Microsoft spins off TV IPR

THE BEAST of Redmond has decided to dispose of some of its unwanted IPR. One of the immediate beneficiaries will be a Dublin-based company, Vimio.

According to an FT report, Microsoft has found no home for some of the technologies it has created in its Cambridge, England labs. This includes software which enables TV programmes to be compressed and sent out to mobile phones and devices.

Vimio's task will be to market this technology to the mobile phone network operators. In return for any successes, Vimio will have to pay a licence fee to Microsoft for the privilege of using its TV compression technology.

No change there, then. We're all used to paying Redmond taxes, aren't we? µ