Internet box is not affected by the set-top box operating system

The reporter learned yesterday that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued a circular to the radio, film and television bureaus of various provinces (municipalities) recently to require cable television network companies to carry out trials on the scale of the set-top box operating system TVOS1.0. In the future, Cable TV operators must release terminal software such as smart TV set-top boxes and install TVOS1.0 software, and no other operating systems other than TVOS may be installed.

According to relevant sources, in March 2012, 19 departments including equipment developers, research institutes and network operators set up the NGB (Next Generation Broadcasting Network) TVOS Cooperative Development Group to carry out the research and development of NGBTVOS , The purpose is to make radio and television technology system toward unity. In December last year, it has organized the acceptance and release of TVOS1.0, a smart TV operating system.

The latest notice of SARFT shows that this promotion experiment is to further improve the application of TVOS1.0 and corresponding smart TV set-top boxes, so that enterprises can explore and summarize the procedures and modes of TVOS1.0 intelligent terminal operation and management.

The notice emphasized the importance of the TVOS system and said it is of great importance to safeguarding the cultural safety of the triple play and supporting the digital, networked and intelligent development of radio and television.

It is noteworthy that, this notice only for cable companies, music box, millet boxes and other Internet boxes are not included. Radio and Television Academy Dean Zou Feng interview earlier confirmed that the TVOS operating system standard is not a mandatory standard, but only a suggested standard, the country will not be mandatory in the appliance manufacturers or operators.

■ Analysis

Or extend to all boxes

Triple play fusion experts, integration net editor Wu Chun-Yong told reporters that at present most of the boxes are based on Android system custom, after the formation of the scale required to pay Andrew. The TVOS added more security modules, more in line with the domestic environment. TVOS in the promotion of the system, the current only for cable companies scale application test.

In Wu Chunyong's opinion, once the large-scale test is successful, SARFT will continue in the home appliance business, Internet companies in the pilot. Although the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is the formulation of television standards, the current SARFT TVOS1.0 operating system can not be mandatory standards, but do not rule out the two will jointly introduce industry standards, and even the introduction of national standards.