Delivery of television programming over computer networks using Internet protocols showed signs of a maturing market this week when nine major players supporting the technology announced the formation of a consortium to develop important standards for it. AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Siemens, Samsung, Sony and Telecom Italian on Monday founded the Open IPTV Forum, which will focus on the development of open standards that could be used to streamline and accelerate IPTV deployments.
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Heavyweights Join Forces for Open IPTV Standards
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 20, 2007 07:45 AMDelivery of television programming over computer networks using Internet protocols showed signs of a maturing market this week when nine major players supporting the technology announced the formation of a consortium to develop important standards for it. AT&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Siemens, Samsung, Sony and Telecom Italian on Monday founded the Open IPTV Forum, which will focus on the development of open standards that could be used to streamline and accelerate IPTV deployments.