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 ...