{"id":551239,"date":"2007-01-10T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/551239-telkom-evaluating-xbox-360-for-iptv.html"},"modified":"2007-01-10T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T11:00:13","slug":"telkom-evaluating-xbox-360-for-iptv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/551239-telkom-evaluating-xbox-360-for-iptv.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom evaluating Xbox 360 for IPTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">A few days ago Microsoft announced that is will integrate their Microsoft IPTV software platform into their Xbox 360 game console. This means that Xbox owners will be able watch television and stream movies or television programs while playing games.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cThe integration of a video gaming console with Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services is intended to deliver a first-of-its-kind entertainment experience. IPTV on Xbox 360 is expected to give consumers all the advantages of an advanced TV service along with the benefits of next-generation gaming, as well as unique new capabilities that the integrated solution brings,\u201d Microsoft said.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom and Microsoft<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom\u2019s involvement with Microsoft on the IPTV front sparked rumours that they may be testing the Xbox for IPTV purposes. The speculation was not far off the mark.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201cWe have been working with Microsoft with respect to entertainment services. The Xbox 360 is part of the ongoing evaluations in respect of such services,\u201d Telkom said.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Microsoft plans to launch the new IPTV software for the Xbox towards the middle of the year.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Telkom recently announcement that they will start launching digital media services over multiple integrated delivery platforms, including broadband, satellite, mobile and Internet in the first quarter of 2007.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=63032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss this article<\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Microsoft recently announced that their game console, the Xbox 360, will get IPTV capabilities, rumours started spreading about Telkom\u2019s plans with the Xbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}