Microsoft IPTV Get Updated to Microsoft Mediaroom

Microsoft has announced an update and a new name for Microsoft IPTV – Microsoft Mediaroom.

The existing features such as video on demand, high-definition television and instant channel zapping (I like that) will be further enhanced by:

• Personal media sharing. This enables consumers to easily listen to digital music and view digital photographs stored on PCs elsewhere in the home on the best screen in the house: the television.
• Multimedia Application Environment. The environment offers richer support for Web services and applications, enabling service providers to deploy advanced features such as dynamic video-on-demand portals, casual games and interactive TV services.
• Enhanced MultiView capabilities. These allow consumers to see multiple channels, programs and camera angles on one screen.

For those lucky enough to be attending NXTcomm in Chicago, USA, Microsoft will demo the Mediaroom platform in the Microsoft booth.

The rest of us have to look at this “screendump” showing Mediaroom’s capabilities with several camera angles and programs on one screen.

Unfortunately the official Microsoft Mediaroom site hasn’t launched yet, but you can read a PressPass Q&A with Enrique Rodriquez, Vice President, Microsoft Business TV here. He reveals a bit more about the plans.