Microsoft hopes bet on IPTV pays off
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
From video-game consoles to portable music players, Microsoft has been known to arrive late in some key consumer markets, after competing products have been adopted by the masses.
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Internet Protocol Television isn't on that list. Microsoft long ago began betting on the technology, which uses traditional phone lines to deliver high-quality television signals to the home. But IPTV, as it's known, has yet to go mainstream.