December 5th 2012 9:23 am PT

New Apps Launch on Xbox LIVE

Today on Xbox, new entertainment experiences are coming your way. Xbox 360 is continuing to build on its catalog of television, movies, sports and music and we’re happy to announce the following new entertainment apps rolling out today around the globe:

Rhapsody (Launching in the United States)
With Rhapsody on Xbox 360, you can choose from a catalog of millions of songs. Having a party? Create playlists and jam all night long. Enjoy new releases every week, plus listen to our Featured, Popular, Artist and Genre Radio.¹

Blip.TV (Launching in the United States)
Blip lets you discover, watch and share the best in original web series. Choose from hundreds of hand-picked dramas, comedies, lifestyle, sports and other series. Get your web series fix on the large screen in the comfort of your own home.¹

IGN (Now available in Canada)
Get the best of IGN from the comfort of your couch with the official IGN app for Xbox 360. IGN delivers original video content, live streams, reviews and shows like Strategize, IGN Pro League, and the Daily Fix. Queue up reviews, news, previews, and walkthroughs for your favorite games and have them available right at your fingertips. And with Kinect, you can even play, pause, and rewind what you’re watching with your voice or a wave of your hand.

LOVEFiLM UK (Updating in United Kingdom)
Watch thousands of LOVEFILM movies, streamed instantly to your Xbox. LOVEFiLM Subscribers on packages of 6,99€ or above can watch films instantly and get the UK’s largest selection of DVD and Xbox games. And the best bit? All this comes as part of your subscription. That’s right, thousands of films to watch instantly at no extra cost.

LOVEFiLM Deutschland (Launching in Germany)
Watch thousands of LOVEFILM movies, streamed instantly to your Xbox. LOVEFiLM Subscribers on packages of 6,99€ or above can watch films instantly and get the Germany’s largest selection of DVD and Xbox games. And the best bit? All this comes as part of your subscription. That’s right, thousands of films to watch instantly at no extra cost.¹

RTL XL (Launching in the Netherlands)
Watch the best RTL programs through the RTL XL Xbox application.¹

TOU.TV (Launching in Canada)
North America’s leading French-language entertainment web TV site, with over 2,000 hours of free video content from across the French-speaking world. Its vast inventory of content, such as serial dramas, soap, documentaries and web series, make it THE ultimate entertainment platform.¹

¹Xbox LIVE Gold subscription 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.

Xbox 360, Xbox Live By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

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http://www.facebook.com/dan958 Dan Etheridge

Lovefilm UK? We already have a lovefilm app…..Am i missing something?
- mnemo70
  
  It says “Updating in United Kingdom”…
- http://twitter.com/Protege420 Protege
  
  LOVEFiLM UK (Updating in United Kingdom)
  
  Header states that it is an update…..
- Calum Young
  
  But what’s updating?
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
    
    instead of big rectangle, small rectangle, big rectangle on the menu – it’s now small rectangle, big rectangle, small rectangle…quite obvious i thought
    - Calum Young
      
      gtfo u nub
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
        
        Been gaming before you were breastfeeding, lad – sit down and eat your porridge. Good boy.
      - Calum Young
        
        Bit sad..
http://twitter.com/GraveSpy720 Chris Giordano

I’d just like to go on the record and say thanks for all the hard work the Xbox team has gone through to continually add new content to the Xbox. I may not use half of some of the features, but I know there are people out there that would appreciate the new stuff. If we could get Spotify on the Xbox I’d be a VERY VERY happy man!

Thanks for the update Major!
- http://twitter.com/toohats toohats
  
  Nice points! I would like to add – and thanks for the legal team – as dealing with media companies can be so very frustrating.
  Like how I still can’t watch ‘Tabatha Takes Over’ on Bravo yet.
- ikari_paul
  
  if you live in the US, i guess that “hard work” is visible… over here, we get nothing. oh, wait, we get Internet Explorer… lol
- tomo008866
  
  Obviously you live in the United States. The rest of the world, especially Ireland, is being totally neglected. We got Halo Waypoint, Internet Explorer and a few other absolutely stupid apps. And we have to pay €59.99. That’s $78 USD. $18 extra and what do we get? NOTHING, we get less.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
  
  I thought this was a joke and laughed – then I realised this was real and laughed even harder.
http://twitter.com/EpicElite9 Peter

When do we get the Twitch.TV app in the US?
http://www.digifixit.co.uk/ DigiFixIt.co.uk

And what a surprise – still not ITV app for the uk
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
  
  not that you could call the PS3 ITV support an ‘app’
http://www.facebook.com/simon.walker.712 Simon Walker

When is live getting ITV player in the UK or flash on ie pls
- Lee Rayson
  
  No flash for IE because it supports HTML 5
http://www.facebook.com/people/Curtis-Isabell/1036013363 Curtis Isabell

it would help if netflix on xbox was 1080p and had the superior netflix app as well.
- BostonSup
  
  Yeah, the Netflix app is horrible on the Xbox, but use to be really good at one point. I am not sure why they downgraded it. As much as I love my Xbox for gaming (though I realize that it feeds on insane amount of money), PS3 is the better media system, by far (and a better value all round… man I hate to admit that!!!!!!!).
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
    
    truth – you speak it. I only found this out because I was driven into the arms of Sony Online Entertainment by Microsoft’s callous attitude after a dashboard update rendered half of my rented video and apps unplayable.
- http://www.facebook.com/chris.grub.5 Chris Grub
  
  If you login to your Netflix preferences through a web browser you can change your quality options. Since I did this it always streams in HD if it is available. Took a few hours to take effect though.
  
  On another note, if you watch 1080p YouTube videos video the app the edges get cropped. I’ve done it on multiple sets and played with my TV and XBOX resolution and aspect ratios and it still gets cropped.
  - Volitar Prime
    
    The Netflix app and I believe the YouTube app are only 720p. If you watch 1080i/p content in they the apps downscale them to 720p which your Xbox then scales to 1080p if that is what you have yout video settings at. As far as I am aware only Xbox Movies (formally Zune) is 1080i/p, all of the video streaming apps are restricted to 720p.
    - http://twitter.com/AdamDJTbrand Adam Thompson
      
      Microsoft could learn a lot from Wii U’s YouTube app.
    - http://www.facebook.com/chris.grub.5 Chris Grub
      
      Thanks for an actual thoughtful/helpful response. Have a great evening.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Curtis-Isabell/1036013363 Curtis Isabell

Look at all these things no one cares about
ikari_paul

as always, nothing over here. definitely not going with xbox live gold next generation, just not worth the subscription.
Mark

Where’s Crunchyroll? Has it not already received Microsoft approval?
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/apps/crunchyroll/crunchyroll-setup#d773cd24cf4d4d1994be7bf12ae99752
- shinji
  
  I’m wondering that as well… I would love support on the xbox 360.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle

apps don’t work properly on the Elite anyway so…
- Lee Rayson
  
  yeah they do, I have an Elite, clear some space off the harddrive works fine
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
    
    i have 60 gigs free…and I went through many hours of diagnostic and finally got a replacement which has the SAME problem. None of my other devices suffer from video streaming issues including my PS3, Samsung SmartTV, Laptop ,etc. The problems all started after the most recent dashboard update and Microsoft is blaming me for the problem!
    - Lee Rayson
      
      The only issue I had with my Elite when it had loading problems was due to my gamertag size being 75 MB, after a few recovered it now down to 20 MB perhaps you could be having same issue. really doubt it the xbox or new dash because the new dash is actually faster than the old
      - http://twitter.com/AdamDJTbrand Adam Thompson
        
        I haven’t heard of anyone else having an increase of speed under the new dashboard.
      - Lee Rayson
        
        Most of the people who were in the beta mentioned it running faster
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle
      
      who the hell would vote this down??? LOL!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003976957614 Willy McBurgle

why get mad – i just use the PS3 now
tomo008866

Oh my gosh, when is Ireland going to get apps? I’m ABSOLUTELY SICK AND TIRED of paying MORE than they pay in the United States, and they get a bunch more support. Yeah, that’s right. We pay €59.99 and they pay $59.99. Do Microsoft realise that there’re different currencies in this world? This is terrible.
- Dr4gOnsFuRy
  
  £48? That is ridiculously over priced. Why not buy online from the UK? Cheapest I’ve bought Live for is £15 and that was for 14 months. Average price is £26. Ebay is a good place to look.
- rich155
  
  Dude, get a PS3 already.
- BostonSup
  
  Right now Xbox Gold in the US isn’t worth the price. All they do is give you apps and most have a fee on top of the Gold we are already paying for. Xbox isn’t about value, and the Xbox brand is going to take a hit come next generation because of it.
- QuixoticRocket
  
  Because everywhere in the world has the same taxation and cost of living and rent and wages etc right? So all prices should work on the currency exchange rate! It’s an inalienable human right and MS are violating my rights by charging me money!
  You do realise that they need to have data warehouses that take up space, and are filled with equipment that needs to be maintained, and are staffed by people… for each region right? Or would you like to deal with the lag when all the datahouses are in the US only?
  
  Also: shop around for a better deal. If I can get a better price in London then you’re paying way too much. Try Amazon.
  - tomo008866
    
    Tax doesn’t raise the price by $18. If Microsoft were being fair, they’d at least lower the price by €10 to compensate for the lack of apps we get. We’re being ripped off in Ireland and that’s that. If tax is interfering with the price, then Microsoft should lower their price in Ireland. If the US gets all the premium services and apps for a lower price than we get these ‘servers’, then they should only charge us for the ‘servers’ and nothing else.
    
    Also, I’m comparing the price Microsoft charge for one year. That reflects the price you can get it for in that country overall.
    - QuixoticRocket
      
      I think you’re missing the all the points… don’t buy it if it vexes you so much.
- QuixoticRocket
  
  Oh, also: MS aren’t to for your lack of apps. If no companies in Ireland want to make an app then MS can’t force them to.
  Blame region blocking and trade agreements maybe, but if you want more local apps start petitioning local businesses to get their acts into gear.
http://twitter.com/Nitramuse Nitramuse

Finally some content for the Netherlands!
That the app is practically useless is a different story.
bill

Need a Jessica Chobot app
- Lee Rayson
  
  Too far………….it bad enough some people class her as a girl gamer, she is the worse description as a girl gamer
ElektroDragon

Microsoft should drop paid multiplayer and just adopt a PS Plus type of model. Now that Nintendo is in HD, they’ll be in a world of hurt otherwise.
http://twitter.com/jpkboca jeff koecher

Can we get a update to the Hulu Plus app to have folders (like the roku)? When you have 6 episodes of a show it’s unweildly to browse, if there was a folder for each show that would be awesome. (Not sure where I can officially request this).
http://twitter.com/jo_elster jo elster

give us a spotify app, please!
http://twitter.com/SuperMike255 Michael Mills

Where’s ITV Player in the UK? ITV Player on PS3 is so bad!
Nick Peck

A: It’s an American company and an American console B: They sell more and do more here so we are the bigger focus. It’s simple business. It’s ok, we hate you idiots as well
BostonSup

Nice little rant there. You feel better now? Next time keep your ignorant, hateful, and meaningless comments to yourself. There is no need for sharing your ignorance on people who happen to be born into, moved to, or otherwise live in a different country than you. This also applies to anyone living in any country, even the US. After all, the internet proved long ago that stupidity and ignorance knows no bounds (or national boundaries).
http://twitter.com/AdamDJTbrand Adam Thompson

It’s worse in Australia. US corporations must think that the Aussie dollar is still valued at half the US dollar, instead of $1.something – it’s not just gold and MS points either, also downloadable disc games. Of course, they aren’t the only digital item selling up to twice the price in Australia, Apple & Steam are other offenders too (US$90 for games in Aus instead of US$40 in other places) and when it’s digital, they don’t have to pay more to transport data over the Internet to Australia.
http://www.facebook.com/SHADOWJAXX Glenn Tay

Good that Netherlands is in app list.
Rtl xl will be fun, in xbl.

December 5th 2012 9:23 am PT

New Apps Launch on Xbox LIVE

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