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Contents

Introduction

1 The Middleware Market

Why Do We Need Open Standards?

Driving Forces Behind Open Standard Middleware

Standards in DTV

Correcting the Fragmented ITV Market

What Are DVB and CableLabs?

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project

DVB-MHP: The Multimedia Home Platform

OpenCable Applications Platform (OCAP)

A History Lesson: The Background of MHP and OCAP

The MHP Family Tree

JavaTV: A Common Standard for DTV

Harmonization: Globally Executable MHP

The Difficult Part of Standardization

Intellectual Property and Royalties

Where Do We Go from Here?

Open Versus Proprietary Middleware

2 An Introduction to Digital TV

The Consumer Perspective

Customizable TV

Understanding DTV Services

Producing DTV Content

Elementary Streams ...

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