Category Archives: OCAP

EFF Campaign to Stop the FCC from Granting Integration Ban Waivers to Cable MSOs

I noticed something odd today, three nearly identical comments filed on FCC proceeding 97-80 (1,2,3). I knew someone must be coordinating the comments, so I searched, and sure enough, it if an effort organized by the EFF. The body of … Continue reading

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The AllVid Tech Company Alliance Pushes the FCC to Keep the Pressure On MVPDs

You may not have heard of The AllVid Tech Company Alliance, but you’re probably interested in their work. The alliance is made up of Best Buy, Google, Intel, Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America, Nagravision, RadioShack, Sony Electronics and TiVo, and … Continue reading

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TiVo And Alticast Team Up

TiVo Alticast last month announced that they will work together to make it easier to bring TiVo’s software and services to set top boxes. Alticast is a vendor if middleware for Java-based DVB-MHP, OCAP/tru2way technology and Blu-ray Disc Java (BD-J). … Continue reading

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Off To CES

Welll, in just under 10 hours I should be on a plane to Las Vegas, NV for CES. The show properly is Thursday-Sunday, but there are press events Tuesday and Wednesday which I’ll be attending. During the show itself I’ll … Continue reading

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CNET’s Matthew Elliott Gives Up On Comcast TiVo

In what can’t be a good sign for the progress of the TiVo software for Comcast, CNET’s Matthew Elliott has posted in their Crave blog that he’s finally given up in frustration and returned to using the standard non-TiVo Comcast … Continue reading

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