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December 13, 2005

Feeling the “URGE,” MTV Networks Announces a New Digital Music Service in Collaboration With Microsoft

URGE unites powerful music DNA of MTV, VH1 and CMT with Microsoft’s industry-leading technology and consumer reach to deliver an immersive entertainment experience.

October 14, 2005

Software Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Enables High-Fidelity Access to PC Digital Entertainment via Xbox 360

Update offers new performance enhancers, digital entertainment features and services from industry partners, including MTV.

October 11, 2005

Microsoft and RealNetworks Resolve Antitrust Case and Announce Digital Music and Games Partnership

New partnership brings Rhapsody subscription service and RealNetworks’ games to millions of Microsoft’s MSN users.

May 11, 2005

Philips and Microsoft to Bridge Consumer Electronics and PC Worlds for Digital Entertainment

Industry leaders will offer seamless flow of digital content from PCs and the Internet to consumer devices for an enhanced consumer entertainment experience.

May 10, 2005

Microsoft, National Society of Black Engineers and Howard University Team for Fourth Annual “Skins Challenge”

The competition provides students with the opportunity to build their graphics skills while creating new looks — or “skins” — for the Windows Media Player that speak to their culture and personal tastes.

April 18, 2005

Industry Leaders Embrace Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) and Windows Platform to Reinvent Broadcast Distribution and Media Creation

CBS NEWSPATH is deploying Windows-based system for nationwide news delivery; other Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) products and services debuting at NAB 2005.

April 18, 2005

Crown Castle Mobile Media Selects Windows Media and Windows Media DRM 10 to Deliver Live Television to Mobile Devices

It accelerates the deployment of Windows Media-based digital entertainment services for cell phones, PDAs and portable media devices.

April 18, 2005

THX and Microsoft Announce THX Best Practices Laboratory for Windows Media

The Lab will be an independent entity created to educate and train the entertainment industry on advanced digital content creation and distribution technologies.

April 18, 2005

Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Collaborate to Release HD DVD Titles Using Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1)

HD DVD titles will be available in the fourth quarter of 2005

April 18, 2005

Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) Powering the High-Definition Revolution With Broad Industry Support

Industry leaders are delivering tools for high-definition video creation, distribution and playback; and new Warner Bros. Studios HD-DVDs will use Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) this fall.