Looks like Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta to Vista Home and Ultimate users tomorrow morning. First, the details:

According to Microsoft, US-based users of Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate will soon be able to download a simple update that will enable them to "enjoy a range of television and video content on their PCs and TV sets [with a Media Center Extender of some sort] without a TV tuner in their PC." The streaming content will all be ad-supported "by an advertising platform provided by YuMe," which means that you'll be getting it gratis. The programming reportedly "comes from MSN Video," and just over 100 hours of it will be available when the beta begins.

That alone was interesting, but seeing it was content from MSN Video made me lose interest a little bit. I don't think much of MSN Video. But then I saw this:

To whet your appetite, a few notables that will be available are "full episodes of TV shows such as 'Arrested Development,' full-length music concerts by artists such as Chris Cornell, Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Pink, John Mayer and the Pussycat Dolls, movie trailers, news segments from MSNBC, and sports clips from FOX Sports.

This sounds like it could pretty cool...it's certainly very similar to Joost (my previous post on Joost is here).