MS to bring WebTV to UK in October
Published: 22 Aug 1997 14:16 BST
WebTV Networks is slated to set up here in October as Big Green seeks to make international - and financial - sense of its $425 million purchase.
The wholly-owned subsidiary will share a new building in Covent Garden, London with MSN UK. The glitzy space will include a huge flat-screen monitor in the reception and Net access booth.
"I understand that at some point it will happen but I don't know when," a Microsoft UK spokesman said. However, sources confirmed the move.
Microsoft's purchase of WebTV takes it into a pitched battle with Sun which recently acquired Diba, a startup designer of set-top boxes and other 'information appliances', and Oracle, which recently purchased Navio Communications, a Netscape spin-off specialising in small-footprint browser development.
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