CableLabs, Canoe, issue new EBIF specs

DENVER, CO - CableLabs and Canoe Ventures have completed and issued the latest Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) specification.This new version, known as EBIF IO6, features functionality developed to meet competitive interactive television market requirements and promises to widen the range of EBIF-enhanced programming, advertising and applications.EBIF IO6 is the latest version of the CableLabs specification for interactivity that can be implemented on disparate digital set-top boxes deployed by cable operators.Canoe Ventures and CableLabs have been working with MSOs to expand the EBIF specification to satisfy emerging business requirements and are coordinating efforts to educate the technical, programming and...