4D DREAMTEL Unveils the Developer Edition of 4DAUTHOR; Easy-To-Use Interactive Digital TV Content Creation Tool.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers The Western Show 2000 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 4D Dreamtel (formerly 4DL America, an affiliate of 4DL Inc.), unveiled the highly anticipated Developer Edition of their easy-to-use interactive digital TV (iDTV) content creation tool -- 4DAuthor(tm). 4D Dreamtel announced the release of the product to a select group of content producers and broadcasters across the globe eager for a glimpse of this revolutionary software. 4D Dreamtel presented this opportunity to this select group in order to assess the strengths and flexibility of the software and guarantee the client substantial benefits towards the latter purchase of the commercial edition of 4DAuthor(tm), tentatively ten·ta·tive adj. 1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans. 2. Uncertain; hesitant. scheduled for release in the 3rd quarter of 2001. The 4DAuthor(tm) Developer Edition will be available Dec. 10, 2000. The 4DAuthor(tm) Developer Edition is the first visual authoring tool in the world developed to create dynamic interactive TV applications based on Java technology that supports DVB-MHP (Digital Video Broadcast-Multimedia Home Platform) A Java-based platform for interactive TV over the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) system. specifications and adapts to other Java-based specifications, such as ATSC-DASE. The easy-to-use, intuitive user interface makes it simple for a non-Java programmer (1) A hardware device used to customize a programmable logic chip such as a PAL, GAL, EPROM, etc. See PROM programmer. (2) A person who designs the logic for and writes the lines of codes of a computer program. to create eye-catching interactive TV applications. The race to facilitate the creation of iDTV programming is becoming increasingly vital in this rapidly expanding industry. 4DAuthor's component-based open architecture also allows third-party developers  It has been suggested that First-party developer, Second-party developer be merged into this article or section. to add new functions to meet the consumer's increasing needs as the market evolves. There is a need in the international marketplace for this Java-based authoring tool due to its flexibility and extensible component-based design. The 4DAuthor(tm) is the ideal tool for bridging the gap between the creative sector and the flexible, yet fairly complex Java(tm) technology. 4D Dreamtel will be at the cutting edge of this technology, offering solutions to the needs of the growing interactive digital television industry. For those interested in the 4DAuthor(tm) Developer Edition's capabilities, 4D Dreamtel will be holding informative presentations at The Western Cable Show in the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. from Nov. 29, 2000 through Dec. 1, 2000, at the Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. exhibition station. To order a copy of the newly released 4DAuthor(tm) Developer Edition, or for more information on 4D Dreamtel and their products, visit the Web site at www.dreamtel.tv or contact 4D Dreamtel via e-mail at sales@dreamtel.tv. 4D Dreamtel, an affiliate of 4DL Inc., is in the pioneering field of datacasting and interactive digital TV software applications. It is an end-to-end software solutions provider for datacasting focused on content creation, broadcast servers and middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a for digital set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . 4DL Inc. is a privately owned company with offices in Seoul, South Korea and in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., USA. For additional information, visit the 4DL Web site at www.4dl.com. |
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