After upgrading its membership in the DLNA, CableLabs has senior architect Amol Bhagwat to sit on the DLNA board.
Various cable companies, including Comcast, have become advocates for relying on DLNA in a home network environment for cable.
Bhagwat will join the current representatives from Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Technicolor tasked with overseeing the development of standards that promote sharing of content across networked consumer electronics, PC and mobile products, regardless of the manufacturer.
“DLNA is committed to working with service providers to bring premium commercial video to products in the digital home,” said Nidhish Parikh, chairman and president of DLNA. “CableLabs is a DLNA Promoter Member, and their work within the Alliance and the cable industry demonstrates their dedication to the evolution of cable networks, services and operations.”
“CableLabs strongly believes in the development and widespread adoption of market-based standards approaches such as DLNA,” said Amol Bhagwat. “As a leader in commercial and consumer cable technologies, CableLabs shares DLNA’s vision for the delivery of high-value content to an interoperable network of connected consumer products. In my role on the DLNA board of directors, I look forward to working to promote the Alliance’s ongoing commitment to facilitate various forms of premium commercial content over the DLNA network and extending the Alliance’s vision for the fully connected home.”