Motorola, Deutsche Telekom in IPTV venture

Motorola, Inc. and Deutsche Telekom announced a collaboration to deliver IPTV in Germany and Deutsche Telekom will use Motorola's High Definition (HD)-ready IPTV set-tops for its "T-Home Entertain" services. The collaboration will enable T-Home customers to access a variety of multimedia applications in addition to standard TV offerings using a high-quality, optimized Motorola set-top which is already equipped for future services.
With the VIP1616E set-top — known to T-Home users as Media Receiver 300 Typ A – the service will be able to view premium sporting content in full HD. Moreover, T-Home viewers can use the device's electronic program guide to plan, record, and store what they want to watch.
"As our customers become ever more sophisticated in their media consumption habits, we chose Motorola's set-tops to ensure we provide our customers with the best possible TV service, on-demand and in High Definition as well," explained Christian Illek, Board Member T-HOME, Marketing.
The HD-ready set-top with digital video recording (DVR) also supports standard definition high-quality digital video. Its two-way IP allows it to be used in multiple applications, including broadcast television, time-shifted television, multicast and video on demand and it is fully compliant with Microsoft Mediaroom.