Xbox 360 Television Offerings A Reality

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You’re probably going to start using your Xbox 360 a lot more starting this holiday. Today, Microsoft announced plans to work with just about every big television entertainment provider that matters for a huge holiday update. Bravo, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Xfinity, Syfy, and BBC in the UK are just a few of the companies partnering with Microsoft to bring live and on-demand TV, movies, sports, and music to Xbox LIVE users.

“Today’s announcement is a major step toward realizing our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft in a prepared statement. “Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360 and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.”

It’s all part of Microsoft’s master plan to fold everything you might possibly be interested in into your console. “Just say “Xbox, Bing, ‘The Office,” and Xbox finds it,” explains Microsoft in a press release outlining this holiday’s TV update.


This means that next time you yell at your TV and wave your arms wildly, something might actually happen. With Comcast Xfinity, users will have access to over 10,000 TV episodes and Infinity On Demand’s library of movies. With Verizon FiOS, US users will also be able to watch live TV on their 360 with access to channels, like Comedy Central, HBO, CNN, MTV, Spike, Food Network, and Nickelodeon.


What’s not announced, are specific details regarding the pricing for each of the new services. Hopefully, we’ll know more once the big November 15 dashboard update arrives.

In the meantime, here’s a full list of Microsoft’s entertainment partners.

ABC iView – Australia
AlloCiné – France, Germany, Spain, U.K.
Antena 3 – Spain
Astral Media’s Disney XD – Canada
AT&T** – U.S.
BBC – U.K.
blinkbox – U.K.
Bravo – U.S.
BSkyB** - U.K.
Canal+* - France, Spain
Channel 4 – U.K.
Channel 5 – U.K.
CinemaNow (Best Buy) – U.S.
Comcast – U.S.
Crackle – Australia, Canada, U.K., U.S.
Dailymotion – Available in 32 markets
EPIX – U.S.
ESPN** – U.S.
Facebook** – Available in all 35 Xbox LIVE markets
FOXTEL** – Australia
GolTV – Spain
HBO GO – U.S.
Hulu – Japan
Hulu Plus**– U.S.
iHeartRadio (Clear Channel) – U.S.
Last.fm**– U.K., U.S.
LOVEFiLM – Germany, U.K.
Manga Entertainment – U.S.
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment/Real Sports – Canada
Mediaset – Italy
MSN with MSNBC.com – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, U.K. MUZU.TV – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, U.K.
Netflix**– Canada, U.S.
Rogers on Demand – Canada
RTVE – Spain
SBS On Demand – Australia
Syfy – U.S.
Telefonica – Spain
Televisa – Mexico
“The Today Show” – U.S.
TELUS** – Canada
TMZ – U.S.
Twitter** – Available in all 35 Xbox LIVE markets
UFC – Canada, U.S.
Verizon – U.S.
VEVO – Canada, U.K., U.S.
VimpelCom** – Russia
Vodafone Portugal** – Portugal
YouTube – Available in 22 markets
ZDF – Germany
Zune**– Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.
*Xbox LIVE Gold membership and/or other subscriptions/fees required. Kinect functionality varies by feature, provider and region.
**Denotes existing partners on Xbox LIVE available today

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Source: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/119/1198403p1.html

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agentmrpPosted:

fukin fools get a life it was a joke jhezzz ulot need 2 get out more ffs

itzjustynPosted:

agentmrp tht add is sooo fake lololol i wud be like xbox **** off hahahahaha

I love stupid people. They provide me amusement. :)

Mr_PikachuuPosted:

agentmrp tht add is sooo fake lololol i wud be like xbox **** off hahahahaha


^^
We have met the first melted caveman...Welcome to the future.


**** Idiot, lmao.

TheLunaticPosted:

There better not be a price increase or i will be pissed! 25 bucks is good enough for 3 months, i don't even use all the stuff except Netflix.

nausirPosted:

agentmrp tht add is sooo fake lololol i wud be like xbox **** off hahahahaha

Not fake bro I can do that with my kinect.

xkilo23xPosted:

CDA9887 I am assuming when this comes out that it will not be included in the $60 per year gold subscription for XBL and will be some extra pointless fee. I have cable television anyway so this is pointless.
Only the stuff with a double asterisk or **

CDA9887Posted:

I am assuming when this comes out that it will not be included in the $60 per year gold subscription for XBL and will be some extra pointless fee. I have cable television anyway so this is pointless.

agentmrpPosted:

tht add is sooo fake lololol i wud be like xbox **** off hahahahaha

TheBrownGuyPosted:

Hulu and netflix are good enough for me

FiberzzPosted:

Yay Hulu + for being American!

THE GAMING INDUSTRY IS REVOLUTIONIZING GREATLY!!

No wonder why its so hard to get into the industry and get a decent paying job, there's so much important things you need to know.

I'm just wondering if you don't have kinect, will users not be able to watch t.v. etc. ?

PLAYSTATION UJELLY!?

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