Japan unveils networked TV portal platform
The CEATEC 2006 in Japan will see the coming together of the TV manufacturing companies to launch a joint TV portal platform. The theme of this years CEATEC is digital convergence of information technology and consumer electronics.
The six companies which joined hands to launch a TV portal site named 'acTVila' are Matsushita, Sony, Sony Communication Network, Toshiba, Sharp and Hitachi. The site will be managed by a joint venture of these six companies called TV Portal Service Corp. that will run a common TV portal for digital TVs with Broadband Internet Access. The site will be launched in Feb. 1, 2007.
The partners said they would provide various services through the portal, starting with basic information services in February, video-on-demand later next year and content downloading services in 2008. The service will also handle payment transactions online.
The portal company is considering adoption of digital right management technology under development by Intertrust, Matsushita, Samsung and Sony.
Via: Eet
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