP extension (August 28th)
• Open platform presages interactive digital TV in Europe (August 28th - also available in French)
• Nokia unveils next generation receiver (August 27th)
• European Commissioner speaks in favour of MHP (August 27th)
• DVB-Multimedia Home Platform Specs Approved - from advanced-television.com
• Sony joins MHP bandwagon (August 24th)
• OpenTV claims MHP compliance (August 24th)
• OpenTV touts MHP compliance (August 23rd)
• CacheVision unveils open video recorder platform (August 23rd)
• MHP gets European Union support - German (August 20th - Translation of this article from Google)
• Sofia Digital return path for MHP (August 17th)
• OpenTV - 18.2 m stbs deployed (August 17th)
• Humax enters into Orbit (August 6th)

July 2001

• Canal+ Tech promotes digital TV (July 18th)
• Finnish DTT launch uses DVB-MHP (July 9th)

June 2001

• DTV, cable seek to harmonize interactive platforms (June 22nd)
• Quanta licence OpenTV (June 22nd)
• Cable industry split on upcoming 'open' platform (June 8th)
• Sofia Digital joins MHP Group (June 7th)
• Alticast launches ITV authoring tool (June 4th)

May 2001

• Tandberg increases share of DTTV (May 29th)
• Netgem introduces 4.0 middleware (May 29th)
• Mitel and IBM team for digital television (May 22nd)
• Finns use MHP for EPGs (May 4th)
• Finland: Deployment of new digital TV MHP services (May 5th)

April 2001

March 2001

• DVB/MHP standard Mosaic at Astra (March 26th)
• MHP article from Time Europe (March 26th)
• MHP confirmed at CeBIT (March 22nd)
• Digital TV - Industry affirms commitment for MHP - German (March 22nd - Translation of this article from Google)
• Nordic countries dig MHP (March 9th)
• Money and standards sought by iTV (March 8th)
• Canal+ Technologies to team up with Sun (March 7th)

February 2001

• Finnish DTT launch might be delayed (February 2nd)
• An article from TeleMultimedia on MHP - Russian

November 2000

• Sun ships JavaTV (November 29th)
• Micronas to extend reach in DTV market (November 22nd)

June 2000

• AT&T trials Java TV (June 9th)
• Battle over DTV standards goes global (June 8th)

May 2000

• Sun to develop digital TV spec with China industry group (May 10th)
• Next-generation set-tops still missing critical middleware (May 5th)

November 1999

• Java will aid deployment of DTV (November 23rd)
• Java in major digital video win (November 23rd)
• Java packages specified by DAVIC may end up in MHP (November 23rd)
• Java Media Framework supports array of format roles (November 23rd)

October 1999

• OpenCable requests proposals for middleware API (October 4th)

September 1999

• Java drills deeper into European DTV (September 3rd)

August 1999

• Microsoft, Thomson form interactive TV venture (August 30th)

November 1998

• Europe seeks Java subset for DVB consumer platforms (November 20th)