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Microsoft Eyes UK Digital TV Provider

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cradle-to-grave dept.

xiox writes: "This story by the BBC claims that Microsoft are planning to "rescue" the failed digital TV provider in the UK, ITV Digital. This would enable them to get a large share of the British TV market, as the British Government has decided that all TVs will have to switch over to digital by 2010."

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  1. Boost X-Box Sales? by bildstorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    So will Microsoft be giving away a new version of the X-Box as a digital tv receiver? That'd be about the only way to boost sales of X-Box games there.

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  2. Great by Ezubaric · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if Ballmer will get his own workout show. It'd be even worse than flashy animation from Japan: siezures and vomiting.

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  3. I've been looking... by Tsugumi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but I can't seem to find Ctrl-Alt-Del on my remote.