Technology Leaders Announce ‘Marlin Partner Program’ to Make Digital Content Interoperable Across Multiple Devices and Services

 

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London, UK, October 22, 2008 — Over twenty-five leading Technology Solutions Providers, System Integrators and Content Management companies have joined forces to create the Marlin Partner Program (MPP).  Members of the program can now deliver technology solutions to service providers and consumer device manufacturers who want to make digital content interoperable between consumer electronics devices that include mobile phones, set top boxes, media players & PCs. 

The MPP allows providers of mobile, broadband, broadcast and IPTV services, and manufacturers of networked consumer devices to deploy more flexible and useful products and services where consumers can move protected content between devices. MPP companies would provide the various technical components necessary for customers to deliver Marlin solutions and integration services to network operators, service providers and device manufacturers.

IPTV Over GPON and Bonded DSL Key Components of BroadbandSuite 3.0

 

11 November 2008, Anaheim, California - The Broadband Forum, formerly the DSL Forum, has today unveiled the latest edition of its BroadbandSuite™ Release Plan at this year’s Telco TV.  BroadbandSuite 3.0 provides specifications for triple-play delivered via GPON and bonded DSL over a QoS-enabled Ethernet architecture, and remote management beyond the gateway to address video and storage devices.

BroadbandSuite 2.0, released in 2007, provided a roadmap for triple-play access via ADSL2plus, but over the past 12 months, the Broadband Forum has responded to an industry need for the ability to deliver triple-play services, such as IPTV, over a variety of different access technologies.