Xbox Live to offer TV downloads
Published November 7th, 2006
Users of Microsoft’s Xbox Live video game service will be able to download movies and TV shows from 22 November.
The US software giant has teamed up with Hollywood studios to sell shows and rent movies such as such South Park and Mission Impossible III.
The Xbox live service currently allows gamers with an Xbox 360 to download movie trailers and game demos.
The move potentially pits Microsoft against rival Apple and firms such as Amazon that offer video over the net.
Amazon Unbox, from the online shopping store, was launched in September this year to a muted response.
Days later, Apple expanded its iTunes music store to offer downloads of movies and TV shows to computers and iPods.
Crucially, the company also unveiled a device, temporarily called iTV, which will stream music and video wirelessly between televisions and computers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6124042.stm
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