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Old Hack Haunts WebTV
News An HTML hack -- which had previously allowed attackers to command users' machines to send forged email -- caused renewed headaches for Internet-over-TV provider WebTV Networks this past weekend. Modifying the signature and posting the message...
[March 21, 2000, 9:19]
AOL Offers First Peek At TV Service
News 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 ready to go head-to-head. AOL's service outshines its rival WebTV Networks' in at least one...
[January 7, 2000, 9:32]
WebTV Blacks Out For 350,000
News All 350,000-plus subscribers were blocked from accessing the service when the registration server -- the computer that subscribers access to log on to the service -- went down on WebTV Networks' interactive TV service between approximately 7:30 PM...
[June 29, 1998, 10:33]
WebTV Renews RealPlayer Support
News Our ongoing work with RealNetworks continues to allow us to deliver audio technology that makes the Internet experience even more interesting and compelling for our subscribers," said Bruce Leak, president of WebTV Networks Inc.in a statement.
[July 2, 1999, 10:32]
WebTV Founder's Next Act Unfolding
News He co-founded WebTV in 1995 with current Microsoft TV executives Bruce Leak and Phil Goldman. Steve Perlman, who founded WebTV, will show off the technology behind his two-year-old company, Rearden Steel, at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in...
[January 2, 2002, 12:18]
US Report: Is WebTV A Puppet In Microsoft Standards War?
News WebTV Networks originally planned to add support for Java, a cross-platform programming language created by Sun. The company also used to regularly update WebTV support for new versions of RealMedia, an audio/video technology promulgated by...
[November 9, 1998, 10:05]
MS To Bring WebTV To UK In October
News WebTV Networks is slated to set up here in October as Big Green seeks to make international - and financial - sense of its $425 million purchase. Microsoft's purchase of WebTV takes it into a pitched battle with Sun which recently acquired Diba, a...
[August 22, 1997, 14:16]
US Report: New Generation Set-top In The Works
News The new set-top is tailored for EchoStar's new satellite-TV subscribers (currently there are about 1.8 million) and could boost WebTV's base of some 700,000 subscribers. The new set-tops, endowed with digital memory and loads of software, are...
[January 6, 1999, 16:30]
MS Could Deal With UK Pay TV Firm On WebTV
News The move would take the pair up against BIB, the BSB/BT startup, and could cloud the future of WebTV Networks, which is owned by Microsoft. WebTV is expected to debut in the UK in the next 12 months. A report in this morning's Financial Times...
[February 6, 1998, 14:23]
MSN To Take Over WebTV
News The primary focus of the Internet-on-TV team will be to deliver the key areas of the MSN service for TV-enabled devices," WebTV Networks boss Bruce Leak said in the memo addressed to employees. Confirming a long-running rumour, Microsoft said...
[March 2, 2001, 11:48]
Startup First Out With TV/Web Browser
News WebTV Networks demonstrated its new product yesterday and revealed that Sony and Philips Consumer Electronics will sell machines that tap its technology from September. The WebTV system is based on an Integrated Device Technology 112MHz CPU and...
[July 11, 1996, 11:32]
Microsoft Posts $3b Quarter
News The Redmond, Wash.giant reported net income of $663 million, or 50 cents per share, including a $296 million charge to write off in-process technology acquired with the purchase of WebTV Networks Inc.
[October 21, 1997, 9:49]
1997 In Review
News Microsoft detailed PC98.and bought WebTV Networks. Cabletron said it would buy Digital networks business. The year began with huge merger news: after being linked with startup Be, Apple said it planned to buy Steve Jobs' Next.
[December 31, 1997, 7:00]
A Year Ago: 1997 In Review
News Microsoft detailed PC98.and bought WebTV Networks. Cabletron said it would buy Digital networks business. January The year began with huge merger news: after being linked with startup Be, Apple said it planned to buy Steve Jobs' Next.
[December 24, 1998, 5:38]
Blockbuster Merger To Boost Broadband
News Competitor WebTV Networks -- which uses the Internet to offer an enhanced TV service -- thinks the AOL megacorporation will drive rivals together. The media giant has converted more than 85 percent of its cable infrastructure to Internet-capable...
[January 12, 2000, 10:35]
X-Box Alert! Microsoft Got Game?
News With the expertise of its WebTV Networks subsidiary, the company could easily support Internet features, such as chat and multiplayer gaming, in the device as well. From Universal Plug and Play -- a Microsoft-led initiative designed to link all...
[February 28, 2000, 9:50]
Deal Will Drive Music, Internet To TV
News In particular, AOL may find itself challenged by WebTV Networks. The deal means that AOL TV will almost certainly get picked up on Time Warner's cable networks, which cover roughly 20 percent of the US cable audience.
[January 11, 2000, 8:18]
Industry Bigwigs Near Interactive TV Deal
News It is likely that any final specification would include WebTV's TV crossover links for linking icons on a TV screen with Web content, as well as industry standards such as HTML, dynamic HTML, and Java.
[January 19, 1998, 10:40]
Industry Bigwigs Near Interactive TV Deal
News It is likely that any final specification would include WebTV's TV crossover links for linking icons on a TV screen with Web content, as well as industry standards such as HTML, dynamic HTML, and Java.
[January 19, 1998, 10:40]
US Report: Interactive-TV Deals In The Works
News WebTV is owned by Microsoft, which is a partner in MSNBC. The online-service giant, with some 14 million subscribers, earlier this year acquired NetChannel, an ill-fated WebTV rival, with an eye toward spreading AOL s service to platforms other...
[December 2, 1998, 6:10]
