Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading - New York Times

Happy news for the ~4M Xbox Live customers. 

Microsoft said last night that it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live online service in the United States, starting Nov. 22.

With the new offerings, Microsoft is joining cable giants and Internet start-ups on the long list of companies hoping to profit from video downloading. But Internet-based services have had trouble getting traction because it can be complex to send a downloaded film to a television screen and frustrating to watch it on the small screen of a computer. Owners of the Xbox have already connected it to a TV and, in most cases, the Internet.

Source: Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading - New York Times

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