October 5th 2011 9:20 am PT

So this is coming with the November dashboard update, right?

What will be the requirements to use HBO Go? Need to see Game of Thrones!

O…my….god…yes!…

Neato, looks like you guys secured some pretty cool stuff.  These stations also have a gamer vibe to them.

will this be like ESPN where you have to have Comcast or a certain ISP in order to qualify?

‘This Holiday’

So nothing decent for Ireland then

cool

Which markets get Youtube?

We need more details. “and/or other subscriptions/fees required” is the big, big question.

woop.. this looks great

And Ireland?

Nice one!!  Now all I need is full 3D support!

Will this work similarly to how the ESPN Channel works now? Or will I still need a cable hook-up/account?

ITV not playing ball then?

I hardly consider AT&T actually available on Xbox.  Unlike Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, etc. They want an additional $99 (+$55 since I’m already a Uverse Customer) to make it work, which I never understood.  And the kit has been on “Backorder” for as long as I can remember (not that it matters much, since it requires the main DVR, and I only have 1 TV it’s be redundant.)
Hopefully the new Dashboard update wil eliminate this and just make it work (like ESPN does).

Any reason to believe that as a Time Warner cable user, I’ll actually have access to any of this?

There is no asterisk (*) next to BBC (UK)…

Does that mean we can finally access the BBC iPlayer WITHOUT needing a XBL Gold subscription?

And I hope HD channels are avaialable/supported too.

What does this mean? Will we be able to ditch our set top boxes?

Will these things require to already subscribe to the cable channels through a provider like ESPN does now?  If so, this will be useless.  I’d want this NOT to have to pay Cable TV anymore.

I know.  This is one of the many reasons why i hate Time Warner Cable.  They don’t branch out to other parts of entertainment. 

SciFi? Without having to pay out the wahzoo for cable? Yes Please!

Nothing as always……

WoW that is alot of choice, it nice to see UK finally getting our version of Netflix

My thoughts exactly, but for people like me who are on Verizon FiOS, I have yet to see the advantage. I mean, if they partner with these people, you still need their service to be able to access it on the 360, right? So I’ll still need a TV package from FiOS and a STB, right? I’m excited about this as its the first step to what I’ve wanted in IPTV, but if I can’t ditch the STB, what’s the point?

My thoughts exactly, but for people like me who are on Verizon FiOS, I have yet to see the advantage. I mean, if they partner with these people, you still need their service to be able to access it on the 360, right? So I’ll still need a TV package from FiOS and a STB, right? I’m excited about this as its the first step to what I’ve wanted in IPTV, but if I can’t ditch the STB, what’s the point?

Awesome megaton list. I know we are a small country, but please try and get Ziggo and Film1 on the Xbox 360 here in the Netherlands.

HBO Go on my television! Yes please!

HBO Go on my television! Yes please!

nice long list, but I don’t care until you tell me what the catch is.  why is comcast/verizon willing to come to xbox?

No. ESPN only requires that you subscribe to cable INTERNET, not television. If you have have cable internet and not DSL then you should be fine.

ITV for UK isn’t there as they are starting to charge to use ITV Player. That won’t go well. iPlayer is great though

Guys its important to remember that it will most likely mean you have already subscribed to the services. 

Just like HBO Go if you subscribe its free.  If you don’t its not…

That services was available for vodafone tv in portugal back in 2009. it isn’t currently available anymore. or I may be mistaken . care to clarify?

No G4 TV???!!!
Wouldn’t that be the most obvious choice for a GAME console?

Its will be great if Zune comes to Eastern Europe too

I fail to understand the hype over all this. If you subscribe to any of these services, you get it on your TV anyway right? What’s the catch? You watch it through your xbox rather than through a cable box? I don’t get it. 

It would’ve been four or five years ago when G4 was still gaming focused. Outside of X-Play & events like E3, they hardly have any gaming content anymore.

this will make the xbox the killer entertainment device !!!

G4 is owned by comcast

Finally I can watch BBC on my xbox !!!!!!!!

I have cablevision which of course is not listed here. so i bet i will not have access to very many of these services. HBO GO normally requires access to certain ISPs, like ESPN3. SO i can’t get that either.

I ask the question because this post gives no detail on HOW it will be delivered to the 360.

when is the beta?

With, or without caption support?

I’m not in the US so I could be wrong but I was under the impression that HBO Go depended on your cable provider & not your ISP. It’s whether or not HBO has an agreement with your cable provider to where they can verify you as an HBO subscriber to provide you with access.

I don’t know, the best way I can say how this thing will work is as follows:

If you have comcast INTERNET or Verizon Fios Internet, from those two cable provider, you will be able to watch syfy,Bravo, and EPIX on the 360. You don’t need to be a comcast cable subscriber to watch it. Just like another person said it on here. I have Direct tv, but I have comcast internet, I can still watch ESPN games live and everything else. So it will be great if that is how it is going to work. Maybe the Comcast and Verizon that is listed means just that. You need to have internet from one of those 2 providers to enjoy it on tv. 

I don’t know, the best way I can say how this thing will work is as follows:

If you have comcast INTERNET or Verizon Fios Internet, from those two cable provider, you will be able to watch syfy,Bravo, and EPIX on the 360. You don’t need to be a comcast cable subscriber to watch it. Just like another person said it on here. I have Direct tv, but I have comcast internet, I can still watch ESPN games live and everything else. So it will be great if that is how it is going to work. Maybe the Comcast and Verizon that is listed means just that. You need to have internet from one of those 2 providers to enjoy it on tv. 

I am disappointed, you’re not launching anything new in the Netherlands!

your correct, cable provider. in my case, they are also my ISP. either way, cablevision is not a supporter of HBO GO.

Hope the ABC iView client is better than the PS3′s “I have a Web browser with Flash” client.

So whats happened to Zune for uk?

I’ve read a fair amount about this and seen mixed results with people who tried this.  Some said they got as far as installing it, but AT&T “required” sending out a service tech to actually activate it. (Ding, $99).
It’s a mixed bag, and AT&T customer care seems to vary depending on what person you get on the other line.
Nevertheless, this doesn’t change my second point which is “AT&T still requires a STB.”  So what’s the point for someone with only 1 TV?  If this update actually INTEGRATES things into the dash (unlike the current model) then we’ll be seeing benefit finally.

So… About that dashboard update preview program…

So… About that dashboard update preview program…

Any word on getting ESPN3 working for Time Warner customers?

Any word on getting ESPN3 working for Time Warner customers?

Would gamers actually want to WATCH G4TV?

Don’t gamers usually just laugh at G4TV?

Would gamers actually want to WATCH G4TV?

Don’t gamers usually just laugh at G4TV?

What I want is to be able to get “cable” channels like Nat Geo HD, History Channel HD, a la carte, streaming, directly to my Xbox 360, so I cancel FiOS TV for good.  Please make this happen!!

I have comcast with no cable box and I hardly watch cable anyway but it will be a benefit for me.

Got nothing new on my country again
that’s not fair we all pay the same gold subscription fee every year….

You get the same features for paying the same price, users who get these TV services will be paying an additional fee.

Major,

Please explain HOW this will work. This particular feature is one I’ve been waiting for, and the press release is very confusing. Will I need to already be a cable television subscriber, or is this going to be an ala carte service, to which I can subscribe to individual channels directly through Xbox Live?

We REALLY need these types of details, in PLAIN ENGLISH please!

Also, is there restrictions to who my ISP is? I, like many, am a TIme Warner subscriber, and we’ve been ignored completely, and STILL don’t have ESPN3 working.

For Comcast, an HD receiver is $15 a month. We only have one in our household, although we have 3 HDTVs.  Two are connected by their “free” SD, non-menu, box.  This would allow us to watch HDTV on the TV that is normally connected to the XBOX.

Is France part of  ”YouTube – Available in 22 markets” ?

Where exactly did you read that there will be an additional fee?

What country do you live in?

I’m super excited about HBO GO.

Since they currently authenticate using the cable provider, how will that translate to xbox live?

Does this mean that I’ll get the complete Fios TV Lineup I’ve paid for today without needing their set top box?   If I hook up through XBox, do I lose the DVR capability?   

And Asia still gets nothing. I hate it when a product evolves everywhere but here.

/angry singaporean

The Dashboard is coming this holiday right??

BeeDizz, the great part about this is that you don’t have to rent a settop box from your cable company for additional TVs, I have had AT&T Uverse on my 360 for 6 months set up in another room that used to have a cable box I paid about 5 bucks for a month. Small savings but in the long run It’s an extra video game every year if you think about it. Also, maybe if we can stop having proprietary DVR boxes (you NEED to have one to have uVerse installed on your xbox) we can start having our own hard drives used for DVR content. But that is a whole ‘nother can of worms that I will leave alone for now.

the point is you can now stream to any room in your house without having to purchase/rent extra cable boxes. #clu

most likely

Major, are there any ISP restrictions similar to ESPN3?

You got your Roku in my Xbox….. and I love it.

Will the existing U-Verse/Mediaroom setup eventually transition to the new system Comcast and Verizon are using, and more importantly, will it not cost $150 to use it.

Holy Moley!  … now, tell us the price  :-)

all I want to know is… when will the new update come out?

Hulu has an extra fee already and I can assure you you will not be getting HBO or Comcast’s programming unless you already pay them to subscribe to their services. Expect these to all cost varying amounts or require you to have subscriptions with the various partners.

when????

deal with bbc, does this mean iplayer on xbox

Come on Major, where the hell is Broadstripe/ Wave. I live in Seattle and can not get Comcast or Verizon thanks to some sort of contract with the city…..I, would like to use my xbox to its full potential. I don’t live across the border or across the sea. I live in MICROSOFT back yard…….smh

Probably

When is the preview program going to launch?

I wish I could watch Televisa in the U.S…. in Mexico it’s already free so I don’t see the point of having Televisa in Mexico using the xbox, unless it does live tv and the xbox could be used as a dvr

So you worked something out with BBC, huh?

Awesome, now work a deal out with ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Lovefilm (it’s like the British Netflix, all of these except Five are on “the opposition” already).

Where is Portugal?? Always left behind

So how many of the UK TV channels will Ireland get? We get BBC and Channel 4 on basic terrestrial cable, so it would make sense that we should be able to access them on Xbox too…

This sounds nice but I remember when you increased the price of Xbox Live because of the amount of additional services you added. Will this happen again because I don’t care about my Xbox being able to see any of the above…

Clearly you never read the list properly “BBC – U.K.       blinkbox – U.K    Channel 4 – U.K.         Channel 5 – U.K.         LOVEFiLM – Germany, U.K.

You may wanna look at the list again   it seem other regions are finally getting on Par with US services

damit y VEVO -.- VEVO should rot and die in a pit

i would like Space channel and HUB to :S

also it looks like canada doesnt get anything good :S microsoft, i am dissapoint

the only things on this list i would be interested in is syfy and bbc, to bad they are not for canada :/ this is useless to me other then youtube.

Wait this is out now and ready to download?

pleeeease make all the channels available on all the states! I’m in the UK but want to watch Italian TV! there are a lot more naked girls in the Italian TV!!!! :):)

No Amazon VOD?

Please please please tell me 4oD will be available in Ireland too. We have access to it online and on iOS, so I don’t see why not.

Also, I hope 4oD isn’t just catch up, and includes the whole back catalog like the website.

Good news! Only thing missing is NHL GameCenter.

No Cablevision? Wow…

“…will begin rolling out to consoles in more than 20 countries this holiday.”

Learn to read the whole article.

BBC US? That would be amazing.

it doesn’t say which holiday… Yom Kippor is this saturday, he could mean that holiday no? 

Will I need to have cable accounts with these people to use their stream or will they be included in my Xbox LIVE Gold? For example, I use Comcast for my Internet. Would I have to add cable television to my plan to use it with the Xbox?

What good is adding a channel that I already get on my TV (HBO GO or ESPN), particularly since I still need to pay for a cable subscription to get them?

too bad those of us that use TWC to access Live won’t be able to use this

It’s on demand.  You can watch any show on HBO GO whenever you want, not just when it plays on TV – shows past, present, no longer running, etc.

In ESPN’s case you can watch games that are not being played in your market and games that are on ESPN 3.  The interactivity of ESPN on Xbox is pretty amazing (game scores, ability to watch multiple games).  It’s an improvement over standard TV IMHO.  Plus you’re not paying extra for it if you already have a cable subscription.

Aaaand again, nothing decent for the Netherlands

what good is is if you have driectv no good so why do this

I am suprised by this to

My guess is yes.  In the case of HBO GO you have to have and HBO subscription and also a  cable company that supports HBO GO.

Maybe some of them won’t be as strict?

Youtube for the Nederlands at leased. Maybe Uitzendinggemist or RTLgemist

Interesting….

We’ve had Murdoch’s Sky TV on the Xbox in the UK for ages but due to the usual conflict of interests (Murdoch wants people to buy expensive satellite TV subs) the content he provides to the 360 is pretty pathetic. It’s also all in incredibly low resolution and over compressed SD. Looks ghastly and totally unwatchable on anything other than a 10″ black and white TV from the 1960s. (at best)

DERP!
Yeah I somehow managed to miss all of those. Wow, that’s embarrassing.

Still would be nice to see ITV on there.

When is this thing coming out?

Since we don’t get BBC iPlayer or streaming live BBC TV online in Ireland, I think we can forget about that. 4oD should be here though. If not, then someone screwed up big time.

I’d ask for RTÉ Player, but Irish TV sucks…

So what’s the deal with Time Warner Cable and Microsoft anyway? First we TWC customers get screwed out of the ESPN streaming content on XBL, and now TWC is noticeably absent from this provider list too. Somebody needs to get their @!&# together, play nice and work out a contract already!

Can someone clear something up for me? According to the above (and the original press release) those providers with asterisks next to them have a foot note stating “* Xbox LIVE Gold membership and/or other subscriptions/fees required.”

HBO GO does not have said asterisk. Does that mean HBO GO is free? Watching on any other device requires an authentication code given to HBO subscribers only. I had to give up my Boardwalk Empire recently and I’d like it back.

most likely you’ll need an account like on a phone, or the hbogo website now. everyone is money hungry.

also comcast, my tv provider doesnt has the * and everything offered online or on a phone app needs an account email or i believe you wont need gold, just an account with that provider

Cost?? What is the cost?

does it have a cost?

When its done.

I wonder when the beta for the new Xbox update is going to go live? It’ll probably have this functionality ready to go by then

Any word on DirecTV? That’d be nice.

We have tv channel here in The Netherlands standaard and digital, that we don’t on get the xbox360 like: DisneyXD, Disney Channel, Disney junior, BBC1,2,3 World, ZDF, Syfy Universal.. So i am amazed that we didnt get Disney, ZDF, Syfy and BBC..

We have tv channel here in The Netherlands standaard and digital, that we don’t on get the xbox360 like: DisneyXD, Disney Channel, Disney junior, BBC1,2,3 World, ZDF, Syfy Universal.. So i am amazed that we didnt get Disney, ZDF, Syfy and BBC..

How long wil it take to get more channels to The Netherlands?

How long wil it take to get more channels to The Netherlands?

Oh by the way how about the name Zune andthe service, i was reading the news here and there that the Zune (HD) is droped, dead, doesnt get any support anymore.. So why not giving it a new name?

Glad to see were getting a lot of free stuff too. I have comcast (internet) not cable anymore and would have loved to have the on demand stuff but It’s a waste of money to $80 for a few channels I watch. Thanks for giving us Youtube and Anime fans something new to watch!

Does anyone from Microsoft ever answer questions….what’s the use of having a blog if you don’t communicate with your community/ customers??? Hey!!! Major do you need a assistant??? I’m looking for work and would love to help!!

I have Cox so I guess I won’t see this for a while.

That sucks. Hopefully they get on board soon.

Zune is the name of their Media platform, not just a product. 

On a day that Steve Jobs died, it is important for MS to focus on money. Cheers.

I have made light of the fact that he makes about three posts a month on his own blog. Usually about something he was going to re-post about anyway. He is just a tool of MS, cheers.

This was posted at 9:20AM. Apparently its important for you to troll on the day Steve Jobs died. Cheers.

as long as i get mr. rogers neighborhood, im good

New Zealand We only get Zune and MAYBE Youtube??! Are you serious?

WHAT ABOUT CHARTER?

PLEASE ADD MORE CONTENT FOR CANADA!!!!!
WE GOT NOTHING!!! NO CHANNELS ARE FOR CANADA!!!!! (other than disney, which nobody cares about)
ADD SOME MORE CHANNELS AND APPS FOR CANADIANS!!!!
plzzzzz

Jobs loved money, sorta fitting. You make it sound like Microsoft ran over there and killed him themselves. I never liked the guy but it’s also to bad he died. The rest of the world still exists though and has things going on. You want to worship Jobs then go start a church in his honor instead of trolling random console system announcements like anyone involved had anything to do with it.

You got nothing? What about Sweden

Finally, I can have a shot at watching Channel 4 here in the U.S. Definitely going to buy an Xbox this Christmas. Hopefuly this will be a better experience than what I currently watch on cable.

Oh shut up. This news was released hours before Jobs passing was announced.

Only Verizon FiOS and Comcast.. Guess that leaves me out of most of this

Yes!

Is Youtube feature going to be available in India??

Can we get a date

It’s a shame, that Xbox LIVE service which officially launched only one year ago in Poland is still far behind US or GB regions. I feel really bad that I migrated my account to Poland. 

Nothing for NZ wtf

You would….

How much is it going to be though?

Somebody lives in Yakima?

Charter would cost money though its already a  lot for internet they raised us to $90 just for internet alone

if i could get my Favourite Pay Per Views I would be Happy but i Can’t so this is useless 

ABC iView! FINALLY! Free TV FTW!!!

Not free. most of it will cost money

well a lot of them like HBO and other ones i dont know about

well a lot of them like HBO and other ones i dont know about

ABC iView is run by The ABC (Austalian Broadcasting Corporation) and is a Freeview network here (is free to watch over the air) and iView is also free to access.

I just want to know which ones are free and which are not free

Wait, I thought Windows Killed Zune?

Good to see most of the UK channels are in there but no mention of the UK for Zune? Are we going to lose access to the marketplace!? Surely that’s a typo?

What about Switzerland?

nothing for nz dam it zune sucks

Nothing for The Netherlands/Holland. …

so how much do we have to pay to watch Channel 4?

Where can I apply for a job at Microsoft Portugal?
It must be the best place to earn some money since there’s no visible work whatsoever!

Until this day we don’t even have the Xbox interface on our native language, nevermind other types of services.. 

Rumored to come out in November, but no one knows for sure.

Finally, iPlayer and 4OD on Xbox Live! AND Love FIlm, at long last UK Gold members get as good as a live service as Americans.

Guys, this is what I gathered from an email I received from Microsoft.Channels/content providers not requiring an additional subscription (this list refers to U.S ONLY. According to the fine print on my email):Daily MotionCrackleSyfyTMZBravoLast.fmUFC (PPV has to be purchased)ESPN (requires affiliated Internet provider)Manga EntertainmentiHeartRadio ChannelMSN w/ MSNBC”The Today Show” & “NBC News”VEVO (Free music videos)YouTube•Verizon Fios its for Verizon cable subscribers but it includes more than VOD, it includes LIVE TV.•Comcast its just VOD through Xfinity•CinemaNow says the following: “CinemaNow offers instant access to an extensive library of premium video content for rent or purchase, including the latest new release movies and TV shows. It’s included with your Xbox LIVE Gold membership, and there are no late fees. ” Whatever it means.Stuff needing additional subscription:EpicNetflixHuluVerizon Fios (includes Live Tv)Comcast XfinityZune MusicHBO Go.

*note im not affiliated with Microsoft nor is this an official list of any sort.  

Read the whole post, those with a star next to them require an additional subscription, those without will just work by being connected to Xbox Live.

It’s illegal to charge for the BBC within the UK so yes.

So let’s see, gotta pay xbox live just so i can get access to services i already pay for in the first place?

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DEAL!

Yeah, I agree.
Microsoft needs to drop the Gold requirement for other paid subscription services.

Any chance that some of those UK listed ones – such as Channel 4 – will be available in the Irish market? We can watch everything but BBC iPlayer here

What about services for India?

They stopped production of the Zune hardware, but are continuing the Zune services – just focusing on Windows Phone, Xbox, and PC as the players.

No.  If you have Xbox live, and one of these services, you can eliminate the cable box for that TV, saving you $.  The Xbox becomes the converter box

There is a miss conception on this – Xbox replace the converter box.  if you have Live gold, and one of these subscriptions, you can eliminate the fee on your converter box. 

they made more than a million last year there not going to drop it they want there money. Live is set up to make money

I think you have to have cable to get the channels

I assume this refers to Verizon customers, because if i read correctly comcast only gets on demand, no live tv? which is meh to me…  but then i havent used xfinity ipad app that the comcast option is suppose to mirror, so maybe i am missing something good??

OMG nothing on Live Brazil??????that’s sad!!!

This holiday? Meaning Canadian Thanksgiving, I’m assuming?

No time warner?

Well that’s lame that Comcast is just VOD. I want Live TV, but we have Comcast, not Verizon… I’m guessing it’s something on Comcast’s end since Verizon has live TV. Hopefully they change that…

Well that’s lame that Comcast is just VOD. I want Live TV, but we have Comcast, not Verizon… I’m guessing it’s something on Comcast’s end since Verizon has live TV. Hopefully they change that…

y colombia ombe no lo veo por ningun lado minimo nos dan solamente youtube. que fiasco 

when is previews program go on live

Televisa in Mexico huh? so I will be able to watch free to air tv, but wasting power by having my 360 on? yay?

question! i dont have Xfinity or FiOs. i do have iO by cablevision though. will i be able to access the live TV features?

When pigs fly.

Zune is available in the USA as well.

Thanks Microsoft for having a great vision of revolutionizing live and on demand content delivery!  Between Netflix and Zune, I can’t even bring myself to watch cable anymore!  All the new content options are great, keep ‘em coming (to Canada)!

Sounded good untill you saw that it was (as usual) USA or GTFO kind of deal.
Way to go MS, forget your customers in EU and we’ll forget you too, Sony at least cares for Europe that’s why their Playstation sells so good, while MS only cares for the US and Asia it seems.

Taiwan

Dude. It’s your own EU laws that prevent this. Not business. Get it straight. Ignorance doesn’t suit you.

I don’t have Kinect, and don’t plan on buying it anytime soon. Would that affect me using this new update at all?

So… HBO GO? Does that mean I need a full premium cable/satellite subscription just to watch their stuff on my 360? What’s the point in that???

When’s the beta?

When’s the beta?

When’s the beta?

Wow! My bad!

Most of these apps needs a paid subscription through them. Which is pointless, why would we watch it on the Xbox if we already have it elsewhere?

I don’t have Kinect, and don’t plan on buying it anytime soon. Would that affect me using this new update at all?

Who care’s considering a good segment of 360 users who are unfortunately Time Warner Customers still don’t have FULL ACCESS to the ESPN APP.

27 of these apps are available in at least 1 EU territory. 

Why watch LoveFilm movies on my tiny PC Moniter when i can instead watch it on my big HD TV through my Xbox 360? Its easy to see why i would prefer that.

Ok so when is the Preview Program going to be available I am dying to preview this.

20 countries and where the Polish?

“ YouTube – Available in 22 markets” – Which are? Is Brazil included?

This would be awesome if Xbox Live included subscriptions to these services, but you gotta pay just to even have a chance to use these on-demand services..  Like why cant my Xbox Live subscription include a subscription to Netflix, Hulu, etc?  We get charged for Live, then we still have to pay a separate subscription fee for Netflix..  Thats pretty lame.  

Some good news for Canadians. Disney, Crackle, RODO,  YouTube and more. Not sure why people are complaining. We also just got Zune Music here finally. Add all this to Netflix and Zune marketplace and we get a lot of good content.

It’s not very expensive. Netflix is $8/month and Xbox Live is only like $5/month. Cable TV is $50-$100/month or more. So is internet. And electricity. Etc.

5 dollars a month for Xbox Live??? LMFAO Don’t think so.

Ok. I tried this twice and I nobody is answering me… I kind of need to know an answer. By not having kinect, would that affect me using this new update at all?

Nope, he’s right. $60/yr. for Live Gold, which breaks down to $5/mo. And that’s not including the killer renewal discounts Microsoft offers (my year was $39.99 this time around, and who knows what it’ll be by the time I need to renew again).

More than likely, Kinect will continue to give enhanced features rather than transition to a necessary piece of equipment. So it probably won’t affect you by not having a Kinect around.

no

Sweet….thanks

I could be wrong but it may be your price from now on you may want to call xbox to see. I know the deal I have is a recurring locked in price for me every year unless I cancel which will not happen.

will i beable to use what i got on my sky subcrption or do i have to sucribe twitch

I think you should look at what UK providers include Ireland in their license as it seems you have completely neglected to mention us once again.

If I have a Ceton card and a MCE set up using my XBox 360, I say bake this into the new dashboard update as well.  Get rid of the MCE interface but instead of accessing my TV, videos, music and pictures using the MCE interface I should just pick the appropriate menu on the new dashboard.  This allows MCE to be baked in as opposed to a seperate interface.  As an MCE user I now get access to all the apps available, get to use NetFlix, etc all using the same interface.

i like how they are wanting you to pay for bbc even though you have to pay for a tv license which pays for bbc being charged twice now doesnt that sound fun

It does not say you have to pay for BBC. Only the partners with asterisks require additional payment. BBC is not one of them.

GET M.A.F PLAYSTATION! YOUR MOVE ‘BRO’!

I wish what you are saying was true. It would mean Verizon and HBOGO services would be for free, but they are not, trust me.

What is the point of having HBO GO as a separate channel if you can’t subscribe JUST to it. If you want to see HBO you need to get a full channel package through a TV provider such as Verizon. Does anybody know if you will be able to subscribe only to HBO GO through XBOX live? That would be amazing…

Time Warner sucks big time for not giving ESPN service…

Thanks but i already got a pretty good cable package and do not need all this useless stuff. I mean if i want to watch t.v i will, if i want to play games i will. Do you see where i am going with this? lol.

My xbox replaced my cable with Hulu, ESPN, MSNBC news and Netflix.  I see where you are going, but I’d hardly call it useless, especially with all these options in the future.

I’d imagine that if no one else does it (iPad Apps, computer software) then Xbox will not.  Makes you wonder if it will happen in the future though considering how much HBO is diversifying it’s ability to be viewed..

I’d imagine that if no one else does it (iPad Apps, computer software) then Xbox will not.  Makes you wonder if it will happen in the future though considering how much HBO is diversifying it’s ability to be viewed..

Do other things compare to the Xbox’s ability to display things on your TV, with full Surround Sound and in HD?  Sure, SOME computer setups would.  How about networking with your friends, they can see what you are watching (if you want) and even watch it with you with synced video and voice chat?  It’s a small market, but better than getting on the phone and saying “Ok, hit play….NOW!”

The best thing about these optional services are that they are OPTIONAL and available if you decide that you need them.  No one is forcing you to watch it on your Xbox.  If the update does not apply to you, then you can freely ignore it while enjoying the other benefits the update will bring like Beacons, Bing Search and a new UI that’s easier to navigate.

@xboxsupport will answer your questions, promptly.

Soo, will we be able to watch videos on Youtube like on PS3?

Why should I trust you and not the author of the blog? I don’t know who you are.

No, it will be much better than PS3.

Is there any word on streaming Amazon Prime service? And a minor note, how will our old themes look on the new dashboard?

VEVO, NETFLIX AND YOUTUBE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLOMBIA?

Major major…. You forgot that Netflix is going to be available in Brazil too

Why Doesnt New Zealand get anything NEW!!!??? give us TVNZ on demand, Playstation has that, Crappy Zune is a ripoff and isnt even new addition

U.S get everything as usual

Why Doesnt New Zealand get anything NEW!!!??? give us TVNZ on demand, Playstation has that, Crappy Zune is a ripoff and isnt even new addition

U.S get everything as usual

And Eastern Europe forgoten…. what about Poland ? Czech Republic etc …. ???? I’m realy regret that i didn’t buy Playstation 3 …. which has better support e.i in Poland… TV shows… etc…. it’s time to sell my X360

isit going to be free because microsoft always try making more money out of us?

if they try to chrage me for youtube i think ill stick to my computer Lol

I think its a good idea that Microsoft is finally getting Youtube on the XBOX 360. I hope that this project will pull through because a lot of people have high expectations for this update. This also sounds like it will be released soon, but hopefully there won’t be any problems.

To me, it is a great idea to get all of these fantastic features on the XBOX 360. There are many varieties of shows coming onto the XBOX 360 from Bravo to Syfy. Many people and a lot of my friends are talking about this new update and saying that it is going to be the best thing that XBOX 360 has ever had. This new television version should launch soon and hopefully it will be up to everybody’s expectations. 

Needs Amazon Instant Video, and VUDU.

Nothing for South Africans… wow… and yet we pay the same for mmmmuuuccchhh less. Bloody hell, it’s like there’s this general disregard for Africa. Are they honestly going to tell me that not one of the entertainment providers in South Africa could provide content? Multichoice, SABC, eTV.. etc.

Depressing…

They should actually scale the subscription cost to content available to your region, because having to pay the same as the Americans, yet get not even a fraction of what they do is ridiculous. We don’t even have Zune so effectively we’re paying $60 for multiplayer, twitter and  facebook (oh and the occasional demo that makes it’s way to us).

What are the 22 markets where youtube will be available? and why any kind of restriction, since even most new tv sets today have youtube features?

livebr sux