Phone Companies Back in Video Business

SBC, showing determination to compete in the video marketplace, signs deal with Microsoft to have Microsoft provide the technology (servers, software) to enable the telco to send multiple video, including HD, over its lines.. SBS is also expandoing its relationship with Yahoo to provide broadband services.

Telephone companies, like SBC, have tried and failed before to enter the video market. But with traditional landline service eroding as a business, telcos have to succeed this time in expanding their business..or else, it will be one of the biggest business failures awaiting a book.

As noted, Microsft has also tried and failed for years to enter the video business, mostly through investments in cable companies. With the new effort at providing tv through the pc and deals like this, Microsoft shows its own determination to figure it out..





http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/17/technology/17soft.html