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Satellite TV snubbing Microsoft | |
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| Time: 09:05 EST/14:05 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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With the era of high-definition television drawing closer, Microsoft's bid to provide one of the market's core video technology standards is having trouble getting into orbit. In recent weeks, announcements have come from major satellite television companies including DirecTV that they will be using a rival technology, developed through traditional standards organizations, instead of Microsoft's competing video format, for their upcoming high-definition services. Even Voom, the satellite HDTV company Microsoft touted as a supporter earlier in the year, recently said it would use the rival MPEG-4 AVC video format, or "codec," beginning early in 2005. | ||
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