Rumor mill: Ericsson looking to buy Microsoft's IPTV business
FierceTelecom
A report from Bloomberg citing "people with knowledge of the matter" says that Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) is in negotiations with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to buy its Mediaroom IPTV software business, a transaction that could be announced in just a few weeks.

Ericsson in Deal to Buy Microsoft's IPTV Business
IVCPOST
Ericsson has been in negotiation to purchase Microsoft IPTV business unit, which is a maker of software used by phone companies for delivering television over the Internet, said Bloomberg quoting sources familiar with the matter. Ericsson, the biggest ..

Ericsson in talks to buy Microsoft's IPTV business: Report
Economic Times
SAN FRANCISCO: Ericsson is in talks to buy Microsoft's IPTV business, which makes software used by phone companies such as AT&T to deliver television over the Internet, people with knowledge of the matter said. The transaction could be announced in a ...

Ericsson considers buying Microsoft's IPTV service
SlashGear
Ericsson is reportedly planning on buying out Microsoft's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The service, called MediaRoom, allows many operators to bring their paid-TV service to a variety of devices, including smartphones, tablets ...

Report: Ericsson in talks to buy Microsoft IPTV unit
RCR Wireless News
Report: Ericsson in talks to buy Microsoft IPTV unit. The world's largest maker of wireless networking equipment has been increasingly focused on software as a service and now Ericsson is reportedly trying to buy Microsoft's IPTV unit. The unit makes ...

Ericsson eyeing Microsoft's IPTV business MediaRoom
Afterdawn.com
... the technology started to get hyped about 10 years ago and may have reached its peak already, so I don't see this as a growth market." 100 million people will use IPTV services from phone companies this year, but most of the growth is in China and ...

Microsoft to sell IPTV unit to Ericsson: Report
Times of India
STOCKHOLM: Ericsson is in talks to buy Microsoft Corp's IPTV business, which makes software used by phone companies such as AT&T to deliver television over the Internet, Bloomberg reported, quoting people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg said ...

Pixel Power adds digital, IPTV, multiscreen focus with Pixel OnDemand package
Rapid tv news
Broadcast playout company Pixel Power is focusing on nonlinear, store-and-play content delivery operations with the launch of Pixel OnDemand, a software-only package for on-screen branding, promotion and creative graphics for IPTV channels, ...

Microsoft may sell its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson
VentureBeat
Microsoft has pushed hard in recent years to become a fixture in the American living room — most notably via the XBox 360. A lesser-known part of its living-room play is its MediaRoom IPTV unit, which has been adopted by the likes of AT&T and Deutsche ...

Microsoft reportedly selling its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson
Engadget
According to Bloomberg's usual cabal of persons familiar with the matter, the beleaguered networking giant is gunning for Redmond's MediaRoom IPTV Unit. As Microsoft's home entertainment ambitions now center around the Xbox, MediaRoom, which ...

Ericsson looks at buying Microsoft's IPTV business
Dallas Business Journal (blog)
Ericsson, the Swedish maker of wireless networks, reportedly is in talks to buy Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet protocol television business. Bloomberg reported that Ericsson, whose U.S. headquarters is in Plano, wants the business that makes ...

APAC region to add 71mn IPTV subs by 2018
IPTV News
The pay-TV boom currently being enjoyed by operators in the Asia-Pacific region looks set to continue over the next five years, with revenues likely to more than double in five countries in the region, according to a new report from UK firm Digital TV ...

 IPTV a viable health literacy channel
Pulse+IT Magazine
Australia is sitting on a diabetic time-bomb: every day, 280 Australians become diabetic, and the cost to our health system is at least $12.4 billion a year. One of the ways to lower the rate of diabetes – and the cost of treating and managing it – is ...

Microsoft reportedly looking to dump IPTV business in favor of Xbox
The Verge
Microsoft appears to be mulling over plans to dump its IPTV business. Bloomberg reports that Ericsson is in talks with the software maker to buy up its IPTV software, known as Media Room, that is used to power services like AT&T's U-verse. Microsoft is ...