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MSN TV

(MicroSoft Network TV) A pioneer Internet TV service from Microsoft. Existing subscribers are supported, but Microsoft no longer sells the MSN TV hardware. Developed in 1996 by WebTV and...

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Definition: MSN TV

(MicroSoft Network TV) A pioneer Internet TV service from Microsoft. Existing subscribers are supported, but Microsoft no longer sells the MSN TV hardware. Developed in 1996 by WebTV and acquired by Microsoft in 1997, it originally used an analog modem and telephone line to deliver the Web and e-mail to the TV set. In 2004, MSN TV 2 debuted for high-speed Internet connections and provides audio and video streaming to the TV from the user's PC or the Internet. See Internet TV and AOLTV.


MSN TV

Set-top Box
Sony was one of the first to build a WebTV set-top box. The unit with a built-in modem is shown here sans keyboard. (Image courtesy of Sony Corporation.)



MSN TV

First Home Page
This is the home page in its first year as WebTV. (Image courtesy of Sony Corporation.)



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