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[Everyone's Posts - Trender Researchâ™] Microsoft Mediaroom Podcast: The King of IPTV Keeps Polishing the ...: Consider the cable company-backed Canoe Ventures recent backtracking from its ambitious Community Address Messaging project (its targeted interactive advertising initiative) as evidence that cable has some fairly large obstacles to overcome before they will reach the interactivity potential of IPTV. Canoe Ventures is now driving to put lipstick on the Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF: pronounced “ee-biff” if you want to sound cool), a CableLabs-backed specification for more limited interactive TV applications that can run on low-end set-top boxes widely deployed by US cable operators.

[paidContent.org] Microsoft Renames IPTV Platform 'Mediaroom'; Adds PC-TV Media ...: Some other facets of the announcement being made .Whatever the name, 18 service providers including AT&T have signed up for Microsoft's IPTV solution;

[Telecompetitor] Surewest Mediaroom Move: Precursor to Middleware Battle ...: Surewest CTO Bill DeMuth says the move to Microsoft “”¦ allows us to provide services in new ways that will further blur the lines between traditional TV, Internet and telephone.” I'm sure Microsoft's middleware competitors would argue they can do the same. Minerva just announced their latest release which they claim supports all .

[Broadband TV News] Microsoft lets Mediaroom startover | Broadband TV News: Microsoft is making a further upgrade to its Mediaroom IPTV middleware. In an announcement at the 2009 International CES event in Las Vegas, Microsoft said it was adding Mediaroom Anytime, a feature that combines both network PVR and restart capability.

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[Broadband TV News] Microsoft combines Mediaroom with X-Box | Broadband TV News: Appearing at IBC 2008, Gavin McLauchlan, EMEA customer marketing manager, Microsoft Mediaroom showed delegates a seamless integration between the X-Box and its IPTV middleware Mediaroom. “Microsoft is moving into allowing entertainment through the X-Box,” said McLauchlan, showing how movies could be purchased through the device, either from the local operator, or a third party.

[Electronics.ca Publications: New Market Reports] Internet Protocol Television (iPVT) - A Global Strategic Business ...: China III-95 A.Market Analysis III-95 Outlook III-95 Market Overview III-95 China - An Emerging Market III-95 Immense Potential Lies Ahead III-95 Trouble in Paradise III-96 Table 39: Chinese Market for iPTV (2006): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV User Preferences by Type - VoD, Live TV Broadcast, and Time-shifted TV (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-96 Table 40: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Users in Select Major Provinces - Beijing, Guangdong, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and Yunnan (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Table 41: Chinese Market for iPTV (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of iPTV Subscribers in Shanghai by Consumer- Existing Broadband users loading iPTV, New Broadband users loading iPTV , New iPTV Customers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-97 Chinese TV Industry - An Introduction III-97 Regulatory Framework III-98 SARFT Favors Digital TV III-98 A Peek into the Broadband Market III-99 iPTV Market III-100 Market Trends III-100 Conformist Regulations Hindering iPTV III-100 2008 Olympics - Nurturing iPTV Market III-100 iPTV- A Young Market III-101 Chinese iPTV Market in Nutshell III-101 Challenges Before iPTV III-102 Competitive Structure III-103 IPTV Solutions of Major Chinese Suppliers III-104 China to Outdo Hong Kong III-104 Product/Service Launches III-104 Strategic Corporate Developments III-105 Key Chinese iPTV Carrier/Operator III-109 China Telecom Corporation III-109 B.Market Analytics III-109 Table 42: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-109 Table 43: Chinese Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-110 4b. Rest of Asia-Pacific III-111 A.Market Analysis III-111 Outlook III-111 Market Overview III-111 Leading Markets III-111 Hong Kong III-111 A Mature Market III-111 Pay TV Market III-111 iPTV in Hong Kong: A Market Profile III-111 FTTH to Take Front Seat III-112 Competitive Structure III-112 PCCW Leads from the Front III-112 Laggards Losing the Battle to PCCW III-113 Japan III-113 Pay TV Market III-113 iPTV Market III-113 Lack of Subscriber Interest and Regulatory Hurdles Hindering iPTV Prospects III-114 South Korea III-114 An Advanced Market for Broadband Penetration III-114 Table 44: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown of Market Revenues for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Table 45: Leading Players in Korean iPTV Market (2007 H1): Percentage Share Breakdown for Hanaro Telecom, KT, and LG Dacom by Number of Subscribers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-115 Pending Regulatory Reforms III-115 Telcos Facing Intense Regulatory Barriers III-115 Undermining Prospects for iPTV III-115 India: Market with Strong Potential III-116 Product/Service Launches III-117 Strategic Corporate Developments III-121 Key iPTV Carrier/Operator in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 PCCW Limited (Hong Kong) III-125 Key iPTV Vendor/System Provider in Rest of Asia-Pacific III-125 NEC Corporation (Japan) III-125 B.Market Analytics III-126 Table 46: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Number of Subscribers in Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 Table 47: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current and Future Analysis for iPTV by Annual Service Revenues in US$ Million for the Years 2004 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) III-126 5.

[Virtualization.com] Microsoft Equips IPTV Platform Mediaroom With Virtualization ...: Mediaroom with virtualization offers the full functionality of Microsoft’s award-winning IPTV platform including video on demand, DVR Anywhere for viewing and managing recorded shows in any room, and Mediaroom Anytime for viewing of previously aired programs or restarting currently airing shows without any preplanning or prior digital video recording. Other capabilities include high-definition video for live and on-demand content, multiview, instant channel zapping, and TV applications that support rich interactivity and seamless blending of Web content and services with broadcast TV.

[D' Technology Weblog] Windows Media Center, over 13 Million users / month - Mediaroom ...: “Worldwide momentum for connected TV services powered by Microsoft Mediaroom continues to build with the number of Mediaroom subscribers expected to hit 3 million next month. In the past 12 months, the number of subscribers has more than doubled, lifting Mediaroom to the No.

[Connected TV] IBC 2008 Report: Ericsson launches world's first IMS-integrated ...: Today's IPTV industry is characterised by a plethora of proprietary technologies, something which is particularly obvious in the middleware space. This pitches giants such as Microsoft (with Mediaroom), Alcatel-Lucent (with its Open Media Platform) and Thomson (with Smartvision), against a large group of smaller companies offering rival proprietary solutions (ANT, Orca, Minerva, Myrio, etc.).

[Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog] Consolidation or separation? « Andrew Burke's Hardcore IPTV Blog: Suddenly everyone is talking up solutions offering internet-resident, broadband-delivered video to the television screen using PC-like codec technology (Flash, WM, H.264), limited DRM (or CA in IPTV speak), no quality of service and fair encoding quality.

[itvt] emuse in Interactive TV Advertising Deal with Foxtel, MCn « itvt: Dublin, Ireland-based interactive TV advertising and authoring solutions provider, emuse; Australian pay-TV provider, Foxtel (uses OpenTV middleware); and Australian pay-TV advertising sales group, Multi Channel Network (MCn) have formed an exclusive, long-term ... Mediaroom-powered hybrid DTT/IPTV service of the UK incumbent telco, which it says will see it “building a significant pipeline of new and cutting-edge IPTV applications” for the service over the next year ...

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