Microsoft sees 'broadcast PC' evolving soon; Mundie tracks evolution from midband to interactive TV. (Microsoft Corp.'s Craig Mundie; includes related article on TV Guide on World Wide Web)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1995 by Berniker, Mark

Mundie tracks evolution from midband to interactive TV For Microsoft, all roads lead to the PC. And the software giant is eager to see television technology folded into the personal computer. "In the future, any standard PC will have some kind of digital broadcast receiver connected to it [or embedded in it] that would allow it to receive broadcast video plus any data transmitted in conjunction with the picture," says Craig Mundie, senior vice president, Microsoft's consumer systems division.

Microsoft expects that mini-digital broadcast receivers, which will bring broadcast and cable television to the personal computer, will be built into PCs. But the company does not say what it will cost PC manufacturers to incorporate this technology or when those...

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