SBC taps Microsoft for TV software

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SBC Communications plans to pay $400 million to Microsoft for software used to deliver TV programming over high-speed data lines.
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by November 16, 2004 8:14 PM PST

Apple is left in the dust yet again.

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Well of course
by David Arbogast November 17, 2004 7:20 AM PST: Quicktime streaming for television?
Yeah... I don't see it either.
Isn't Quicktime based on MPEG 4?
What type of DRM has Apple developed for Quicktime video?; Like this

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