Summary

To encourage the successive growth of television broadcasting services, it is important to enable third‑party operators to provide services by making the best use of television distribution facilities and functionalities. Recommendation ITU-T J.704 defines functional requirements of the service provider's interface for television primary and secondary distribution and associated interactive services for integrated broadband cable and primary distribution television networks. This Recommendation provides interfaces and functionalities to enable third-party service providers to offer television and associated interactive services including RF-based linear TV, video on demand (VoD), cable telephony, and enhanced broadcast services.