| 1994 - 1996 |
EC DG III - UNITEL project on platform interoperability in digital television. |
| Late 1996-Early 1997 |
DVB work on the Multimedia Home Platform Commercial Requirements |
| October 1997 |
Commercial Requirements approved by DVB's Steering Board |
| July 1998 |
Sun Java® virtual
machine is chosen as the core technology for MHP. DVB opens
discussions with Sun Microsystems on Intellectual Property
Rights-related issues. |
| June 1999 |
Steering
Board adopts a declaration on conformance testing and licensing for MHP
and endorses first working draft MHP specification |
| August 1999 |
Draft MHP standard demonstrated at IFA '99 |
| November 1999 |
DVB
approves the "MHP Declaration", a document outlining the
arrangements between DVB and Sun concerning the use of Java in MHP. |
| February 2000 |
MHP 1.0 approved in DVB at the 28th meeting of the Steering Board. |
| March 2000 |
he MHP logo is unveiled allowing equipment to be badged as fully compliant and interoperable. |
| May 2000 |
DVB sends the MHP specification to ETSI for standardisation. |
| July 2000 |
MHP 1.0 becomes TS 101 812 in ETSI. |
| December 2000 |
MHP 1.0 corrigenda approved in DVB. |
| April 2001 |
DVB approves MHP 1.0.1
Conformance testing and licensing documentation approved; DVB and ETSI enter into custodian agreement.
MHP Experts Group starts work on MHP Test Suite
|
| June 2001 |
Steering Board approves MHP 1.1, with the addition of Profile 3 (Internet Access Profile). |
| August 2001 |
IFA 2001 sees the launch of MHP equipment and applications. |
| September 2001 |
DVB launches the MHP patent pooling programme, calling for declarations of essential IPR. |
| October 2001 |
Blue Book A066, “MHP Implementation Arrangements and Associated Agreements”, approved by DVB's Steering Board. |
| October 2001 |
ETSI publishes MHP 1.0.1 as TS 101 812 V1.1.2
|
| November 2001 |
ETSI publishes MHP 1.1 as TS 102 812 V1.1.1 |
| December 2001 |
The
MHP Umbrella Group is announced to set specifications within DVB
of variations of MHP for regional broadcast environments |
| January 2002 |
DVB and CableLabs announce adoption by CableLabs of MHP for OCAP (Open Cable Application Protocol). |
| April 2002 |
Finland becomes the first country in the world to broadcast live on-air interactive services using MHP. |
| June 2002 |
DVB
approves first version of the MHP Test Suite (MHP Test Suite 1.0.2a)
with provisions to ensure an upgrade of MHP implementations when a
fuller Test Suite becomes available. |
| November 2002 |
Steering Board approves first version of Globally Executable MHP (GEM), encompassing CableLabs OCAP. |
| December 2002 |
DVB approves MHP Test Suite 1.0.2b - the first complete MHP Test Suite. |
| January 2003 |
GEM published by ETSI as TS 102 819 |
| April 2003 |
DVB
approves MHP 1.0.3 and MHP 1.1.1 which are passed to ETSI for
standarisation as TS 101 812 V1.3.1 and
TS 102 812 V1.2.1 respectively. |
| June 2003 |
ARIB
(the Japanese DTV standard) announces the adoption of a GEM-based
Application Environment for Japanese Data Broadcasting. |
| July 2003 |
ETSI sends draft ES 201 812 V1.1.1 (an ETSI Standard version of MHP) out to vote. |
