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"The honourable Member’s question concerning migration to an open API for application programs is about operational compatibility for interactive TV services. There are three parts to the question.
The third part of the question concerns whether the Commission will restrict the dialogue exclusively to industry and have it cover only technical aspects. In fact, it is also willing to open the dialogue to consumer groups and Members of the European Parliament. I am very well disposed to participation by MEPs and consumer groups.
The dialogue must, however, have a stable technical basis, and that is what we are at present concentrating upon. The political debate must be preceded by careful investigations of issues such as operational compatibility. The decision makers must understand what alternatives there are and what the consequences of these would be. It is a process which shows that the Commission is following up the commitment it made in the December plenary.
First part: How does the Commission intend to promote and organise migration from existing APIs to a single API?
The provisions of Article 18 of European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) includes a legal requirement for the Member States to promote transparency when it comes to making APIs available for application programs.
The provisions do not include a requirement for any particular API technology or a single API. The standard for multimedia home platforms (or MHPs) fulfils the requirements for operational compatibility and transparency in this area. We are therefore encouraging industry to introduce this standard voluntarily. The MHP standard will be included in the list of standards published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in accordance with the directive. The Member States are responsible for encouraging use of the standards included in the list. We anticipate the list’s being published this autumn.
According to the directive, the Member States must also carry out a review of operational compatibility and user options before July 2004. The directive contains a procedure for making use of a standard compulsory. That is one of the issues which will be addressed in the proposed review.
The second part of the question is as follows: How does the Commission intend to organise the dialogue in connection with such a migration?
The Information Society Directorate-General has initiated a dialogue with industry on operational compatibility for interactive TV services. Operational compatibility has been set up as the most important objective, and standardisation is part of the solution. There is a lack of agreement within industry as to what operational compatibility actually involves. We have therefore taken measures to give some impetus to the dialogue.
First of all, we have asked the Digital Video Broadcasting (or DVB) Group to investigate the technical operational compatibility of interactive services. Secondly, we have begun an investigation of the strategic aspects of operational compatibility so as to have access to an independent analysis later this year. Consumer issues are among those covered by the analysis.
Finally, we have asked the standardisation body, CENELEC, to carry out a preliminary investigation of the standardisation of digital TV and interactive TV services. Their brief will be to analyse the present technical position and come up with recommendations."@en1
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