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...

i dont even use IE on my PC its that terrible plus i dont like the security of IE, every time i got a virus it was through IE, now i use google chrome, no more viruses. no more trojans, IE is an aweful brouser plus dont quote me on this but you have to subscribe to XBL inorder to use IE on the 360, on playstation sonys brouser is free, no subscription required.

 

now with that aside you chose to ignore the subscription and instalation fees (applys to cable/sky), the prospect of internet TV would eliminate the insatalation fee so all thats needed is a subscription fee and as there is no cable/sky box that subscription fee could be less than if you had the physical cable/sky box.

 

MS planned to make XB one the entertainment box of your living room so you dont need multiple boxes, sony's idea goes one better but none of you see that, all you see is a few cable channels and instantly go against it, with the ps3 sony had blu-ray while MS had to go with streaming HD movies as HD-DVD sank quicker than titanic, lot of you liked/prefered the idea for streaming services so ill ask again why do you dislike what sony is doing with internet TV!.