Microsoft TV is a division within Microsoft Corporation that develops software platforms for use in set top boxes to access programming over a Cable T

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.