OpenCable™ — Press Release Archives
For past press releases regarding the OpenCable project, please see the following press release archives:

toggle 2007 Press Releases

  • 06/25/07 CableLabs®, Intel to Bring OpenCable™ Platform to Future Intel Consumer Electronics Products
  • 02/28/07 Developers Forum Builds Momentum For Cable's Interactive TV Platform at The Cable Show '07
  • 01/31/07 Major Cable Operators Sign Up for OCAP™ Technology Licenses
  • 01/09/07 CableLabs® Certifies LG Electronics' OCAP™-Based, Two-Way Digital Television

toggle 2006 Press Releases

  • 11/20/06 CableLabs® Hosts Successful Interop With Enhanced TV and Digital Ad Insertion Firms


  • 11/13/06 Multi-stream Capability for “Plug and Play” Devices


  • 10/17/06 Funai Licenses CableLabs® Technology for Interactive Digital Cable Products


  • 10/17/06 CableLabs® Enables UpdateLogic to Provide Software Update Delivery Service to Digital Cable Devices


  • 07/06/06 CableLabs® Awards Qualification to Motorola Multi-Stream CableCARD™


  • 04/09/06 Video-on-Demand Capability Demonstrated as Part of Enhanced TV Specification


  • 04/06/06 CableLabs® Awards Qualification to Scientific Atlanta for Multi-Stream CableCARD™


  • 04/06/06 ADB Signs CableLabs'® Licenses for Downloadable Security


  • 04/06/06 TiVo Product Verified as Digital Cable Ready


  • 04/04/06 CableLabs® Promotes Vang and Tritt


  • 01/05/06 Cable Television Industry Voices Support for OCAP™ and Two-Way Digital Cable-Ready Product Deployments


  • 01/04/06 LG Electronics and CableLabs® Sign Downloadable Security Technology Agreement



toggle 2005 Press Releases

  • 12/21/05 Thomson Signs CableLabs® License for Two-Way Digital Cable Products in North America


  • 11/30/05 Samsung Electronics Signs Up for Downloadable Security Technology


  • 11/16/05 Microsoft and CableLabs® Announce Agreement to Enable High Definition Digital Cable Programming on Windows-based PCs


  • 10/19/05 Digeo Licenses OCAP™ Technology


  • 08/24/05 Samsung Electronics Gains CableLabs® Certification on 2-Way Digital Television


  • 08/17/05 Twenty-eight Firms Demonstrate Interoperability on OCAP™ and eTV Platforms at CableLabs® Event


  • 04/04/05 Digeo Licenses CableLabs® Technology for Interactive Digital Cable Products


  • 03/17/05 Panasonic Signs CableLabs® Licenses for Two-Way Digital Cable Products


  • 01/06/05 LG Electronics Signs CableLabs® Licenses for Two-Way Digital Cable Products



toggle 2004 Press Releases

  • 11/23/04 CableLabs® Approves VCPS Recording Technology for Use in Digital Cable-Ready Products


  • 10/21/04 Samsung Electronics First to Sign CableLabs® Licenses for Two-Way Digital Cable Products


  • 08/24/04 CableLabs® Verifies Three DTVs


  • 08/18/04 Twenty-Four Firms Participate In CableLabs® OCAP™ Interoperability Event


  • 06/28/04 Cable Industry Contest at JavaOne to Search for Latest ITV Applications


  • 06/10/04 Nine DTV Manufacturers Preparing for Digital Cable-Ready TV Rollout


  • 04/12/04 The Digital Transition Advances: CableLabs® Verifies First Plug & Play Devices


  • 04/12/04 OCAP™ Interoperability Testing Request For Information



toggle 2003 Press Releases

  • 12/17/03 Samsung Electronics Receives CableLabs® Certified™ Status for Integrated Digital Television


  • 10/20/03 CableLabs® Releases the DFAST Technology License Agreement for Plug & Play Devices


  • 10/16/03 IPR Owners for CableLabs® OCAP™ and DVB MHP to Meet in Geneva


  • 08/14/03 Panasonic Notches Digital Milestone: Four Models Of Integrated Digital Television Sets Achieve CableLabs® OpenCable™ Certified Status


  • 08/05/03 CableLabs® Awards CableCARD™ Qualification to NDS


  • 07/31/03 CableLabs® Awards CableCARD™ Qualification to Motorola


  • 06/06/03 CableLabs® Awards Qualified Status To Scientific-Atlanta Security Module


  • 06/05/03 Microsoft Signs OpenCable™ Agreement


  • 05/07/03 CableLabs® Joins Call for IPR Related to OCAP™; Promotes Formation of Patent Pool


  • 03/31/03 Broadcom Corporation Signs CableLabs®' PHILA



toggle 2002 Press Releases

  • 10/17/02 Panasonic Is First Major TV Manufacturer To Sign PHILA Agreement With CableLabs®


  • 09/30/02 Fourteen Companies Respond to CableLabs® Software RFP


  • 08/29/02 CableLabs® Issues OpenCable™ Specification for High Definition Set-Top Boxes


  • 08/26/02 CableLabs® Issues RFP For OCAP™ Implementations


  • 08/01/02 CableLabs® Demonstrates Interoperability of iTV Applications


  • 05/06/02 CableLabs® Publishes OCAP™ 2.0 Middleware Specifications


  • 05/06/02 CableLabs® Promotes Pooling of OCAP™ Patents


  • 02/27/02 Nearly 90 Firms Attend OCAP™ Developers' Conference, Interoperability Testing Event


  • 01/07/02 Three Digital Set-Top Makers Sign CableLabs® PHILA Documents


  • 01/03/02 CableLabs® Publishes OCAP™ Middleware Specifications



toggle 2001 Press Releases

  • 11/13/01 CableLabs® To Use European MHP Middleware for OpenCable™


  • 03/05/01 CableLabs® Releases OpenCable™ Software Specifications for Comment



toggle 2000 Press Releases

  • 09/21/00 More Than 70 Firms At OpenCable™ Hardware Developers' Conference


  • 09/14/00 CableLabs® Selects Three Firms to Serve as Primary Authors on Key OpenCable™ Software Specifications


  • 07/18/00 Request for Proposals: OpenCable Hardware Developer's Conference; August 28-29, 2000


  • 06/29/00 CableLabs® Completes OpenCable™ Test Wave; Digital Security Modules Now Available


  • 05/02/00 CableLabs and Margi Systems Develop Test Tool for OpenCable™ POD Modules


  • 04/19/00 More Than 50 Firms At OpenCable™ Hardware Developers' Session



toggle 1999 Press Releases

  • 12/28/99 14 Companies Participate in Successful OpenCable™ Interoperability Event


  • January 1999 Cable—Consumer Electronics Cooperation and Outreach



toggle 1998 Press Releases

  • 06/12/98 A Circuit City press release demonstrates the importance of OpenCable to retail distributors of consumer electronics equipment


  • 05/04/98 OpenCable™ on Track; First Draft Specifications Issued to Suppliers