Microsoft-CableLabs deal paves TV-to-PC path.(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, November, 2005
Redmond, Wash. -- The cable industry's dalliance with moving digital-cable TV programming to the PC moved one step closer to reality last week when CableLabs said Microsoft Corp. will incorporate CableCard conditional-access technology in Windows Media Center-based PCs by Christmas 2006. The Media Center PCs will support CableCard, allowing operators to offer consumers one-way cable programming, including liD content on their PCs and through other connected devices, like Microsoft's XBox 360.
Microsoft said it's working with CableLabs on the inclusion of its Windows Digital Rights Management within 0penCable Applications Platform products. "This agreement carefully balances the need to preserve the flexibility of the personal computer for consumers...
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