The MSN TV division (http://www.msntv.com) of Microsoft Corp., a leader in the delivery of interactive services for television, has launched its latest software update for the MSN® TV 2 Internet & Media Player. This update will be automatically downloaded to users’ MSN TV 2 players and will include enhanced capabilities for managing digital photos, music and e-mail.

The MSN TV 2 Internet & Media Player allows consumers to access the Internet and e-mail and to view Web-based video content on their television screens. The update will allow broadband and home network customers to view more of the video content added to the MSN TV 2 home page with video news clips updated throughout the day.

MSN TV 2 users who have purchased and downloaded Microsoft® Windows Media®-compatible digital music (for example, from MSN Music or Napster) onto their PCs can now play that digital content via their MSN TV 2 players even if files are protected by Windows Media Digital Rights Management. The new MSN TV 2 Music home page will offer more music news as well as access to new music videos and more than 1,000 commercial-free Internet radio stations. In addition, new playlist features allow users to determine the order of song lists or choose to play them in a random order.