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of the Internet, multichannel, broadcast, DVDs and PVRs and most other transmission means, and display it on any device. About a dozen versions were displayed on the convention floor. But the key to satisfied consumers is interoperability of devices, said Philips Semiconductor CEO Frans Van Houten, because “no one product will win” the battle for the living room. The Digital Living Network Alliance will set up an interoperability certification program to help solve that problem, said Pat Griffis of Microsoft, chmn. of the alliance. On the same panel, Charter Communications CEO Carl Vogel said telcos will be “real competitors” to cable, but their chances of success may have been overstated, because cable has already made the investments in “really robust networks” for broadband that telcos still need to make.