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The first Mediaroom with virtualization service is coming to Europe by the end of this year. Microsoft revealed that it had inked an agreement with Viapass, for the adoption of Mediaroom as the French network services and telecoms operator's Internet Protocol television service. At the end of May 2009, the Redmo... |
9 July 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Microsoft's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform has evolved with the addition of virtualization support, the company informs. In this sense, the software giant becomes the first provider of IPTV platforms to bring virtualization to the world of IPTV. And in order to do this, the company is leveraging th... |
27 May 2009
09:33 GMT |
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Russia is about to start contributing to fattening up the millions of Microsoft Mediaroom around the world. VimpelCom Communications is gearing up to launch Beeline TV, essentially an IPTV service based on Microsoft Mediaroom for the Russian market. Still, Mediaroom has already enjoyed a presence in Russia. VimpelCom... |
14 May 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Windows Media Center is used on average by over 13 million unique users per month, Microsoft revealed at the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show. The Redmond company pointed out that the number of Windows users turning to Windows Media Center for “consuming” their digital content had stea... |
21 April 2009
07:51 GMT |
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Microsoft Mediaroom got its cable network baptism in China, the company informed, courtesy of the Guangzhou Digital Media Group. According to the software giant, the group will be the first to offer digital TV services through the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform in the country. Moreover, with the new services of th... |
12 January 2009
08:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is applauding a consistent growth in the adoption rate of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform. According to the Redmond company, Mediaroom-powered services worldwide have passed the 2 million subscribers milestone, a mark interpreted as the increasing consumer transition... |
11 November 2008
04:07 GMT |
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Unveiled at the IBC2008 conference, the Microsoft Mediaroom Migration Program is a solution designed to streamline the transition process from non-Microsoft IPTV platforms to Mediaroom. The Redmond company offers an interesting perspective over migrations from alternative IPTV solutions to its platform, considering t... |
12 September 2008
11:37 GMT |
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Microsoft is slowly transitioning its vision of television as a nucleus of interaction into reality. In this regard, at IBC2008, the Redmond company has offered a taste of the next-generation of interactive TV, delivering a sneak peek as a new consumer experience divergent from traditional television. The key to inte... |
12 September 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Microsoft’s advertising efforts are evolving past the Internet. Come 2009, the Redmond company plans to introduce a new advertising platform focused on Internet Protocol TV services. The Microsoft Mediaroom Advertising Platform is designed to take the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol television (IPTV) soft... |
12 September 2008
04:14 GMT |
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Full 3D television is still a dream, but it's not as "science-fiction" as it once used to be. And that's because the first IPTV service capable of providing full 3D images for consumers without the need for special glasses might arrive as soon as next year, since Spanish company Telefonica has announced tha... |
14 August 2008
06:21 GMT |
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IPTV is not yet available for a wide range of users, as the costs of such technology are still high. The Internet Protocol Television, which is what the acronym stands for, is a TV service offered via an Internet network, usually one that is broadband supported. The cost of broadband itself is high enough to determin... |
28 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Microsoft is growing its technology ecosystem of partners for Mediaroom with the addition of three new companies. At NXTcomm08, the Redmond company announced that HP, Tech Mahindra and 180Squared are the new Mediaroom system integration partners, joining Alcatel-Lucent. All three additions had to pass a training and... |
17 June 2008
11:34 GMT |
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Mediaroom is continually increasing its audience, Microsoft informed, revealing that its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform are now offering content on in excess of two million TVs worldwide. Microsoft Mediaroom is not only increasing its audience, but also the number of members in t... |
16 June 2008
10:47 GMT |
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Microsoft is promising that a new processor from Sigma Designs will offer a cost-efficient and high-performance design to service providers that are building solutions on top of the Redmond company's multimedia platform. The integration between Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television and the Sigma SMP8654 SoC nex... |
14 April 2008
06:36 GMT |
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Enhanced broadband Internet and TV services go through Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent and MTS Allstream, as far as Canadian customers are concerned. Microsoft announced that its technology will be integrated into MTS Allstream's new initiative addressed at the Canadian market revolving around next-generation high-spe... |
17 January 2008
10:53 GMT |
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Microsoft is hard at work on the development of the Next-Generation IPTV System-on-a-Chip in collaboration with Broadcom. The partnership will result in the interoperability between the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia platform and the Broadcom BCM7405 system on a chip (SOC). According to the Redmond company, ... |
7 January 2008
11:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is enjoying a surge in audience with its connected TV services, the company informed at 2008 International CES. The uptake of Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform is right on track to passing an important milestone. Mediaroom set-top boxes are estimated to go over ... |
7 January 2008
08:38 GMT |
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2008 International CES was the stage where Microsoft announced that it was breathing new life into the traditional television experience. The Redmond company unveiled a new level of connected TV capabilities via Mediaroom. With the integration of DVR Anywhere in Mediaroom, users will be able to access and watch digit... |
7 January 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Powerline communications seem to be getting increasingly popular nowadays, due to the fact that they allow users to interconnect various devices directly through the mains, without being forced to install costly (and unaesthetic) cables. And as a proof of just how fast things are evolving in this field, DS2, one of t... |
22 October 2007
07:06 GMT |
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Things must have worked out great for Nokia Siemens Networks and Belgacom up to this point, as they have just strengthen their partnership with an IPTV contract extension. As a result, the two companies will be working together for three more years.Belgacom is Belgium's leading telecommunications operator and a... |
11 October 2007
11:46 GMT |
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Microsoft's efforts to build a comprehensive IPTV architecture were celebrated with Stratecast's 2007 Award for Superior Software Business Strategy. The Microsoft Mediaroom is Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform, set in place by the Redmond company in order to deliver a connected TV ... |
9 October 2007
11:11 GMT |
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Microsoft Mediaroom is an update introduced to the company's Internet Protocol television (IPTV) software platform back in mid June. NXTcomm was the stage where Microsoft upped the stakes for its IPTV platform introducing media sharing and enhanced MultiView capabilities as well as extended support for digital t... |
7 September 2007
06:38 GMT |
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The latest update to Microsoft's Internet Protocol television (IPTV) software platform brings to the table the promise of enhanced entertainment and a marketing-friendly rebranding. NXTcomm was the stage for the debut of the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and Multimedia Platform. In this regard, the Redmond Company em... |
19 June 2007
02:37 GMT |
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Network TV represents the future of television as we know it, and this is the reason why an increasing number of companies join this still more or less "virgin" market. And one of the latest comers are the Japanese from Evergreen, who have just launched the JTV-100-F-PJ, a TV tuner that allows users to stream video t... |
18 June 2007
07:46 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, users will have no problems coughing up the cash to get Internet television. The Redmond Company has concluded that customers value features, content and streamlined usage over price, and as such, put at rest one of the myths associated with the pay TV market. Microsoft revealed that it has co... |
8 May 2007
11:10 GMT |
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When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) first thought out the uses for the networking system they were devising for military, I think they didn't realize to what extent their idea could be taken to in such a short period of time. Many of the original designers of the large network we now call ... |
6 April 2007
07:03 GMT |
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It's official boys and girls, Microsoft finally announces their new, black, mysterious and elusive Xbox 360 Elite. For those who haven't caught up with the details and the specs, here they are so you know what Microsoft is preparing to throw hungry gamers.-120 gig hard drive (external/accessory for the Xbo... |
28 March 2007
04:17 GMT |
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As high-definition is slowly becoming the standard in display technology and the number of HD-ready, full HD etc. television sets launched on the market is increasing from week to week, the most important element that's really missing is an out of the box HD player, something that will work with just about any t... |
28 March 2007
03:25 GMT |
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Seen fake pictures of Xbox 360 Elite packaging, seen some real ones of the 120 gig hard drive it comes equipped with but never any genuine Elite shots. You know, the console itself. After all, the Elite is what's driving everyone into starting rumors and all kinds of shenanigans, isn't it? Well, it was abou... |
27 March 2007
05:36 GMT |
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Don't close the page just yet because there are a couple more details about the black Xbox 360 Elite that weren't previously known. Up until now, there were a lot of rumors and speculations saying all sorts of things about Microsoft's new machine, some of them true and some of them not so true. The bot... |
26 March 2007
08:53 GMT |
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