16 MHP 1.1

MHP 1.1 introduces several new features to MHP receivers, such as APIs for controlling Internet clients and communicating with smart cards, and the ability to store applications in the receiver. This chapter introduces these features of MHP 1.1 and several more, looking at the opportunities they offer to application developers and network operators. There are some risks to using MHP 1.1 that must be considered, and we will also take a look at how these affect the deployment of MHP 1.1 applications and receivers.

About 15 months after finishing MHP 1.0, DVB published the MHP 1.1 specification. MHP 1.1 is about 500 pages longer than the original MHP specification, and thus there is a lot of new material for middleware implementers and ...

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