Macro Microsoft.(IN FOCUS)(Internet protocol television software unveiled)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 2005

Supercomm 2005 last week in Chicago attracted approximately 28,000 attendees from the telco and cable industries. The hot topic of the show was Internet Protocol television (IPTV), and Microsoft took the opportunity to announce several deals, all involving IPIV technology. Scientific-Atlanta, Motorola, Tandberg and Harmonic said they will work with Microsoft to make their products--which include encoders, decoders, set-top boxes and other transmission gear-compatible with Microsoft's IPTV Edition software platform.

The platform uses MPEG-4 Part 10 and VC1 to double the picture quality and number of channels that can be delivered to viewers.