Home networking comes into focus. (standards being established)
Multichannel News, May, 1998 by Levine, Marty
For the better part of decade, consumer electronics manufacturer have been pushing the concept of intelligent in-home network that would link various electronic devices and appliances. Although past attempts in an analog environment failed, the industry is trying again, this time with proposed specifications for a digital network platform.
In at least some of the potential scenarios, the digital set-top box will serve as the gateway for digitized information coming into the home before it is routed from device to device. In March, a group of eight Japanese and European consumer electronics manufacturers announced a preliminary agreement on what they termed "draft specifications" for an open standard for networking consumer digital audio/video devices....
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