Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Deutsche Telekom's T-Online to Offer High-Definition IPTV Service over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network
Apr 28, 2006 – Deutsche Telekom and Cisco have announced that T-Online's 'T-Home' service is based on the Cisco IP NGN architecture and is delivered with Cisco IP set-top boxes (STBs) supporting the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft, Mike Volpi, Kai-Uwe Ricke, Enrique Rodriguez, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

Alcatel becomes supplier of IPTV solution for T-Com in Slovakia
Apr 11, 2006 – Slovak Telekom has selected Alcatel (Paris: CGEP; NYSE: ALA) as the supplier for its upcoming IPTV deployment, based on the combination of Alcatel’s services integration solution and the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.
News categories: Alcatel, Slovak Telekom, Microsoft, Monika Maurer, Herbert Müller, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Slovakia

Deutsche Telekom Partners With Microsoft to Launch IPTV Services
Mar 21, 2006 – Deutsche Telekom has reached agreement with Microsoft on an alliance to deliver IPTV services to consumers across Germany. Deutsche Telekom will use the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform to offer these services.
News categories: Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom, Steve Ballmer, Kai-Uwe Ricke, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Middleware

Denmark’s TDC chooses Alcatel for global IPTV and triple play deployment
Jan 25, 2006 – TDC, Denmark’s largest telecom and cable TV operator, has announced that it has selected Alcatel (Paris: CGEP; NYSE: ALA) for the deployment of its IPTV offering. The solution will include the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform and Alcatel’s services integration.
News categories: Alcatel, TDC, Microsoft, Monika Maurer, Niels Breining, Elena Branet, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Middleware

BT Selects Microsoft TV as Software Platform for TV Over Broadband in the United Kingdom
Jun 28, 2005 – Microsoft and BT have announced BT’s intention to use the Microsoft TV Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition software platform to deliver TV over broadband in the United Kingdom. BT plans to trial TV over broadband in early 2006.
News categories: Microsoft, BT, Moshe Lichtman, Gavin Patterson, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, UK

Verizon Selects Microsoft TV as Software Platform for FiOS TV Service
Jan 28, 2005 – Verizon has announced that Verizon will use the Microsoft TV platform for the commercial rollout of Verizon’s FiOS TV service. The Microsoft TV platform will support high-definition television, digital video recording and on-demand programming offered by Verizon on the FiOS platform.
News categories: Microsoft, Verizon, Moshe Lichtman, Bob Ingalls, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, USA