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Microsoft TV chief steps down

April 19, 2006 As Lichtman returns to Israel, company turns to Xbox Partnerships executive to lead its IPTV unit. TAGS: Microsoft TV, IP television, Israel, Microsoft Xbox, TV, Microsoft Corp., video

Verizon wants its Microsoft TV

January 29, 2005 The nation's largest phone company plans to use Microsoft's software to power its fiber-optic television service. TAGS: Microsoft TV, fiber-optics, fiber, Digital Home, Verizon Communications, Time Warner Inc., video service, BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications Inc., TV, agreement, Comcast Corp., cable company, broadband, Microsoft Corp., video

Microsoft TV dealt blow Down Under

June 22, 2005 Australian phone giant Telstra cancels test of Microsoft IPTV, another setback for the software giant's TV technology efforts. TAGS: Telstra Corp., IP television, Swisscom AG, Microsoft TV, telephone company, Siemens AG, set-top, set-top box, SBC Communications Inc., TV, trial, Microsoft Corp., software company, hard drive

Microsoft signs on Alcatel for IPTV

February 22, 2005 Pact is designed to accelerate adoption of TV services delivered over broadband networks using Microsoft's IPTV software. TAGS: IP television, Alcatel, Microsoft TV, systems integration, video service, broadband network, telecommunications, TV, Microsoft Corp., broadband, video

IPTV promise meets reality

June 8, 2006 Rather than cheap prices and fancy features, first major IPTV deployments will offer fees, service similar to cable. TAGS: IP television, Microsoft TV, AT&T Corp., deployment, discount, pricing, general manager, on-demand, TV, cable company, channel, DSL, Microsoft Corp.

Tech firms assail proposed broadband rules

November 9, 2005 Google, Microsoft and others agree on at least one thing: a more light-handed, tech-neutral approach to regulating the Net. TAGS: E911, broadband video, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Microsoft TV, draft, broadband, IAC/InterActive Corp., broadband service, broadband Internet, Net Neutrality, VoIP, Internet service, firm, Amazon.com Inc., representative, Xbox Live

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