Intel Corp. and CableLabs (News - Alert), the technology consortium of cable operators, have signed an OpenCable Platform Agreement that includes support for the OpenCable Platform in future Intel (News - Alert) consumer electronic (CE) system-on-a-chip (SoC) products.
With the Integration of support for OpenCable, digital televisions, set-top boxes, digital media recorders and other networked consumer electronics devices can run standard applications and services delivered by cable operators, consumer electronics companies, program networks, and other software developers.
"The cable industry has a very strong commitment to the OpenCable Platform, and to deploying interactive services through both retail and leased digital devices," said Dr. Richard R. Green, president and CEO of CableLabs, in a statement. "Having Intel support the technology really brings the OpenCable Platform to a new level of maturity and will further enable innovation from consumer electronics manufacturers, advertisers, content providers and cable operators for the benefit of our mutual customers," he added.
"The collaboration between the major cable TV operators and Intel exemplifies and fuels the ongoing transition to digitally delivered entertainment whether through a computer, high-definition TV, smart set-top box or other networked CE device," said Eric Kim, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the company's Digital Home Group. "We expect this move and our innovative SoC products to further accelerate the development of new applications and services for myriad cable operators, CE manufacturers, developers and retailers, and to further bolster our own CE product plans based on Intel Architecture."
Future Intel platforms will include OpenCable Platform technologies certified by CableLabs for interactive applications. Interactive digital cable-ready products can access interactive program guides delivered by cable operators, as well as premium services ordered on-screen, such as video-on-demand (VOD).
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking
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