Xbox Live Update Adds HBO GO, Comcast Xfinity, MLB.TV

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Xbox Live is getting an update today with a trio of new on-demand entertainment apps. (read the story…)

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Want HBO Go on Your Xbox? Better Check With Your Cable Provider

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Just because HBO Go is now available on the Xbox 360 doesn't mean every HBO customer will have the ability to use it. (read the story…)

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Xbox pre-emptively strikes at Apple iTV

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Everybody's talking about Apple's mysterious iTV, and with good reason. It will potentially be a revolutionary product — a real improvement on current smart TVs. But there's already a voice-controlled multimedia powerhouse, the Xbox 360 with Kinect, and it just got better. (read the story…)

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Xbox Live subscribers struggle with HBO and Comcast integration

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Microsoft announced some groundbreaking additions to its Xbox media lineup today, including on-demand access to HBO and Comcast programming. If only those new killer apps actually worked. (read the story…)

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Xbox Video And Music Apps Pass Up Online Gaming For The First Time

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

?s long-term goal for the Xbox series of consoles was to take over your living room. While it?s true that the console?s chief attraction is gaming, you can also watch movies and listen to music, or stream instant video from or HBO GO. If the unit had a Blu-Ray player, it would be just...

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Xbox Pipes in Comcast VOD, HBO Go and MLB.TV

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Microsoft claims U.S. Xbox Live Gold members spend average of 84 hours monthly with… (read the story…)

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Xbox: Less gaming console, more entertainment hub

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Xbox is looking more and more like a voice- and gesture-controlled entertainment marketplace and not so much a Microsoft gaming console as it adds major apps like HBO GO, MLB.TV, and Xfinity TV to their Xbox Live lineup today. (read the story…)

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Xbox Lite makes its debut at E3 says MS informant

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360 NEWS

Microsoft might just have a new Xbox in the cards for E3, but it won't be the Xbox 360's successor. (read the story…)

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HBO Go and Xfinity rolls out for Xbox 360

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Xbox 360 owners who subscribe to Xfinity (Comcast), HBO or MLB.TV can now enjoy three new streaming platforms on their game consoles. read more (more here…)

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Xbox 360 joins devices for MLB.TV Premium

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Xbox 360 joins devices for MLB.TV Premium (more here…)

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Xbox 360 apps now live for Comcast Xfinity TV, HBO Go and MLB.tv

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of those brand spanking new apps for your Xbox 360 console? Well, the wait is over. Video apps for Comcast Xfinity TV , HBO Go and MLB.tv have arrived on a number of consoles here at Engadget HQ. Major Nelson dropped the official word a little while ago, leaving you...

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Comcast, HBO GO and MLB.TV Apps Come to Xbox LIVE

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Xbox 360 has added several new apps to its gaming console's Xbox Live package as part of an effort to make it an all-in-one entertainment system. (more here…)

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MLB.TV Now Available on Xbox 360

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – MLB Advanced Media, L.P., the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced that MLB.TV is available on Microsoft's Xbox 360. … (more here…)

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Xbox 720 Release Date: Will Microsoft Launch A Smaller Console First? Xbox Lite For 2013 Holiday, Cloud Storage [SPECS]

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

With the recent launch of Windows 8, Microsoft may have another new venture in the works. The software company could be releasing a pre-successor to its widespread gaming console, the Xbox 360. The new gaming system, which may be known as the Xbox Lite, will be launched before the next-generation Xbox console, according to...

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XBox 360 Launches HBO GO And The Future Inches Closer

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

I'm letting my wife sleep a few more minutes, even though I think she might get a little upset at me. Because for all intents and purposes, this is a like a birthday present she anticipated for months and just arrived: Microsoft announced that HBO GO is launching on XBox Live today. (more here…)

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Xbox 360 Is Now Officially A Cable Box Killer [Xbox]

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

# xbox Today Microsoft further entrenched the Xbox 360 as the best alternative to a cable box with three new Kinect-capable video apps including on-demand content from Comcast, HBO GO, and MLB.TV. More » (more here…)

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MLB.TV app slides to Xbox 360 today

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Subscribers to the MLB.TV service — which streams out-of-market regular season baseball games — will be able to access games through a new Xbox 360 app. Previously, the PS3 had the exclusive rights to MLB.TV . The Xbox 360 version features an exclusive split-screen mode allowing users to watch two games at once: two...

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Comcast Xbox 360 Stream App Won't Count Against Data Cap

March 27, 2012 | xbox 360

Comcast says using the Xbox 360 Xfinity On Demand streaming app will not count against their bandwith cap. The company clairied on a recent FAQ  that the content is being delievered over a private IP network and not public Internet. The Xfinity TV app will be added in a future update for Xbox 360. To...

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