Microsoft's PBDA platform makes Big Content happy, should make TV tuning easier

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 12th 2008 at 8:03AM

What's this? A little standardization in the TV realm? Announced today at IBC2008, Microsoft has launched its Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA), a new worldwide platform that was made possible by the recent release of Windows Media Center TV Pack. In short, this system enables the "PC-TV hardware ecosystem to integrate virtually any free or premium TV service into Windows Media Center," which keeps content guardians ultra-stoked while giving consumers more choice when it comes to TV tuning. Essentially, PBDA gives OEMs and tuner-makers the ability to develop and ship wares for WMC "regardless of geographic location or television standard." The initiative is being backed by some serious players, too -- Hauppauge, AVerMedia, NEC, and NXP just to name a few -- and a couple have already shipped PBDA-based solutions overseas. Hit the read link for more... if you dare.

Filed under: Media PCs, Other formats, Other hardware, Tuners, Others, OTA

Tags: broadcast, content, internet tv, InternetTv, mce, Media Center TV Pack, MediaCenterTvPack, microsoft, PBDA, platform, programming, television, tv, vista, vista Media Center TV Pack, VistaMediaCenterTvPack, windows, windows media center, WindowsMediaCenter

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dxflta @ Sep 12th 2008 11:09AM

Has anyone released a pc with the Windows Media Pack TV? Its still an OEM only right?

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