Microsoft has posted an invitation for beta testers via the The Green Button blog, indicating the start of the beta program for the next version of Vista's Media Center application. This project is generally thought to be codenamed 'Fiji', although it's not clear whether the planned Media Center update is just a part of a major reworking that also affects other built-in Vista apps.

What new funtionality is going to be introduced is unknown, although for us Europeans satellite TV support (including Freesat) would be a good start, followed by support for more than two tuners.