Promising quality improvements and furthering the competition for media players and broadband subscribers, Microsoft’s MSN is offering free streaming video in a beta version that will be available to all MSN subscribers in the United States this winter. The move comes as Microsoft seeks to broaden its MSN and Windows Media 9 audience in the face of broadband competition from longtime rival AOL and media-player pressure from RealNetworks’ RealOne, which offers video content for $9.95 per month. Microsoft is releasing its MSN Video service free of charge.
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MSN Promotes Broadband Video Service
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 14, 2003 09:52 AMPromising quality improvements and furthering the competition for media players and broadband subscribers, Microsoft’s MSN is offering free streaming video in a beta version that will be available to all MSN subscribers in the United States this winter. The move comes as Microsoft seeks to broaden its MSN and Windows Media 9 audience in the face of broadband competition from longtime rival AOL and media-player pressure from RealNetworks’ RealOne, which offers video content for $9.95 per month. Microsoft is releasing its MSN Video service free of charge.