T-Online Adopts Windows Media as Digital Media Platform

German ISP, T-Online (http://www.t-online.de/), said it was adopting Windows Media Technologies for streaming and downloading for its new broadband services.

T-Online will offer content in Windows Media in the coming months, which will include music-on-demand services, audio and video news broadcasts, and the integration of hosting services using Windows Media-based servers.

In addition, T-Online will distribute WindowsMedia Player through CDs and its portal.

"As consumers rapidly adopt digital media into their everyday Webexperience, high-quality audio and video delivery with reliability areabsolutely critical to meet customer needs," said Eric Danke, member of theboard of management at T-Online. "Windows Media surpassed our initialexpectations when we evaluated the technology, and it clearly will give us acompetitive edge as we continue to develop our broadband Internet services."

T-Online isa subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.