These services can be delivered via a range of devices inside and outside customers' homes, including wired and Wi-Fi set top boxes, PCs, tablets, smartphones and other connected devices – over both the operator's managed IP networks as well as "over the top" (OTT) or unmanaged networks.

[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).

[4] By June 2002, Moshe Lichtman replaced Jon DeVaan as leader of the division as more reductions were announced.

[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.