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US Report: New generation set-top in the works

EchoStar Communications and WebTV Networks are preparing to announce a new generation of set-top box... Read more

6 January, 1999 by Emory Thomas

MS to bring WebTV to UK in October

WebTV Networks is slated to set up here in October as Big Green... Read more

22 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Intuit says WebTV buy is MS's leg up to digital TV

Intuit chairman Scott Cook said today Microsoft's decision to purchase WebTV Networks could be the Redmond, Washington giant's portal to a larger... Read more

7 April, 1997 by Martin Veitch

WebTV wants to control your home

If home networking is the nirvana of the new millennium, then WebTV Networks wants its set-top box to become the mantra that consumers... Read more

9 March, 1999 by Karen J.Bannan

Blimey! It's WebTelly

Microsoft's WebTV Networks will launch a test of its hybrid television and Internet service... Read more

19 March, 1998 by ZDNet

MSN to take over WebTV

...deliver the key areas of the MSN service for TV-enabled devices," WebTV Networks boss Bruce Leak said in the memo addressed to employees. Besides... Read more

2 March, 2001 by Ian Fried

Old hack haunts WebTV

...to send forged email -- caused renewed headaches for Internet-over-TV provider WebTV Networks this past weekend. The new spin on an old security hole... Read more

21 March, 2000 by Robert Lemos

X-Box alert! Microsoft got game?

...held closed-door demonstrations for software developers. With the expertise of its WebTV Networks subsidiary, the company could easily support Internet features, such as chat... Read more

28 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Ballmer bio: 'Mr Engulf and devour'

...A number of key executives, including chief technical officer Nathan Myhrvold and WebTV networks CEO and founder Steve Perlman, have left the company or taken... Read more

14 January, 2000 by Jennifer Mack

Blockbuster merger to boost broadband

...users. Such expansion could come with a host of problems, however. Competitor WebTV Networks -- which uses the Internet to offer an enhanced TV service -- thinks... Read more

12 January, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Deal will drive music, Internet to TV

Finally, a reason to use interactive TV. That's one of the pluses of the AOL/Time Warner merger Read more

11 January, 2000 by Robert Lemos

AOL offers first peek at TV service

...While the company stressed how the service was different from Microsoft's WebTV Networks, demonstrations left no doubt that Microsoft and AOL are once again... Read more

7 January, 2000 by Rob Lemos

WebTV renews RealPlayer support

...more interesting and compelling for our subscribers," said Bruce Leak, president of WebTV Networks Inc., in a statement. WebTV could be a crucial foothold for... Read more

2 July, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

MS plans broadband control

...that connects the living room to the Internet. Notable acquisitions include buying WebTV Networks, its purchase of a share of Comcast and its stake in... Read more

13 May, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

A Year Ago: 1997 In Review

...MMX nomenclature April AMD's K6 arrived. Microsoft detailed PC98... and bought WebTV Networks. On a lighter note, a tech mag fell for Tosh's... Read more

24 December, 1998 by Martin Veitch

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