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DirtyP2002 on 20 December 2011

Next wave of app now available for Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is building on its expansive catalog of movies, sports, television and music and we’re happy to offer* the following new entertainment experiences starting today in various regions on Xbox LIVE:

· 4 on Demand (C4). United Kingdom
· ABC iView (Australian Broadcasting Corp.). Australia
· Dailymotion. Available in 34 countries globally**
· Demand 5 (Five). United Kingdom
· M6. France
· MSN Video. France
· UFC on Xbox LIVE (UFC). Canada, United States
· VUDU (Wal-Mart). United States

In addition, on December 15th Microsoft and Orange announced that Orange TV is coming to Xbox LIVE in France, starting in Spring 2012. Thirty Orange TV channels will initially be available, including the major channels available in the French market. Later in the year, “catch-up” TV and Orange’s video on demand catalog will also be available.

*Xbox LIVE Gold membership and/or additional subscriptions/fees may be required. Kinect functionality available with select Xbox LIVE content and varies by feature and country. For additional details and availability, see http://www.xbox.com/live.

** Dailymotion will be available in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, India, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland , Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa.

 

http://majornelson.com/2011/12/20/next-wave-of-app-now-available-for-xbox-360/

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Holy cow. MS is really aggressive when it comes to Apps. They are doing an outstanding job to secure the best entertainmet content.




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Seece on 20 December 2011

Nice, downloaded 4od and Demand 5, waiting for BBC though.



 

Carl on 20 December 2011

4oD is nice, but BBC iPlayer (If it comes?) is gonna be the big "Yeeeeey!" for me.



                            

Seece on 20 December 2011
Carl2291 said:
4oD is nice, but BBC iPlayer (If it comes?) is gonna be the big "Yeeeeey!" for me.


If? It's due sometime in January. I like how the set up is consistant and easy to use across all the channels.



 

Carl on 20 December 2011
Seece said:

If? It's due sometime in January. I like how the set up is consistant and easy to use across all the channels.


Didn't know if/when it was coming.

Great news. Only just started to use the Sky app, it's brilliant.



                            

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gameonbro on 20 December 2011

i just wish we could get other country content



NobleTeam360 on 21 December 2011

Well i find all the American apps useless so far the only good one is YouTube and I Heart Radio. other than that everything else sucks.



maximrace on 21 December 2011

I love it how smaller countries get nothing... They may been doing a great job in the US and UK. But believe me when you live outside it you almost get nothing... I have now 2 apps ( MUZU and dailymotion). While I think especially in the countries where they don't lead the sales they should put an extra effort into this sort of things.



man-bear-pig on 21 December 2011

just downloaded them. now all i want is the bbc iplayer and maybe an itv player



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maximrace on 21 December 2011
kowenicki said:
maximrace said:
I love it how smaller countries get nothing... They may been doing a great job in the US and UK. But believe me when you live outside it you almost get nothing... I have now 2 apps ( MUZU and dailymotion). While I think especially in the countries where they don't lead the sales they should put an extra effort into this sort of things.


where are you?

I dont think its about effort, its about finance and availability.  Clearly they wont be allowed to offer you the US and Uk TV offerings in your region, it wont be allowed by the suppliers.  It also wont make financial sense to do a deal with smaller nations TV companies (assuming the TV companies are even capable of supplying it) for a few thousand possible adopters.

It's not like xbox doesn't exist here. I live in Belgium so I think they have enough providers for content here. Microsoft Belgium is a rich and big company but instead they don't focus on wp7 or xbox... As an example: in the holiday period I see everyday 1 add for ps3 on the big commercial tv posts and even 5+ for nintendo. In the period september-december I have seen 4 ads for the 360 and 1 for wp7. I mean it's not like we don't know what a smartphone or console is... They just don't market their brands here wich is bad because the ps brand is very strong here. Many people say that it is the europeans that like the ps more from my experience I say it's microsoft's effort that isn't big enough.