The FCC should condition approval of News Corp.’s acquisition of ...
The FCC should condition approval of News Corp.’s acquisition of Hughes on DirecTV’s adoption of a set-top box that uses a multimedia home platform (MHP) standard, Sun Microsystems said. “Standards bodies and industry groups including DVB [Digital Video Bcstg.],…
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the Advanced TV Systems Committee (ATSC)] and CableLabs have agreed on a common platform for execution of applications delivered via a digital TV stream,” the company said, and migration to the standard by DirecTV and News Corp. would be a “significant boost” to the adoption of a “worldwide content platform.” Sun said a single platform would benefit everyone with increasing competition, “lower technology costs and more widespread availability of TV-based services and content.” It said if migration to the standard wasn’t required, the Commission at least should encourage it.