LG Electronics and Zodiac Interactive Demonstrate the Industry's First Complete High-Def User Interface for CableLab's OCAP at 2007 International CES, January 8-11 in Las Vegas.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- LG Electronics, Inc. (LG) and Zodiac Interactive today announced they are demonstrating two-way interactive digital cable services running on LG's OpenCable[TM] Application Platform (OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada) OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification) OCAP Out of Control Action Plan [TM])-compliant HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates that was certified at a recent CableLabs([R]) test wave for OpenCable Host. The HDTV is equipped with an industry leading high performance chipset and uses technology licensed from CableLabs; CHILA (CableCard Host Interface Licensing Agreement) and OCAP License Agreement. The services and application demonstrations include a complete User Interface (UI) implemented in OCAP running on Zodiac's PowerUp[TM] OCAP Framework. These demonstrations will be held at 2007 International CES, January 8-11 in Las Vegas in LG Electronics' Booth #8214. LG and Zodiac Interactive have been collaborating on the new CableLabs' OCAP UI for HDTV, which is an industry-first High-Definition (HD), widescreen format UI with enhanced capabilities. With this new environment, cable subscribers can download and enjoy enhanced HD OCAP interactive TV applications. "We are getting ready to commercialize LG OpenCable products through interactive digital cable-ready TVs and set-top boxes," said Dr. Choon Lee, Head of DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. Laboratory at LG Electronics, Inc. "Building on the success of our cooperation with Zodiac Interactive, LG will collaborate with multiple major cable MSOs and retail partners around this OpenCable-compliant HDTV platform." "LG's endorsement of Zodiac Interactive, along with our compelling demonstration for CES 2007, validates the appeal of our products and technology in the Consumer Electronics space," said Zodiac Interactive's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Michael Rivkin. "Since its inception in 2002, Zodiac has been recognized for Emmy-nominated games and the Emmy-winning IO User Interface Platform for Cablevision Systems Corporation, as well as innovative technologies that enable a wide variety of tools and applications on virtually all interactive television platforms." About LG Electronics, Inc. LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE KSE Karachi Stock Exchange KSE Kuwait Stock Exchange KSE Korea Stock Exchange KSE Kernel Scheduler Entities KSE Kill Switch Engage (band) KSE Kuat Systems Engineering (Star Wars) : 06657.KS) is the global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 72,000 people working in over 120 operations including 80 subsidiaries around the world. Comprised of four business units: Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media with global sales at USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 34.7 billion (consolidated USD 43.4 billion) as of 2005, LG Electronics is the world's leading provider of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. handsets, residential air conditioners, plasma panels, optical storage products, DVD players and home theatre systems. For more information, please visit www.lge.com. About Zodiac Interactive Zodiac Interactive, based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , is an Emmy Award winning developer of iTV applications, games and service-oriented middleware for cable, satellite and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. . The company has the largest wholly owned library of set-top box ad-supported and subscription games for all major platforms. Zodiac's technology is centered around its flagship product suite, the PowerUp(TM) Framework, which includes embedded set-top box software, an advanced application authoring environment and head-end solutions. This complete framework makes it easier for cable operators and CE manufacturers to design, deploy, manage and monetize interactive television applications, faster and with greater overall performance. For more information, visit www.zodiac.tv. |
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