Microsoft TV opened an Interoperability and Qualification laboratory for digital-video encoding systems used with Mediaroom.
The Mountain View facility provided partners with a controlled IPTV environment for integrating and testing codec products.
Resources included Microsoft IPTV training, engineering support and a laboratory equipped with set-top boxes from multiple manufacturers.
Partners also received access to Mediaroom software and audiovisual specialists for validating encoder compatibility with current and future platform releases.
Envivio, Harmonic, Motorola, Tandberg Television and Thomson had registered for testing.
More than 19 telecommunications companies had selected Mediaroom worldwide, and 11 operators were already selling services based on the platform.
