Sony Reaches Programming Deal With Viacom for Online Pay-TV Service

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nightsurge said:

r3tr0gam3r1337 said:

nightsurge said:

If you think MS isn't planning something like this already, you're bonkers. Especially since the 360 itself already supported being a set top box for SKY as well as supported on demand options from Comcast and Verizon.

Seems like you didn't think this one through very well... MS's solution provides more flexibility in that cable companies don't have to develop their own special apps or agree to full content rights/support. MS can either do the HDMI-IN with the new Xbox One guide, or offer a full app or their own IPTV service like they've been working on for ages already.

You're welcome :)

im guessing sony will have a better supported web brouser with the obvious flash/java support that sky's online customers have acces to via PC's, that in turn eliminates the sky tv argument but also an enhanced web brouser would pave the way for online TV broadcasters like TVcatchup to work on the ps4 giving even greater flexability, i think one point you missed was the instalation fee's and subscription fees, sony could have negotiated to get a really good deal.

You really think a browser developed by sony will be better than Internet Explorer on Xbox One?

Wow...

That's kind of the same vein as believing that Microsoft (not much of a hardware or media company) would be providing more flexibility in either of those two aspects versus Sony (Almost exclusively a hardware/media company).