Microsoft TV says 'ciao' to Telecom Italia
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has made further headway in the market for advanced digital-television services offered via telecommunications providers. The software giant's TV division announced a deal Friday with Telecom Italia, which will begin testing the division's Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, software. The announcement was made at the International Broadcasters Convention in the Netherlands.
IPTV is designed to let phone companies offer new, television-related subscriber services via their two-way broadband networks. Such services make it possible to equip a standard television set with video-on-demand, interactive programming guides with integrated video and multiple picture-in-picture capabilities.