SOFTWARE PROVIDERS

Operating Systems
Whether it is in the set-top box, the video server, the telecommunications delivery, the hand-held device or the retrieval system, the microprocessors in today's interactive applications require a RTOS to manage them.

To create specific software for decompression, media control, access control to the communications infrastructure, navigation and menuing applications the multimedia market segments require a strong RTOS with an outstanding development and communications environment.

OpenTV - Thompson and Sun Microsystems

Two separate ventures, Thompson/Sun Microsystems and AT&T, are working to develop interactive set-top systems, which take advantage of the coming convergence of computer and telephone technologies. Both the Sun/Thompson Open TV system and AT&T's TV Information Center will provide interactive programming through set-top boxes, even though the technology is expected to be built into TVs by 1996.

FutureVision of America
200 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 415
West Conshohocken, PA 192428-2968 USA
610.941.9890
610.941.9949 fax

FurtureVision was formed in April, 1992 with the goal of developing an operating system for the implementation of digital broadband networks. It's key product is its EPIC (TM) (Enhanced Provisioning Interactive Communications) operating system software.

Integrated Systems, Inc
3260 Jay Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408.980.1500 ext. 529
408.980.0499 fax
wanda@isi.com

Every multimedia solution requires a high level of customization because the customer requirements and technology base vary greatly. Simple "multimedia operating systems" are useful only if they are based on a solid, robust and flexible foundation. No single solution works adequately for each customer's application. Integrated Systems, recognizing this, works with customers and partners to adapt the pSOS+ operating system to the specific customer's needs.

Integrated Systems is a leading provider of control-systems design and real-time embedded software development. PSOSystem software is a real-time embedded operating system and development environment theat enables companies to develop embedded products rapidly. the pSOS+ operating system cost effectively manages set-top hardware and enables set-top boxes to respond quickly to interactive transactions. The benefit of a real-time operating system is that its response to interrupts and transactions can be predicted. This predictability allows interactive TV to respond to viewer request within a reasonable amount of time

Power TV
20833 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 100
Cupertino, CA 95014
408.777.7500

The PowerTV OS is being designed specifically for use in digital home communications terminals for cable and video dial-tone applications. The PowerTV OS is distinguished by its hardware-independence and non-proprietary, open-architecture design. A diverse group of authoring tools companies that include Oracle, Scala and Sybase have begun to port their software to the PowerTV OS, which should enable developers to create applications with the support of industry leaders in authoring software products. Relationships with leading compiler and debugging tools developers such as Metrowerks, SDS and Diab Data also ensure that PowerTV OS programming code can be written on both PCs and Macintosh systems -- a first for the ITV market.

Microsoft
One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052-6399
206.882.8080
206.883.8101 fax

Microware
1900 NW 114th Street
Des Moines, IA 50325-7077
Tel: 515.224.1929
email:info@microware.com

DAVID is a standard operating system environment for interactive television decoders that can be used in telephone, cable TV and wireless networks. Created and licensed by Microware, DAVID is based on Microware's OS-9 Real-Time Operating System, using a variety of microprocessors. The DAVID system supports both networked and local interactive applications, graphics and user interfaces.

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