Problem or Opportunity? Steve Jobs on Standardizing Royalty Free Codecs
June 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment

As readers of this blog know, I am a long-time proponent of royalty-free standardization as the best option for open Web media, preferable to informal, vendor-run open-sourcing of undocumented or unreviewed Intellectual Property Rights.
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Broadcasters Challenge Broadband TV Patent Submarine Threat
September 16, 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Broadcasters Challenge Broadband TV Patent Submarine Threat

I’ve pointed out how the EBU, the world’s largest organization of national broadcasters, is beating the drum to avoid patent lock-ins in new standards for hybrid broadcast-broadband TV services.
EBU’s own write-up of last week’s EBU/ETSI …

Royalty-Free Brazil Java DTV Highlighted at JavaOne Conference
April 13, 2009 – 3:45 pm | No Comment

Good to see prominent billing for “Java in Brazilian Java DTV” at the upcoming JavaOne conference.
Second topic listed in the press release right after cloud computing!
SANTA CLARA, Calif. April 13, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: …

Java@Digital TV Conference
March 12, 2009 – 12:10 pm | No Comment

A bright potential is shining for interactive TV in Brazil, which has a unique moment of opportunity to start from a complete, royalty-free specification — Ginga – and avoid the systemic stalling gridlock that has …

Royalty-Free Java DTV Specification Released for Brazil and the World
January 12, 2009 – 2:03 pm | 8 Comments

Sun Microsystems has released a royalty-free Java specification as an alternative to the royalty-encumbered “GEM” and “MHP” family of digital TV specifications developed by the European Digital Video Broadcasting group and associated groups.
“GEM” and “MHP” …