Sirius Satellite Radio will use Microsoft's Windows Media Video 9 software to help create and broadcast future video services, the companies said Wednesday.
Making the announcement in Las Vegas before this week's Consumer Electronics Show, the two companies said that Sirius will build its video applications using the Microsoft tools and work with the software maker to develop programming. Sirius' initial plans are focused on creating satellite video services that can be viewed both in homes and cars, and the company cited Windows Media's compression technology as key to its efforts.