Microsoft and Internet Television
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Microsoft has long held ambitious plans to turn its games console into a media hub delivering masses of content of all...
Rumors are building that Microsoft is preparing to make a bid for Netflix. Rumors that have helped the Netflix stock price...
If you have your Xbox 360 hooked up to the Internet, and why wouldn’t you, quite frankly, then it will update...
In the U.S., and probably elsewhere in the world in the territories where gaming is popular, games consoles are the primary...
Google is one of a trio of household names jockeying to take on Hulu. That is if the rumors are to...
Microsoft could be about to announce a new IPTV service specifically for Xbox 360 owners. Named Xbox LIVE Diamond it sounds...
Microsoft is considering launching a TV channel on its Xbox Live service exclusively for owners of the Xbox 360 games console....
The U.K. is suddenly awash with online video services vying for attention. And there promises to be even more on the...
Online video is growing ever more popular, particularly in the United States. But it’s YouTube which continues to drive market penetration,...
There’s a definite feeling that Microsoft is bouncing back after a dismal last few years which saw Bill Gates leave the...
Ashley Highfield claims the television industry has three years to act before it faces an “iTunes moment” with Apple running the...
The Xbox 360 is winning the fight for consoles to become important cogs in the online video sector. And a set...
It was only announced last week but the MSN Video Player has now gone live. Is it worth watching? How does...
With the collapse of Project Kangaroo, I assumed online TV in the U.K. would be limited to the BBC iPlayer for...
YouTube has seen off another contender to its throne, with Microsoft preparing to kill off Soapbox, or at least substantially shutter...
Microsoft’s showing at E3 2009 was dominated by its new motion-sensing device. But the company also announced some innovation in the...
Bing, Microsoft’s latest attempt at changing Internet search, has already caused controversy thanks to its live video thumbnails search results. Not...
Sky Player is BSkyB’s foray onto the Web, enabling subscribers to access Sky programming on their computer. And now, thanks to...
Today saw the launch of the long-awaited New Xbox Experience on the Xbox 360. The Xbox Live service now includes the...
There’s a small event going on right now in Los Angeles called the E3 Media and Business Summit, which is the...
Instant messaging has been with us for many years now, with clients such as MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo and AIM amongst...
Microsoft’s Mediaroom is currently the company’s IPTV solution which is used by AT&T U-Verse in the States and BT Vision in...
With Web video becoming an increasingly popular medium, it was only a matter of time before it came to an instant...
Yesterday, we touched on the issue which seems to be dominating the blogosphere right about now, that of the plans Microsoft...
Yesterday I reported how NBC has decided to get in to bed with Microsoft and offer individual episodes of its shows...
Last September saw NBC programming pulled off the Apple iTunes Store after a dispute between the two companies over tougher anti-piracy...
Xbox 360 owners already have access to some full length movies and television shows via Xbox Live, but now a deal...
For my hour long commute in to work every day, I couldn’t imagine being without a media player to watch videos...
The BBC iPlayer relaunched at the end of last year, with the British Broadcasting Corporation trying to iron out some of...
After last month’s announcement that DixX support was coming to the Sony PS3 games console, there was speculation that the same...
