Panasonic ‘is a strong believer that OCAP is necessary for intera...
Panasonic “is a strong believer that OCAP is necessary for interactive digital cable service” through set-tops and DTV sets, Chief Technology Officer Paul Liao told us, reacting to a CE industry proposal filed at the FCC last week for…
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speeding the retail availability of 2-way plug & play devices at retail. The proposal, signed by CEA and 12 CE and IT companies, would make OCAP optional. LG, Panasonic and Samsung -- all OCAP licensees -- were among the companies not signing. To our follow-up query whether Liao’s statement could be read to mean Panasonic supports only those proposals in which OCAP is a requirement, not an option, a spokesman gave us an equally nebulous response: “Panasonic supports only those proposals that include OCAP.” We pressed again and were told Liao’s comment “represents as much as we are able to say on the issue.”