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Saturday, Oct 11, 2003
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Convergence Reliance Info, MS TV in IPTV services deal Our Bureau
Mumbai , Oct. 10 RELIANCE Infocomm and Microsoft Corp will work together to jointly create, test and deliver Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) services based on an upcoming IPTV solution being developed by Microsoft TV. A news release from Reliance Infocomm said the company is to prototype and trial next generation TV services on a new end-to-end IPTV solution from Microsoft TV. The new technology will enable Reliance to leverage its nationwide high-speed infrastructure to deliver a unique set of television services that would make for a "rich" TV experience, said the release. Through this exercise, both companies will also be able to test the benefits to Indian households of leading Microsoft technologies such as Windows Media 9 series, Microsoft.NET and Microsoft Windows server 2003. "Microsoft TV's IPTV solution allows Reliance Infocomm to maximise the value of its network," said Mr Moshe Lichtman, Corporate Vice-President of the Microsoft TV Division. Microsoft's planned IPTV solution will enable telephone and cable companies to deliver engaging, high-quality video content and services to their subscribers using two-way broadband networks, said the release. The IPTV solution is designed to combine industry and Microsoft innovations to better support the services that pay-TV operators offer today, including standard- and high-definition channels, on-demand programming and interactive programme guides, with enhanced features such as instant channel changing. The solution also will enable new next-generation services that include picture-in-picture functionality using multiple video streams. A prototype of the new Microsoft TV solution is being demonstrated for the first time at ITU Telecom World 2003.
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