XDCAM .mov Files on a PC in PrPro CC

Anybody know if there will be any support for XDCAM .mov files in Premiere Pro CC? I have a feeling that this is a limitation of Windows rather than Pr as it works fine on a Mac.
Is the Calibrated software plugin the only workaround available or will CC help in any way?
Thanks guys!

So? Works for me. I understand the frustration of the infrequent upgraders, but as a new user the cloud is a great option for us.
I don't lease a car, I buy a car. I don't lease a camera, I buy a camera. I don't lease a computer, I buy a computer. I don't rent a house, I buy a house, I don't want a mortgage on my house, I pay it up front. Same with Adobe software. I have no problem buying a CS suite and paying in one big lump. I do have a problem with renting and being completely dependent on the crazy pricing that Adobe applies to their products. If I rent, I take the huge risk of being screwed over by Adobe. If I can't buy a perpetual license of a CS suite, it is EOS.
I rather pay more for a perpetual license than the CC would cost, just to be sure Adobe does not screw me in the long run. And I'm not an infrequent upgrader. I have perpetual licenses on each and every version of Premiere since 6.01, before it became Premiere Pro and have Production Premium suite licenses since CS2 and Master Collection suites since CS4. That does not qualify as an infrequent upgrader, does it?

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The explanation is quite simple and it appeared to me sometime during the weekend when executing completly different tasks.
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Audio #1
ID                               : 2
Format                           : PCM
Codec ID                         : lpcm
Duration                         : 2s 760ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 768 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Delay relative to video          : 4h 14mn
Stream size                      : 259 KiB (2%)
Audio #2
ID                               : 3
Format                           : PCM
Codec ID                         : lpcm
Duration                         : 2s 760ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 768 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Delay relative to video          : 4h 14mn
Stream size                      : 259 KiB (2%)
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Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : PCM
Format settings, Endianness      : Little
Format settings, Sign            : Signed
Codec ID                         : sowt
Duration                         : 9mn 26s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Stream size                      : 104 MiB (4%)
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