Microsoft TV Platforms : IPTV & Foundation Editions

Microsoft TV delivers the future of television by helping network operators offer connected TV services and new entertainment experiences to audiences worldwide.

Microsoft TV has established relationships with key providers of the digital television ecosystem, including content owners, encoding suppliers, set-top box manufacturers, network equipment providers, and silicon manufacturers, to ensure flexible and cost-effective solutions for the marketplace.

The Microsoft TV software platform includes Microsoft TV IPTV Edition, which enables broadband providers to deliver TV services over their existing IP networks, and Microsoft TV Foundation Edition, which continues to help cable operators maximize the value of their current infrastructure by delivering advanced TV services across a range of set-top boxes.

What is the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition

“Microsoft TV IPTV Edition is an integrated and comprehensive software platform developed specifically to deliver broadcast-quality video and new, integrated TV services over broadband networks. The platform combines market-leading features such as instant channel change (ICC) and multiple picture-in-picture (PIP) with traditional TV services such as broadcast programming, VOD, and DVR.”

What is the Microsoft Foundation Edition

“Microsoft TV Foundation Edition is a software platform designed specifically for today’s cable architecture. The platform provides a seamless and integrated user experience through an advanced interactive program guide (IPG) that powers all the services cable subscribers want – DVR, VOD, HDTV – from a single user interface while providing network operators advanced capabilities to brand and merchandise their TV services.”

Microsoft TV is also a key part of the Microsoft .NET initiative, which seeks to ensure that people have access to the information and services they want - any time, any place, and on any device.