Reuters has announced a new interactive TV news channel available through Microsoft's Media Centre, a home entertainment operating system.

The 2005 edition of Media Centre, launched on 12 October, includes highlights of Reuters video news reports from around the world. Users can select clips from the past week across different news categories, including business, entertainment and fashion.

"With analysts predicting that as many as 20 million people will be using Microsoft's home entertainment PCs by 2008, this channel offers huge potential to broaden Reuters reach within the consumer market," said Chris Ahearn, president of Reuters Media.

The channel is initially available only to customers in the US.

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See also:
Microsoft Media Centre: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com

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