Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson-News Center

"Sadie Online News" April 9, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> Media reports, Microsoft local time 8th announced that it has its IPTV business platform Mediaroom sold to Ericsson. Microsoft says Ericsson will continue to invest in further research and development after acquiring Mediaroom, and is currently mediaroom to provide IPTV services to about 22 million users in 21 countries around the world.

Neither Microsoft nor Ericsson had disclosed the details of the deal as at press time, but some analysts pointed out that Microsoft's sale of Mediaroom to Ericsson could be interpreted as a signal that Microsoft would focus on developing the Xbox and TV brand business. The previous rumors that Microsoft would deal with Ericsson have long been rife, and Microsoft's efforts to develop an Xbox entertainment app over the past 1.5 years are obvious.

Microsoft will sell Mediaroom as its top priority in order to match the project of creating a "cloud TV" platform for the Xbox. "After the sale of Mediaroom, Microsoft will dedicate all of its TV content to the Xbox," Microsoft said on its official blog recently. ”

Microsoft's IPTV platform, Mediaroom, was founded in 2007 and has achieved remarkable results in the early stages of its operations, and now Mediaroom has controlled 25% of the global market for IPTV intermediary equipment.