What’s going on in IPTV?

by Administrator

For the most part, we at the office that’s curious focus on what some would call Web2.0 companies. However, those that know me know that I’ve mostly got a digital video background. After we sold Myrio to Siemens I decided to move on and work on some other projects. Curious Office is one such project.

But I recently had dinner with an old colleague from Siemens and we were talking about the war over the future of our TVs. One thing that he confirmed was that Siemens was losing the IPTV war even in their own backyard. For such a huge initiative, it would seem unlikely that Deutsche Telekom would rely on Redmond vs. their century old partners over in Munich. When it comes to IP-based television, the only games in town that really mattered were those from Myrio/Siemens and Microsoft. Now, it seems that Siemens is losing the battle in its own country and to me that suggests taht Microsoft may very well control our set-top boxes and possibly our future living rooms.