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Microsoft Touts Its Embedded OS for Set-Top Boxes
- no.1541
- 2003-04-10
Apr.8, 2003 Internetnews.com
By Clint Boulton
The pending release of Microsoft's touted embedded operating system will host its latest Windows Media digital video software and Internet Explorer 6.0 with support for richer television Web browsing.
Microsoft's Windows CE .NET version 4.2 will include the latest Windows Media 9 Series, which the company said offers the same video quality of MPEG-2 and its MPEG-4 descendant, but in a more tightly compressed form
Set-top box original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) CosTron, HUMAX, NEC and Tcom&DTVro are currently building set-top boxes powered by Windows CE NET. Also, chip vendors ATI Technologies, National Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and VIA Technologies, and set-top box software vendors iMagicTV and Stellar One Corp have also recently agreed to prime their wares for the embedded .NET OS.
"IP-based set-top boxes are emerging as a key delivery platform for multiple service operators (MSOs) that are eager to offer television and interactive content services to homes around the globe," said Keith White, senior director of marketing of the Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft. "And MSOs can now choose from a broad range of hardware and software providers to help them develop new offerings that are feature-rich and cost-effective, and can be deployed quickly."
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