Microsoft courts cable industry with new software
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft said on Monday it plans to sell new software tools to the cable industry, in another attempt to appeal to a sector that in the past has kept its distance. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to unveil the details of a new software package, called Microsoft TV Foundation, on Monday at the annual cable industry meeting, the National Show in Chicago. The software makes its easier for cable subscribers to access video-on-demand material, the company said. The world's largest software company is hoping to again try to gain a stronger foothold in the cable industry after fits and starts over the past several years.