SKorea's Daum, Microsoft to work on IPTV

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Daum Communications, Microsoft and Celrun Co. said Tuesday they were setting up a joint venture to offer Internet protocol television services in South Korea. The joint venture will be established in February, the three companies said in a press release.

Details, including their respective stakes in the new entity, had yet to be decided, they said. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Daum, South Korea's second-largest Web portal and search engine company, will develop the IPTV content, while Microsoft will offer the latest version of its Internet television software platform, Microsoft Mediaroom, the release said.