[opendtv] Verizon to Opt for Microsoft TV Tech

      Verizon to Opt for Microsoft TV Tech
      - Jan 28, 2005 09:59 PM (AP Online)

By BRUCE MEYERSON AP Business Writer


NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. plans to use Microsoft 
Corp. technology for its rollout of television service over a new 
fiber-optic network, becoming the third major telephone company to 
help fulfill Microsoft's long-stymied bid to barge into the TV 
business.


The software maker's platform initially will be used to provide an 
interactive program guide, high-definition television, digital video 
recording and video-on-demand for Verizon's FiOS TV service, which is 
due to launch in undisclosed markets around mid-year.


Verizon, which is spending billions to replace its copper phone lines 
with speedy fiberglass cables, also expects to exploit the 
technology's Internet-based capabilities to roll out more advanced 
interactive services down the road, the companies planned to announce 
Monday.


The deal with Verizon comes on the heels of a contract from SBC 
Communications Inc. to use Microsoft's platform to launch that 
telephone company's planned TV service and an agreement with 
BellSouth Corp. to conduct trials with the technology.

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      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=46513957

 
 
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