By Reuters
New York, 28 May 2008
Sony has signed an agreement with the top US cable companies that leads the way for televisions that can receive digital signals without the need for a television set-top box, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said on Tuesday.
US cable television customers currently use separate devices, known as set-top boxes, which are made by companies such as Motorola and Cisco Systems, which owns Scientific Atlanta.
Other consumer electronics companies besides Sony also have been invited to formally join the memorandum of understanding Sony negotiated with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Cablevision Systems and Bright House Networks, the cable organisation said.
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