Comcast Offers Trial Of Microsoft TV Software 194
Anonymous Howard writes "Designtechnica has a news article about Comcast and Microsoft announcing an agreement to test digital TV services using the "Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide (IPG)". The trial is scheduled to start this fall using Motorola DCT2000 set-top boxes. The software is designed to help network operators get more value from on-demand and other digital TV services." There are some more details in an article over at CNET News.
Will it mean... (Score:5, Interesting)
Ads, Ads, Ads (Score:3, Interesting)
"Value" (Score:5, Interesting)
Is there any benefit to cable customers? Is this basic program guide any different from the basic program guide that's built in to all digital cable boxes?
Microsoft always delivers! (Score:5, Interesting)
For Microsoft, It's "Inactive TV" [businessweek.com] (businessweek)
And 2002?
[zdnet.co.uk]
Microsoft likely to miss key test on interactive TV(and they did)(zdnet)
Microsoft software vs. cable set-top box software (Score:3, Interesting)
The cable set-top box I have (AT&T digital cable) is really awful.
Although I'm not generally a big fan of Microsoft software, in this case I'd put my bets on Microsoft's software being better.
Amit [stanford.edu]
It's about time they do something (Score:2, Interesting)
You'd think that for as much as one pays for digital cable, they could have ad-free channel browsing -- but no.