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        Microsoft boasts 150 percent growth in Windows Media design wins

        Staff | Date: Jan 16, 2004 | Comments: 1



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        Microsoft announced at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that support for Windows Media on consumer electronic devices has grown 150 percent since the 2003 CES, resulting in more than 500 devices that now support Windows Media. Microsoft noted that the new devices have resulted in an increase in both the breadth and size of the installed base of secure portable digital music players, bringing...


        the tally to more than 4 million devices supporting Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Digital Rights Management.

        Additionally, Apex Digital, KiSS Technology, and Malata North America announced the first DVD players supporting Windows Media Video (WMV) 9, and chip-makers Sand Video and Sigma Designs announced new chips supporting playback of high-definition WMV 9 at CES.



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