Vnunet (among others) reports:
Earlier this week the software giant quietly announced that it had selected media player developer InterVideo to port its Windows Media technology to Linux for use in consumer electronics such as set-top boxes and personal video recorders.
Now if only Red Hat would support mp3…
Update: Slashdot has the catch:
However, WMP will not be available to normal folks…Microsoft will only allow it to be distributed via set top boxes and the like.