News Archive

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August 2002

July 2002

June 2002

  • href="http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/nea/200206/alert_188233.html">Philips offers MHP solution to electronics manufacturers (June 2002)
  • Canal Satellite: New arrival - MHP decoder - Italian (June 27th - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.satellite.it/viewnews.asp%3FID%3D3428%20">Translation of this article from Google)
  • 'Wer wird Millionr?' starts as MHP application -German (June 24th - href="http://216.239.35.120/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.ibusiness.de/aktuell/db/1024907105.html">Translation of this article from Google)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/June17_24.html#mhp">MHP rollout in Finland (June 21st)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=11060">ADB set to launch new MHP set-top box (June 19th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/June5_10.html#mhp">MHP
    & DVB in Brazil (June 7th)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=10815">Finnish station previews iTV football service (June 5th)

May 2002

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/may27-June5.html#mhp deplo">MHP deployed in Finland (May 30th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0205/cedaily020529.htm#briefs">CableLabs hires law firm to handle OCAP patents (May 29th)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=10707">Finland Integrates MHP (May 28th)
  • Sofia Digital launches iTV publishing tool (May 22nd)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/may13-20.html#itv mhp">iTV MHP Management (May 13th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/may6_13.html#cana">Canal Plus OpenCable contribution (May 9th)

April 2002

  • Chip makers back fledgling DTV standard (April 18th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/april15-22html.html#mhp">MHP Boost in USA (April 17th)
  • MHP off to a slow start (April 3rd)
  • href="http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_download_understanding_multimedia/index.htm">Understanding the Multimedia Home Platform (April 1st)
  • href="http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_download_multimedia_home/index.htm">The Multimedia Home Platform (April 1st)
  • href="http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_dvb_update_interactive/index.htm">Interactive Systems in DVB (April 1st)

March 2002

  • href="http://www.time.com/time/europe/digital/magazine/0,9868,103021-2,00.html">MHP article from Time Europe
  • MHP article from profil.at - German ( href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.profil.at/specials/cyberama/digitv.shtml">Translation of this article from Google)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=9401">Company sets up special MHP unit (March 19th)
  • Philips adds partners to Companion TV (March 18th)
  • href="http://www.dmeuro.com/dmwwwangebot/fn/dmo/SH/0/sfn/builddm/id/7090!87745/cn/cn_detail/cn_map/0/brt/2/index.html">Yet more Cebit news from DMEuro.com - Again in German, and again breaks the translation software I've tried (March 18th)
  • href="http://www2.wiwo.de/wiwowwwangebot/fn/ww/bt/2/SFN/buildww/SH/0/DEPOT/0/CN/cn_artikel/ID/85194!141083/LAYOUT/58327/fm/0/fl/0/oa_id/0/strucitemid/PAGE_85194/docid/141083/index.html">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)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/march11-18.html#german">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)
  • href="http://kn.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/03/12/200203120027.asp">Sky Life to usher in full-fledged multi-channel digital broadcasting era with first signal - from the Korean Herald (March 12th)
  • href="http://db.advanced-television.com/4dcgi/Privilege%20Pages/technology/march02_mhp.html">Interview with Jean-Marc Racine, Canal+ about MHP adoption - (premium content, free registration allows access for 30 days)
  • href="http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,186880,00.html">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

  • href="http://db.advanced-television.com/4dcgi/Privilege%20Pages/technology/feb02_liberate.html">Interview with David Limp, Liberate about MHP adoption - (premium content, free registration allows access for 30 days)
  • Philips and STMicroelectronics strike agreement (February 28th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0202/cedaily020227.htm#1">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)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/february18-25.html#liberty unlikely">Liberty buy unlikely, Compere steps in (February 20th)
  • Microsoft drops Ultimate TV project (February 12th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/february4_11.html#dvb">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)
  • href="http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_applications_interactive_tv/index.htm">Applications in Interactive TV (February 1st)

January 2002

  • Microsoft drops Ultimate TV project (January 24th)
  • iTV alliances formed under the Sun (January 24th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/January%2021-28.html#sunb">Sun/Strategy in iTV agreement (January 23rd)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/January%2014-21.html#mhp launch ccatalogue">MHP launch catalogued (January 15th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/January%207-14.html#iTV standards">iTV standards may bypass Microsoft (January 13th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/January%207-14.html#cablelabs open cable">Cablelabs finalises OpenCable (January 8th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0201/cedaily020104.htm#1">CableLabs: At long last, OCAP (January 4th)

December 2001

November 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/%20November%2019-26%20.html">DVB-MHP iTV for China (November 21st)
  • Microsoft falls to Java in bid to control digital cable APIs (November 18th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0111/cedaily011115.htm#2">OCAP authors: MHP no surprise (November 15th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0111/cedaily011114.htm#1">CableLabs taps DVB-MHP for OCAP (November 14th)
  • Seagate: Prototype Multimedia Home Platform - German (November 13th - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.chip.de/news_stories/news_stories_8613467.html">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)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive2/%20November%205-12%20.html">Liberty asks money from channels for MHP (November 7th)
  • Microsoft sings praises of open standards (November 2nd)

October 2001

  • href="http://www.allnetdevices.com/wired/news/2001/10/18/motorola_set.html">Motorola set-tops to support MHP (October 18th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0110/cedaily011017.htm#briefs">Liberate licenses MHP technology from IRT (October 17th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/8-15oct.html">Canal+ browsing at the Opera (October 11th)
  • href="http://www.allnetdevices.com/wired/news/2001/10/09/opera_makes.html">Opera makes I-TV gain (October 9th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/1-8oct.html">Microsoft to grab TV market share (October 3rd)

September 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/24-1oct.html">MHP adopted in Germany (September 27th)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=5772">Germany adopts MHP standard for DTV (September 27th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/17-24%20sept.html">MHP standard for digital TV in Germany (September 24th)
  • German television companies agree on MHP - German (September 21st - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/vza-21.09.01-001/">Translation of this article from Google
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/17-24%20sept.html">iDTV sets from Philips, Bang & Olufsen (September 21st)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/10-17sep.html#Philips">Philips and SysMedia announce MHP alliance (September 17th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/10-17sep.html#MHP">MHP Express launched at IBC (September 17th)
  • href="http://www.allnetdevices.com/developer/news/2001/09/17/philips_to.html">Philips to launch I-TV tools (September 17th)
  • href="http://www.allnetdevices.com/wired/news/2001/09/13/liberate_shows.html">Liberate shows MHP middleware (September 13th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0109/cedaily010913.htm#briefs">Liberate/Philips team on MHP middleware (September 13th)

August 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/24%20Aug-2%20Sept.html#RTE">RTE proposes MHP (August 31st)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/24%20Aug-2%20Sept.html#Triumvirate">Triumvirate in integrated offering
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=5362">First MHP services world-wide August 30th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/24%20Aug-2%20Sept.html#RTL">RTL Newsmedia iTV planned (August 29th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/24%20Aug-2%20Sept.html#Finns">Finns launch MHP TV (August 29th)
  • Philips supports MHP - German (August 29th - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://news.zdnet.de/zdnetde/news/story/0,,t104-s2093962,00.html">Translation of this article from Google)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/20-27August.html#OpenTV">OpenTV introduces MHP extension (August 28th)
  • Open platform presages interactive digital TV in Europe (August 28th - also available in href="http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010828S0019">French)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=5295">Nokia unveils next generation receiver (August 27th)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=5287">European Commissioner speaks in favour of MHP (August 27th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/atmaug.html">DVB-Multimedia Home Platform Specs Approved - from advanced-television.com
  • Sony joins MHP bandwagon (August 24th)
  • href="http://www.allnetdevices.com/wired/news/2001/08/24/opentv_claims.html">OpenTV claims MHP compliance (August 24th)
  • href="http://www.cedmagazine.com/cedailydirect/0108/cedaily010823.htm#5">OpenTV touts MHP compliance (August 23rd)
  • CacheVision unveils open video recorder platform (August 23rd)
  • MHP gets European Union support - German (August 20th - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/kav-20.08.01-000/">Translation of this article from Google)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/Aug13-Aug20.html#Sofia">Sofia Digital return path for MHP (August 17th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/Aug13-Aug20.html#OPENTV">OpenTV - 18.2 m stbs deployed (August 17th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/30july-6august.html#humax">Humax enters into Orbit (August 6th)

July 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/16-23July.html#canal">Canal+ Tech promotes digital TV (July 18th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/July2-9.html#finnish">Finnish DTT launch uses DVB-MHP (July 9th)

June 2001

  • DTV, cable seek to harmonize interactive platforms (June 22nd)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/18-25june.html">Quanta licence OpenTV (June 22nd)
  • Cable industry split on upcoming 'open' platform (June 8th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/4-11June.html#sofia">Sofia Digital joins MHP Group (June 7th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/4-11June.html#alticast">Alticast launches ITV authoring tool (June 4th)

May 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/21-28may.html">Tandberg increases share of DTTV (May 29th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/21-28may.html">Netgem introduces 4.0 middleware (May 29th)
  • Mitel and IBM team for digital television (May 22nd)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/30April-7May.html#finns">Finns use MHP for EPGs (May 4th)
  • href="http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/news/shownews.asp?ArticleID=3017">Finland: Deployment of new digital TV MHP services (May 5th)

April 2001

March 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/26March-2April.html#DVB">DVB/MHP standard Mosaic at Astra (March 26th)
  • href="http://www.time.com/time/europe/digital/magazine/0,9868,103021-2,00.html">MHP article from Time Europe (March 26th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/march19-26.html#cabit">MHP confirmed at CeBIT (March 22nd)
  • Digital TV - Industry affirms commitment for MHP - German (March 22nd - href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.golem.de/0103/13087.html">Translation of this article from Google)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/5-12March.html#nordic">Nordic countries dig MHP (March 9th)
  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/5-12March.html#money">Money and standards sought by iTV (March 8th)
  • Canal+ Technologies to team up with Sun (March 7th)

February 2001

  • href="http://www.advanced-television.com/pages/pagesb/newsarchive/jan29-feb3.html#finnish">Finnish DTT launch might be delayed (February 2nd)
  • href="http://www.telemultimedia.ru/telemultimedia/archive/n04/2.html">An article from TeleMultimedia on MHP - Russian

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October 1999

September 1999

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