IPTVision > October 25, 2008

Microsoft Mediaroom : A sound IPTV product from Microsoft

 [Technade] Mediaroom exposes lot of webservices for OSS / BSS developers so that they can integrate it with their systems and write some revenue generation applications very easily. Mediaroom Application Development kit also let you develop Games and other interactive programs using XHTML .

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October 25, 2008

Harmonic Ad Splicer Passes Microsoft Testing

 [Telco IPTV View] 2000 digital video splicer has successfully completed conformance testing for real-time splicing of national MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video streams of the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV system. The test for the ProStream 2000 platform was administered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Mediaroom Interoperability and Qualification Lab (IQ Lab) program.

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Posted at 07:01 PM

October 07, 2008

Microsoft TV News:

 [itvt] At the IBC show in Amsterdam earlier this month, Microsoft TV unveiled an adjunct offering to its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform, called the Microsoft Mediaroom Advertising Platform. According to the company, the new offering–which employs technologies from two companies that were recently acquired by Microsoft, Navic Networks (June, 2008) and aQuantive (May, 2007)–supports cross-platform deployments of advertisements and lets operators that have deployed Mediaroom offer targeted, measurable and interactive advertising spots, all from a single, comprehensive platform.

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Posted at 06:01 PM

September 25, 2008

Microsoft unveils IPTV migration program

 [Industry Watch] “As the IPTV market matures, we’re seeing interest from operators on first-generation platforms and homegrown solutions to migrate to Microsoft Mediaroom,” Ben Huang, director of product management for Microsoft Mediaroom, said in a release. “These service providers need to add high-definition and advanced digital video recording (DVR) and video-on-demand features that are now fundamental to any competitive TV offering, and they want to remain competitive by being able to easily deploy advanced interactive applications.”

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Posted at 07:02 PM

Microsoft IPTV Press Releases from IBC2008

[The Green Button] Marking the first instance of Microsoft advertisement investments focused on TV services, the Mediaroom Advertising Platform brings together in one cohesive offering the addressability offered by IPTV technology with state-of-the-art tools for campaign and decision management powered by Microsoft Advertising. Now the interactivity, audience addressability and true measurement found in online advertising models can be applied to the world of IP-powered television, opening new revenue opportunities for broadband service providers and more effective campaigns for advertisers.

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Posted at 07:01 PM

September 23, 2008

Microsoft unveils advertising platform for IPTV services

 [CRB Online News] Enrique Rodriguez, corporate vice president of the connected television division at Microsoft, said: "The new advertising platform opens up new promise and opportunity for broadband service providers deploying Microsoft Mediaroom, and positions them well for the quickly evolving world of digital advertising. With this offering, our customers will have a solution that delivers greater value to both advertisers and viewers through relevance and measurability, further capitalizing on the benefits of a connected TV environment."

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Posted at 06:02 PM

August 30, 2008

Microsoft IPTV: Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Is Way Better Than Cable ...

 [Startup Life in NYC :)] Microsoft IPTV: Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Is Way Better Than Cable or Satellite: Microsoft’s Mediaroom is the company’s IPTV solution that brings TV into to your house much like cable and satellite over.

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Posted at 07:02 PM

IPTV-streams in Microsoft Vista Media Center

[Vistaâ™ Media Center General] Please give me an advice how can I watch IPTV-streams in Microsoft Vista Media Center. There is the codec for MediaPlayer (http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/mpeg2-decoder-plugin/). I need watching channels with the ...

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August 21, 2008

What exactly IS IPTV (television over Internet Protocol)?

[Hip Hip :P Video] Heydon talks about the issues that have faced SBC, a telco in the USA that is using IPTV from Alcatel and Microsoft to wage combat against the leaching of triple play cable competition. (The SBC IPTV offering is expected to light up at .

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Posted at 07:03 PM

July 29, 2008

Microsoft IPTV Sucks sooooo much!

 [Reed Douglas's Weblog]  They said that Microsoft IPTV software (based on my least favorite thing, windows) is just kinda buggy, and will hopefully get fixed with updates down the road.

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Posted at 06:04 PM

July 01, 2008

Comment on Microsoft to launch video-on-demand service? by Step by ...

 [Comments for istartedsomething] [...] Long Zheng has uncovered a Microsoft trademark application Down Under: Computer software for delivery of broadcast-quality video and television programming over broadband, cable, satellite and wireless networks; computer software for providing video-on-demand services;

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Posted at 06:01 PM

Microcosm

 [IP TV Times] Microsoft IPTV has been less of a success and I've heard nothing but horror stories about its implementation including the first customer, Swisscom's decision to quietly drop the technology.

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Posted at 06:01 PM

June 05, 2008

Software Tester with Microsoft IPTV Experience - [Fujitsu ...

 [computerjobs.com Chicago - Windows Development] The SDP System tester will be responsible for the system testing and test planning activities for the SDP application. This resource should have 4-7 years of experience testing mid-range applications in a large application development .

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Posted at 07:09 PM

Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Is Way Better Than Cable or Satellite ...

 [Gizmodo] This leads us to the new feature Microsoft showed off: Applications. Since IPTV is a two-way street, your Mediaroom set-top-boxes are able to pull down information from the net, leading to very interesting interactive programs that people can code up for shows.

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Posted at 07:05 PM

May 31, 2008

Sbc Cable Tv

 [Cable Offers Blog] SBC's IP Strategy Focuses on a Bigger Picture Than TV" -- SBC's plan to offer television services using Microsoft's IPTV .Lightreading.com] SBC hasn't specified how it will use DRM in its IPTV .

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Posted at 07:09 PM

What exactly IS IPTV (television over Internet Protocol)?

[Fresh Cool Video!] Heydon talks about the issues that have faced SBC, a telco in the USA that is using IPTV from Alcatel and Microsoft to wage combat against the leaching of triple play cable competition. (The SBC IPTV offering is expected to light up at .

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March 15, 2008

Telecom Italia Deals Blow to Microsoft IPTV Platform

 [tvover.net] According to industry sources, Telecom Italia has left Microsoft's IPTV platform collecting dust on the shelf. Suspected reasons for this are that Telecom Italia needed to launch its triple-play IPTV service quicker than Microsoft could .

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Posted at 07:02 PM

February 07, 2008

The New Internets: Is Microsoft Already Ahead of Google? Who Needs ...

 [Anshu's Blog] So how does this hurt Microsoft? Well, if you could do 80% of what you need with a free web based tool, you would be less likely to buy a full featured product - this reduces pricing power.

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Posted at 07:04 PM

January 27, 2007

WSJ: AT&T IPTV Deployment Delayed by Microsoft Software Problems

 [Digital Media Wire | connecting people & knowledge] New York - The deployment of AT&T's Internet-based TV service, U-verse, has been slowed by problems with the Microsoft software that powers the service, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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Posted at 04:38 AM

January 14, 2007

IPTV

[XBox 360 Rally] Basically, imagine having a TiVo that you could play Dead Rising on while the show was recording in the background, and you have a rough idea of what IPTV promises to be. But don’t think for a moment that Microsoft is thinking that this will be an immediate success: They stressed that they realize that IPTV isn’t something people have been clambering for.

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Posted at 04:39 AM

New Xbox 360 due for late '07 to handle IPTV?

[Engadget] According to a pre-CES briefing that Windows expert Paul Thurrott received from his Microsoft pals, the big M will be coming out with a new version of the Xbox 360 (Zephyer?) at the end of 2007, which will feature a larger HDD and some new hardware to enable that IPTV functionality Robbie Bach was talking about during the Microsoft CES keynote. It also stands to reason that such a Xbox 360 might be sporting a fancy new HDMI port and perhaps run just a wee bit cooler -- meaning HDCP and less fan noise, natural fits for home theater use.

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Posted at 04:37 AM

January 09, 2007

Hands-Off: IPTV For Xbox 360, Peter Moore Cries

 [Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide] After my first meeting with the folks from Microsoft (I'll be recounting them all in reverse order) I was offered a demo of the new IPTV software and a chance to check out the currently live Video Marketplace. While the former was one of those products I was marginally interested in just yesterday, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg and Peter Moore did an excellent job selling me on the service.

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Posted at 04:39 AM