SBC Gives Microsoft $400 Mln Internet TV Deal
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SBC Communications SBC.N will pay Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O at least $400 million over 10 years for technology to help SBC sell video services over its upgraded broadband lines, the companies said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK: SBC Communications, the No. 2 US telecoms company, has agreed to pay US$400mil to Microsoft Corp for software that can deliver television via high-speed data lines, the New York Times reported yesterday.
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SBC Communications Inc.  said on Monday it would offer access to its network of 3,900 public Wi-Fi Internet access points to its high-speed Internet subscribers for &#36;1.99 per month.
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Customers of Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will be able to use both companies' wireless Internet connections with less hassle under a reciprocal deal announced Friday.
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SBC and Microsoft strike a $400 million deal to provide internet TV.   Also: Gates agrees to computer charity work in developing countries & hellip;.  Japan gives us surround-sound cell phones & hellip;. and more.
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Microsoft has turned the channel on its slow-moving television software business by winning a key contract for its new Internet-based TV platform from SBC Communications.
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TELEVISION has been something of a great white whale for the Microsoft Corporation. The company has tried to sell WebTV and build software for TV&#39;s and cable boxes.
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SBC Communications, the No. 2 U.S.  telecommunications company, has agreed to pay $400 million to  Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via  high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on  Wednesday.
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SBC Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire AT&amp;T Corp. in a &#36;16 billion deal that would create the nation's largest communications company, the companies said early Monday.
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By Ben Berkowitz LAS VEGAS  - SBC Communications Inc.  plansto launch television over the Internet with new compressiontechnology, turning the table on cable companies encroaching onits phone business, the company's chief operating officer saidon Thursday.
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Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it has  selected Microsoft Corp. as its Internet advertising partner in  a five-year agreement initially valued at an estimated $500  million that involves online games, shows and movies.
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In preparation for offering video service, SBC will spend $4 billion to upgrade its network infrastructure from copper to fiber optics.
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SBC and Microsoft plan to launch an Internet television service in about a year. With IP technology, video, voice, data and other broadband services will be integrated and delivered over a
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SBC Communications, which teamed up with Sunnyvale&#39;s Yahoo in 2001 to market its DSL fast Internet service, says it now plans to collaborate with the dot-com to offer advanced online services via mobile phones, wireless Internet and television.
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Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it has selected Microsoft Corp. as its Internet advertising partner in a five-year agreement initially valued at an estimated $500 million that involves online games, shows and movies.
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Akimbo Systems Inc., a startup that plans to deliver video over the Internet to television sets, has signed a deal for mainstream content from Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting System.
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BEIJING -- Microsoft Corp. and a major Chinese TV set maker announced Monday they will jointly develop entertainment products linking television and the Internet, joining a race to profit from the Web's growing status as a channel to distribute movies and other programs.