A Wall Street Journal article reported today that Verizon has pulled some phases of development on their TV set-top boxes away from Microsoft. The reason? Microsoft was behind schedule, which prompted Verizon to take over the remaining development.

The article also states Verizon has replaced some of the Microsoft personnel with their own. According to sources close to the matter, "...during the two years the project has been in development, the phone company became so frustrated with delays and technical glitches with Microsoft's technology that it replaced some of Microsoft's personnel and software with its own."

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You can also read more about this in Ars Technica.