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[Engadget] Deutsche Telekom hopes to bring the same offering to Germany sometime this summer, and Britain's BT Group is planning on Microsoft IPTV later this year. We'll have to wait and see how this Microsoft-flavored tech will fare against traditional TV offerings in Europe, especially now that HDTV is getting underway in England and elsewhere, but it could all come down to price -- which is as of yet unannounced.

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[ Telecommunications Industry News] Microsoft IPTV Coming Soon to French Internet... : Microsoft TV will be available to Club Internet’s 500,000 existing broadband customers by the end of this month, and offered to new users beginning in August. The service will also be offered in Germany and the UK by the end of this year, by Deutsche Telekom and BT Group, respectively.

http://www.tvover.net [IPTV News, Events, Jobs, Service Providers - TVover.net] Club Internet Offers Next-Generation Digital... : The offering is high-definition (HD)-ready and digital terrestrial television (DTT)-ready and will include a vast range of on-demand programming, broadcast channels and advanced digital video recording (DVR) functionality, enabling consumers to control when and how they watch live and recorded TV.

http://www.nice-ventures.com/blog [Nice Ventures: High-Tech Business Experts Blog] Microsoft rolls up European IPTV markets: After winning the Deutsche Telekom account they have France's Club Internet, which belongs to DT, on board as the first IPTV service provider in Europe to launch video on demand using the Microsoft platform. According to Heise Online the service will allow users to see two HDTV programs simultaneously and record up to 50hours.

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http://dhdeans.blogspot.com [Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans] Microsoft's IPTV Solution Launched in France: Existing customers at Club Internet will be able to start using Microsoft's TV software at the end of the month while new customers will wait until August. The U.S. software provider expects to launch its TV software commercially with Deutsche Telekom in Germany starting this summer and BT Group in Britain later this year.

Cio.comhttp://www.cio.com [Cio.com] Microsoft's IPTV Software Hits Europe - Microsoft Informer - Blog ...: Microsoft is pairing up with Club Internet, Deutsche Telekom’s French Internet division, to enable Club Internet users to employ Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft’s new software for on-demand IP television (IPTV) networks, Reuters reports.

[Blog.marketingprofs.com] Microsoft IPTV Enters Europe | Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog: Microsoft's IPTV technology allows users to watch high-definition TV, two programs at the same time, and record up to 50 hours. It's part of the company's effort to diversify into the telecom, media and the home-networking markets.

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Infoworld.comhttp://www.infoworld.com [Infoworld.com] Microsoft: IPTV to reach critical mass this year | InfoWorld ...: Currently, AT&T, Verizon Communications and Swisscom have commercial deployments of IPTV services on Microsoft's software, said Elena Branet, senior marketing manager for EMEA for Microsoft TV. However, except for Verizon's services, which are in more than 20 U.S. markets, the deployments are limited to hundreds or at the most in the low thousands of users, she said.

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