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Xbox To Get Live TV and Massive VOD Update

Posted by Soulskill on from the consoles-are-eating-the-rest-of-my-devices dept.

CNETNate writes "It's a global first for Microsoft, and massive news for Xbox owners. Redmond and the largest pay TV service in the UK — Sky, owned in part by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp — has tied a deal that brings simulcast TV, sports, entertainment shows, pay-per-view movies and back catalogue television to the Xbox 360. It's an entirely streamed service, offering no download-to-own content, and partly rivals the BBC iPlayer, which is available on UK PlayStation consoles and the Nintendo Wii. The service will go live later in the year at no cost to existing subscribers, and screenshots show it fits in seamlessly with the Xbox Live interface."

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  1. Simulcast? by DreamsAreOkToo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Simulcast? Really? I'm a person that believes that speech evolves and there's a natural progression in language... but that doesn't excuse terrible marketing words. This neither flows off the tongue nor is intuitive. I mean, how do you even say it? Sim you'll cast? Sy mule cast? Sim ool cast? And what does it mean? Simulated broadcasting?

    I know this is listed in some online dictionaries (I just checked), but really, words really ought to be meaningful before being accepted as "language."

  2. Hopes and dreams by FluffyWithTeeth · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just hope there'll be some way to get setanta sports on this.

    How can man live without old Celtic matches and the few bits of GAA they show?