Microsoft Mediaroom, the latest update to its IPTV software platform, is now available with several new multimedia capabilities.

Among the new capabilities are:

• In-home personal music and photo sharing.
• Dynamic multiview (multiple picture-in-picture) capabilities.
• Multimedia Application Environment for development of interactive services and advanced applications.
• Digital terrestrial television (DTT) support.

Microsoft also has introduced the Microsoft Mediaroom Application Development toolkit, which provides service providers and third-party developers with tools to create revenue-generating TV-based applications that run on the platform.

With this latest release, Microsoft is renaming its IPTV platform Microsoft Mediaroom. The product builds upon existing Microsoft IPTV features.