Posts Tagged ‘ television ’

Microsoft fumbles UFC promotion on Xbox Live, promises improvements

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Partially kicking off Microsoft’s jump into becoming a provider of live television, the software company ran into a series of problems on Friday when attempting to broadcast the UFC 141 fight through the Xbox Live service as detailed by Dan Hsu. Designed to allow the purchase of UFC fights in either high or standard definition,...

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New Xbox dashboard brings TV to Canadians

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Microsoft has rolled out the new dashboard for its Xbox 360 console, bringing mainstream television programming to millions of Canadian Xbox owners. (more here…)

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Xbox Live expanding its TV content: Is the end of the cable-box era?

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The modern television-navigating experience is awful. You know it. Your parents know it. Steve Jobs knew it. The American television (more…)

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Xbox Live takes on the cable box

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REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 5 (UPI) — Microsoft’s Xbox Live is poised to reinvent the functions of the set-box that has long been a staple of U.S. television viewing, experts said. (more…)

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Xbox 360: YouTube, BBC iPlayer, Channel 4, Lovefilm App Rollouts Dated

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Microsoft looks to evolve television with upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard and partner apps. Xbox 360′s new dashboard finally launches tomorrow , 6 December, and with it will come the ‘future of television’ claims Microsoft , which has revealed dates of incoming partner apps from the likes of the BBC and YouTube. The dashboard update...

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Sky Deutschland Uses Microsoft’s Xbox to Slow Cancellation Rates

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Sky Deutschland AG, the German pay- television operator controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., will offer programs through Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox Live service as it seeks to bind clients to their contracts longer. (read the story…)

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Xbox Live TV in NZ? Maybe. Xbox Live YouTube? Heck yes.

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Microsoft recently announced television available on Xbox Live and while details about availability in New Zealand are not set, YouTube will be accessible soon, Microsoft says. read more (more…)

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Microsoft launches Xbox TV service

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Xbox 360 games console to offer on-demand entertainment from BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Lovefilm in the UK Microsoft has signed deals with more than 40 television and video-on-demand companies to launch a range of entertainment services on Xbox Live this Christmas. Xbox 360 owners in the UK will be able to access...

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Cable television shows head for Xbox Live

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Microsoft on Wednesday announced it will begin streaming a rich array of television shows on its Xbox Live videogame console online entertainment network in more than 20 countries by year’s end. (more…)

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Microsoft to bring cable TV content to Xbox game console

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San Francisco, Oct 6 (IANS) Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will bring cable television content to its Xbox video game console over the upcoming holiday season, expanding the console into an entertainment hub. (read the story…)

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