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Microsoft and DirecTV Might Actually Bring Something Out
By Robert | January 9, 2008
The possible collaboration between DirecTV and Microsoft has been announced in 2006 but no results have appeared yet. A lot of people wanted to utilize the Media Center DVR platform combined with the satellite TV service but nothing really happened. Now we finally might have something as some sources pointed out that the project is still alive. Rumors have it that Microsoft is currently testing for DirecTV and Sky TV solutions in the United Kingdom and they are hoping that different other satellite providers might come on board. We have reports that Microsoft is currently working on TV tuners that are designed to offer Premium TV experience provided by “world class Satellite TV network operators.”
We also know that Microsoft needs to support H.264 HD because DirecTV announced some time ago that they were shifting their high definition content to this codec, backing out of MPEG-2. Also, we need to think about pay per views as all operators will want this included as a good revenue earner. The truth is that these satellite operators do not really like services like TiVo because of not being able to work with PPVs. When talking about the Europe contact that Microsoft might be using, we have no confirmation but according to solid speculation, SKY TV might be the beneficiary. As we could expect, no official statement was released. Different sources highlighted the fact that the biggest problems noticed were corporate and not technical. The truth is that, no matter the real reason behind these problems, it sure took a long time for things to develop. We still do not have no official word on a release date so we might end up having to wait even more.
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