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[1] Microsoft announced an UltimateTV service from DirecTV in October 2000, based on technology acquired from WebTV Networks (later renamed MSN TV).[2] The software was called the Microsoft TV platform (which included the Foundation Edition); it had integrated digital video recorder (DVR) and Internet access capabilities.The software to decode and view digital video programming was derived from WebTV (later called MSN TV).[7] Microsoft TV Foundation Edition platform also included an authoring environment that could be used to create content consumable from the set top box.[11] On February 6, 2014, Ericsson announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase multiscreen video platform company Azuki Systems.