[mythtv] Japanese standard for Internet TV, w/Linux

[Sílvio Macedo]

This is potentially relevant to Myth:

Heavyweight TV makers join to develop Internet TV standards - and they
want
Linux in it! According to
http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/bth/japanese_standard_inte
rnettv_20060814,
 http://informitv.com/articles/2006/08/05/internettvplans/,
or http://www.generation-nt.com/actualites/17594/, among others,
Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba and Hitachi are understood to be
developing a
joint Japanese standard for internet-connected televisions to address
competition from the computer industry for broadband video services.
To create
the standard, the group has formed a company called TV Portal Service.
No
official site yet, as far as I know.  "To reduce boot up time and to
avoid
virus infections, the companies are avoiding the use of Microsoft
Windows and
will instead use the Linux operating system." . Despite probably
right, the
reason for using Linux, instead of Windows may also be to protect
themselves
from the TV market invading Microsoft. Maybe a good push for efforts
like
http://www.mythtv.org and  http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr.

Silvio