New relationship expands Mediaroom ecosystem and brings new capabilities for advanced connected TV services.Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Corporation today announced a collaboration in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) products. The collaboration includes Microsoft and Broadcom working together to enable the popular Microsoft Mediaroom™ IPTV ...

Microsoft’s award-winning Mediaroom IPTV platform introduces exciting new features that connect consumers with their favorite shows and people from any TV in the home.Today at 2008 International CES, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of DVR Anywhere on the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform, ...

Microsoft Corp. has bought comparative shopping Web site Jellyfish.com, which gives its customers a cut of advertising revenue from retailers, offering a rebate on purchases made through the site.Microsoft sees Jellyfish.com as a way to augment its e-commerce and search offerings, although no details were immediately available on how the company ...

Microsoft’s implementation of HD DVD’s interactivity layer to be promoted on HD DVD hardware and packaging for software.Microsoft Corp. today, Sept. 20, 2007 announced that its trademarked HDi™ logo will soon appear on all Toshiba HD DVD players. In addition, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will include the ...

Anystream, Envivio, Inlet Technologies, Memory-Tech, Rhozet (Harmonic Inc.),Tarari and ViewCast announce first products using new Microsoft® VC-1 Encoder SDK.At IBC 2007 too, Microsoft Corp. announced broad industry support for the Microsoft® VC-1 Encoder software development kit (SDK), a commercial offering first announced at the 2007 National ...

Italian broadcaster RAI to join early adopter program; new partners help expand capabilities to help simplify user experience and better utilize existing technology investments within the workflow processAt IBC 2007, Microsoft Corp. announced a new early adopter customer and an expanded partner ecosystem for Microsoft® Interactive Media Manager ...

If standardized, the new JPEG XR file format will enable the next generation of digital photography to deliver better pictures, more features for all digital camera owners.Microsoft Corp. welcomed the decision, announced today by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), to introduce a new work item for the standardization of Microsoft’s® HD ...