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media: dvb/intro: update the history part of the document 

Convergence doesn't exist anymore. The community itself maintains
the spec. Update accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@ -39,15 +39,19 @@ grabber cards. As such it was not really well suited to be used for DVB
cards and their new features like recording MPEG streams and filtering
several section and PES data streams at the same time.
In early 2000, we were approached by Nokia with a proposal for a new
In early 2000, Convergence was approached by Nokia with a proposal for a new
standard Linux DVB API. As a commitment to the development of terminals
based on open standards, Nokia and Convergence made it available to all
Linux developers and published it on https://linuxtv.org in September
2000. Convergence is the maintainer of the Linux DVB API. Together with
the LinuxTV community (i.e. you, the reader of this document), the Linux
DVB API will be constantly reviewed and improved. With the Linux driver
for the Siemens/Hauppauge DVB PCI card Convergence provides a first
implementation of the Linux DVB API.
2000. With the Linux driver for the Siemens/Hauppauge DVB PCI card,
Convergence provided a first implementation of the Linux DVB API.
Convergence was the maintainer of the Linux DVB API in the early
days.
Now, the API is maintained by the LinuxTV community (i.e. you, the reader
of this document). The Linux Digital TV API is constantly reviewed and
improved together with the improvements at the subsystem's core at the
Kernel.
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