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Tech Mahindra and Microsoft Corp alliance
Microsoft Corp, who of course, needs no introduction, have entered into a partnership with a Indian global software exporter, Tech Mahindra.
The partnership will analyse Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television or IPTV for short, to determine certain System Integration requirements.
The development of the partnership between the two companies, Microsoft Corp and Tech Mahindra, will allow Tech […]
May 23, 2008
Microsoft releases Mediaroom Presentation Framework
Microsoft has released a beta version of Mediaroom Presentation Framework, which will help IPTV operators differentiate their services from those provided by cable and satellite operators.
The framework has been released to the 150 companies on the Microsoft programme, including BT which uses Mediaroom to power its BT Vision IPTV service.
The beta version allows software […]
February 14, 2008
New LiveStation beta focuses on news content
LiveStation, which delivers live radio and TV to a computer via broadband, has entered a wider beta testing period.
The company has decided to focus on news, and eliminate entertainment and sports content, partly because there are less rights issues with news distribution.
Its decision follows a study commissioned from consulting firm Enders Analysis, which […]
January 22, 2008
Microsoft embarks on IPTV joint venture in South Korea
Microsoft has signed agreements with two South Korean firms for a joint venture into the country’s emerging Internet TV market. Despite being one of the world’s most wired societies, South Korea has been relatively slow in the market because of disagreements between the broadcasting and communications industries.
South Korea’s second-largest portal, Daum Communications Corp, and local […]
January 8, 2008
Motorola secures deal with BT Vision
Motorola has secured a contract to supply BT Group Plc with set-top boxes for its BT vision, on-demand entertainment service.
The BT Vision service provides digital TV and pay-per-view video over a broadband connection, to consumer electronic devices such as TVs. BT is also planning to make the service available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 games […]
January 7, 2008
One million users of Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV software
At a point during the first few weeks of 2008, Microsoft expects to have more than one million homes using its Mediaroom IPTV software.
Microsoft has been investing in interactive TV for more than a decade, and anticipates the IPTV effort will start paying off even more in the coming years.
Microsoft’s CTO Peter Barrett believes […]
January 7, 2008
BT Vision and Microsoft partner for Xbox IPTV
Microsoft Corp and BT group are entering into a partnership to bring BT Vision’s IPTV service to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 games and entertainment consoles.
Through the partnership, which was announced at the CES event in Las Vegas, BT broadband customers will be able to receive high-definition gaming, television and movies through the console from the […]
October 31, 2007
No autumn launch for Xbox IPTV
Microsoft has denied rumours that Microsoft Mediaroom (IPTV) will be included in the imminent Xbox 360 firmware update, although the service should be available by the end of the year.
The rumour, that Microsoft was planning to launch IPTV on the Xbox this autumn, started when an Xbox 360 owner received the device back from […]
September 12, 2007
Microsoft talks to BBC about Xbox link
According the The Times’ world event blog, Microsoft and the BBC are in discussions prior to the launch of Microsoft’s digital television and video service in Europe.
Microsoft plans to offer films, TV shows and high-definition programmes over its Xbox 360 video-games machine. The software company already offers video content in America via the console and […]
August 10, 2007
IPTV coming to Xbox 360
British Telecom has joined with Microsoft in a deal which should bring IPTV to the Xbox 360 before the end of the year.
Under the terms of the agreement, only subscribers to BT will have access to the IPTV services, which Microsoft currently powers through BT Vision.
The contract builds on an existing close relationship […]