Who are some of the STB partners that make up the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition ecosystem?
Our goal is to work with the leading providers in every layer of the IPTV ecosystem in order to give service provider customers the flexibility they need. That is why in the set-top box space we are partnering with Cisco (Linksys-KISS and Scientific-Atlanta), Motorola (News – Alert), Philips, Tatung, and Thomson. 3. Is Microsoft�s strategy for IPTV Edition entirely software dependent? Or are there any development efforts with the hardware or embedded partners? Microsoft TV�s IPTV Edition platform is an end-to-end solution. However, in order to be deployed, IPTV needs an entire ecosystem of partners, from set-top box manufacturers to system on a chip vendors to encoding hardware vendors. 4. According to recent press reports*, marquee customer Verizon (News – Alert) Communications has experienced some technical glitches with Microsoft�s IPTV platform. How has Microsoft addressed that and have other customers, like AT&T, experienced the same? One of the advantages of Microsoft TV is
