Sky to 'explore opportunities' on Xbox One

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Xbox One will let users navigate and watch live TV from cable, telco or satellite set-top box fed through the console. However, TV integration features will be limited to the US at launch, Microsoft has confirmed.
But a Sky spokesperson told Pocket-lint: "We enjoy a long track-record of innovating with Microsoft on the Xbox platform and will explore any future opportunities offered by Xbox One."

Speaking in a wide-ranging Xbox One interview published this week, Phil Harrison, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), told CVG: "TV is a very local thing as you know. We are committed to working with our existing and potential new partners to make sure that wherever you live we will deliver a great TV experience.

"We believe that the TV connectivity of Xbox One is a really magical part of the system and we're committed to making that amazing wherever you live. We know that TV is ultra local and we already have teams in place to work on that vision."

Users will be able to find TV shows on Xbox One in three ways: by using voice and motion controls, through a personal favourites area, or via a trending section which shows what's popular with the Xbox community. "This is the beginning of truly intelligent TV," Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's IEB, claimed earlier this week.

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AdamuPosted:

Neroqz I really hope they integrate Sky with Xbox One. I love the Sky app on Xbox360. If the sky app also used those voice controls, It would be awesome.


Me to bro.

NeroqzPosted:

I really hope they integrate Sky with Xbox One. I love the Sky app on Xbox360. If the sky app also used those voice controls, It would be awesome.

TopNotchKiNGPosted:

MoDOT Hmm new skype thing but yet a 09 version of the "XBOX LIVE" text and circle bubbles in the bottom left. wtf.
I swear the TTG community's brain cells have gone to shit. That is clearly not the dashboard, it is the Sky App from the UK, that us the apps interface and it looks like that for a reason. They showed the new dashboard during the unveiling.

WzdPosted:

VisionaryMGMT Sky as in Sky Sports? I'd love if that was available in the US. Soccer/Football doesn't air on American TV :/


NFL and NBA don't air in the UK, only sometimes at early hours of the morning.

VisionaryMGMTPosted:

Sky as in Sky Sports? I'd love if that was available in the US. Soccer/Football doesn't air on American TV :/

EvoVIIIPosted:

ChiefsMods Why is the dashboard like one of the old 360 dashboards?? I wonder f you can change it on how you like it??


That Not The Dashboard It Look's Like the One We ave Now, That A App BG In The Pic.

SeedPosted:

Cougar Why would we need this? Seriously how hard is it to grab the remote and flip inputs. Focus on gaming microsoft not this crap.


Well some people aren't always going to use their xbox to play games, plus they are adding these features to keep up with the PS4

SeedPosted:

This will be a unneeded feature that will be used rarely :/

CougarPosted:

Why would we need this? Seriously how hard is it to grab the remote and flip inputs. Focus on gaming microsoft not this crap.

-ExtremeRage-Posted:

Why is the dashboard like one of the old 360 dashboards?? I wonder f you can change it on how you like it??


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