UltimateTV was a DirecTV receiver, with integrated DVR and Internet access capabilities. It was Microsoft's second product to integrate a built in satellite tuner with a digital video recorder and Internet access in a set-top box. It was released on October 26, 2000. The software to decode and view digital video programming was derived from WebTV. UltimateTV had support for picture-in-picture and could record up to 35 hours of video content. The internet capabilities were provided by Microsoft TV Platform software, which was used for the TV guide. The TV guide could display programming schedule for 14 days, and recording could be scheduled for any of the shows. It could also be used to access E-mail.[1] However, it was a commercial failure, and by 2003, it was taken off the market, even though it is still supported by DirecTV.
Foundation Edition
The Microsoft TV Foundation Edition platform integrates Video-on-demand (VOD), Digital Video Recording (DVR) and HDTV programming with live Television programming. It includes an interactive programming guide (IPG) that could be used to access any supported service from a centralized directory. The IPG could be used to search and filter the listings as well.
Microsoft TV Foundation Edition platform also included an authoring environment that could be used to create content consumable from the set top box.
IPTV Edition
Microsoft TV IPTV Edition is a non-standard IPTV platform for accessing both on-demand as well as live television content over a 2-way IP network, coupled with DVR functionality. It is to be used with cable networks that have an IPTV infrastructure. A version of this platform is going to be included with XBOX 360.
On June 18, 2007 Microsoft published Microsoft Mediaroom.
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Online ShopsOnline Nation was a short-lived American reality TV series that premiered on The CW on September 23, 2007. Scouring the endless number of websites, blogs and user-generated materials on the Internet, Online Nation featured everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world. In addition, viewers were able to communicate with each other live on the air, which proved to be false; this function was never available. Though in the original promo for the show, it showed the capability. The show was produced by Room 403 Productions.
The show premiered on September 23 with the lowest ratings in the network's history, which could be blamed on the program being in one of the network's worst time slots and the network's lax promotion of the series. Only 994,000 viewers caught the premiere of the show.
On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, The CW cancelled Online Nation, making it the second show to be cancelled in the 2007-2008 television season.
The comedic duo who hosted the show, Rhett and Link, responded quickly to the cancellation with an internet video.
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Online ShopsOnline Nation was a short-lived American reality TV series that premiered on The CW on September 23, 2007. Scouring the endless number of websites, blogs and user-generated materials on the Internet, Online Nation featured everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world. In addition, viewers were able to communicate with each other live on the air, which proved to be false; this function was never available. Though in the original promo for the show, it showed the capability. The show was produced by Room 403 Productions.
The show premiered on September 23 with the lowest ratings in the network's history, which could be blamed on the program being in one of the network's worst time slots and the network's lax promotion of the series. Only 994,000 viewers caught the premiere of the show.
On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, The CW cancelled Online Nation, making it the second show to be cancelled in the 2007-2008 television season.
The comedic duo who hosted the show, Rhett and Link, responded quickly to the cancellation with an internet video.
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UltimateTV was the name of a Web site for all-things-television officially launched in May 1998 in Encino, Calif. Originally a hobby website ("TV Net"
Click Here for Great Deals on VOIP Internet Phone, Free Cell Phones, and Satellite TV!UltimateTV was the name of a Web site for all-things-television officially launched in May 1998 in Encino, Calif. Originally a hobby website ("TV Net") started by David Cronshaw, an engineer at KCAL-TV 9, it caught the attention of Jeff Rowe, a Vice President at NBC and JD Publishing, a publisher of TV schedules located in Wisconsin. Rowe, Cronshaw and JD developed a business plan, hiring James Lamb of Tacoma, Washington as their first employee to begin as soon as he completed college at Pacific Lutheran University. Shortly after this, the site was found by Matt Soffen and a few problems were reported to David Cronshaw to fix. Because David wasn't a programmer, Matt offered to help by using his skills as a programmer, system administrator, and general techie. He worked with the site until it became Zap2it.
Briefly the Web site was launched as "UTV: Your Ultimate Television Network" before United Television, the half-owners of the UPN network at the time, had their lawyers send out a cease & desist letter, claiming the name to be too similar to their own, even though they admitted the name was internal and only relevant to their work as a station-ownership group and that the term UTV was not used in the marketplace. UltimateTV was best known for its Ultimate TV Show list ("UTVL" - based off the script which ran the Ultimate Band List) and its work for other television networks creating official Web sites, most notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek designed by Jon Ofstead, Art Director of Ultimate Studios(a division of UltimateTV) for Warner Brothers Television.
With Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Lamb rose to prominence under the name TV James, shepherding a small online posting board community which ultimately grew to over 500 regular daily participants, including members of the show's cast and crew, most notably Joss Whedon. Many in that group of regular participants would go on to meet each other in person during one of several yearly parties (PBP or "Posting Board Parties") in Los Angeles or local regional gatherings of the show's fans. The posting board is credited with facilitating a number of connections which resulted in marriages between the show's fans, including Lamb and his wife Lori. The posting board software began as a free open-source perl script modified extensively by Lamb and Matthew Soffen of UltimateTV. The software is in use today on The Fuselage, the official Web site behind the creative team for the popular TV show Lost.
In 2000, UltimateTV and parent company JD Publishing became part of The Tribune Company (owners of TV stations and newspapers nationwide) and the name was sold to Microsoft as the website was merged into other Tribune offerings under the name "Zap2it.com" where it offered an expanded look at entertainment beyond just TV.
Briefly the Web site was launched as "UTV: Your Ultimate Television Network" before United Television, the half-owners of the UPN network at the time, had their lawyers send out a cease & desist letter, claiming the name to be too similar to their own, even though they admitted the name was internal and only relevant to their work as a station-ownership group and that the term UTV was not used in the marketplace. UltimateTV was best known for its Ultimate TV Show list ("UTVL" - based off the script which ran the Ultimate Band List) and its work for other television networks creating official Web sites, most notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek designed by Jon Ofstead, Art Director of Ultimate Studios(a division of UltimateTV) for Warner Brothers Television.
With Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Lamb rose to prominence under the name TV James, shepherding a small online posting board community which ultimately grew to over 500 regular daily participants, including members of the show's cast and crew, most notably Joss Whedon. Many in that group of regular participants would go on to meet each other in person during one of several yearly parties (PBP or "Posting Board Parties") in Los Angeles or local regional gatherings of the show's fans. The posting board is credited with facilitating a number of connections which resulted in marriages between the show's fans, including Lamb and his wife Lori. The posting board software began as a free open-source perl script modified extensively by Lamb and Matthew Soffen of UltimateTV. The software is in use today on The Fuselage, the official Web site behind the creative team for the popular TV show Lost.
In 2000, UltimateTV and parent company JD Publishing became part of The Tribune Company (owners of TV stations and newspapers nationwide) and the name was sold to Microsoft as the website was merged into other Tribune offerings under the name "Zap2it.com" where it offered an expanded look at entertainment beyond just TV.
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