| Windows Live for TV | |
| Developer: | Microsoft |
| Latest Preview Date: | January 03, 2007 |
| Operating System: | Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate |
| Genre: | Windows Media Center application, Social Networking |
Windows Live for TV (codenamed Orbit, previously Nemo) is a Windows Media Center application that was part of Microsoft's Windows Live services. It provides users to access Windows Live Spaces, Messenger, and Call on their large-screen monitors or TVs using their PC.
The goal of Windows Live for TV was to bring social networking to a new form factor that is both intuitive and fun to use. The application is built using Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET Framework 3.0) and runs within Windows Media Center or directly in Windows Vista's Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.
Planned features of Windows Live for TV included:[1]
Although beta versions of this service have been released, only Spaces functionality is available. A Program Manager has stated that development has ceased, and the service will be shut down on June 24, 2008.[2] [3] The Windows Live for TV team blog has not been updated for a year,[4] while the WPF/XBAP technology used in Windows Live for TV was deprecated by Microsoft in Windows Media Center SDK 5.3.[5]
Windows Live for TV requires the following system requirements prior to installation: