Comcast Cable and Microsoft have announced an agreement that extends their existing relationship and gives Comcast the ability to make Microsoft TV Foundation

Comcast Cable and Microsoft have announced an agreement that gives Comcast the ability to make Microsoft TV Foundation Edition 1.7 software available to up to five million customers.

Comcast and Microsoft are teaming up to deploy Microsoft TV Foundation Edition 1.7 software to Comcast subscribers. The deployment of the software will provide dual-tuner digital DVR services to Comcast subscribers in Washington state, allowing them to pause and rewind live broadcasts and digitally record TV programs.

Comcast Cable and Microsoft Corp. announced a licensing agreement that enables Comcast to make Microsoft TV Foundation Edition 1.7 software available to up to 5 million cable customers, with the option to expand the rollout at a later date. The Microsoft TV line supports digital video services, such as interactive prog

Megacable will also deploy Microsoft TV IPG to subscribers with Motorola DCT1000 set-tops.

Set-top box manufacturers Cisco Systems Inc., Motorola Inc., Philips and Tatung Co. say their next-gen system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-tops now support Microsoft IPTV Edition software platform deployments with telecommunications carriers worldwide. SoC set-tops are an integral part of the IPTV ecosystem, and enable serv

Verizon plans to use the Microsoft TV platform as part of its fiber-based telco TV service, scheduled to launch later this year. Verizon, which began offering its fiber-based FiOS high speed broadband service to customers in Northern Virginia and Texas this week, will use Microsoft's software on set-top boxes supplied