Microsoft has announced which TV and video apps will be available when the new Metro dashboard update is released for Xbox 360 tomorrow - and only Lovefilm, the subscription-based movie streaming service, will be available to UK users at launch.
The full schedule, revealed by Xbox Live mouthpiece Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, is below. UK Xbox Live members will have access to several other apps, including YouTube catchup services from ITV and Channels 4 and 5, before the end of December. BBC iPlayer will follow early next year.
December 6:
- EPIX. United States
- ESPN on Xbox LIVE (ESPN). United States
- Hulu. Japan
- Hulu Plus. United States
- LOVEFiLM. United Kingdom
- Netflix. Canada, United States
- Premium Play by (MediaSet). Italy
- Sky Go (SkyDE). Austria, Germany
- Telefónica España – Movistar Imagenio. Spain
- TODAY (MSNBC). United States
Later in December:
- 4 on Demand (C4). United Kingdom
- ABC iView (Australian Broadcasting Corp.). Australia
- AlloCiné. France (AlloCiné), Germany (Filmstarts), Spain (Sensacine), United Kingdom (Screenrush)
- Astral Media’s Disney XD (Astral Media). Canada
- blinkbox (Blinkbox). United Kingdom
- Crackle (Sony Pictures). Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- Dailymotion. Available in 32 countries globally
- Demand 5 (Five). United Kingdom
- DIGI+ (CANAL+). Spain
- GolTV (Mediapro). Spain
- iHeartRadio (Clear Channel). United States
- Mediathek/ZDF (ZDF). Germany
- MSN. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom
- MSNBC.com. United States
- MUZU.TV. Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
- ninemsn. Australia
- Real Sports (Maple Leaf Sports). Canada
- Rogers On Demand Online (Rogers Media). Canada
- SBS ON DEMAND. Australia
- TMZ (Warner Bros.). Canada, United States
- TVE (RTVE.es). Spain
- UFC on Xbox LIVE (UFC). Canada, United States
- Verizon FiOS TV. United States
- VEVO. Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
- Vudu (Wal-Mart). United States
- YouTube. Available in 24 countries globally
Early 2012:
- Antena 3 (Antena 3 de Televisión). Spain
- BBC (BBC). United Kingdom
- CinemaNow (Best Buy). United States
- HBO GO (HBO). United States
- MLB.TV (MLB Advanced Media). Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
- Telenovelas/Sports (Televisa). Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom
- Xfinity On Demand (Comcast). United States
Source: Major Nelson
Comments
8Too little too late. I can get the iPlayer, 4OD and ITV Player via my PS3 or Cable box already, how this will drive sales of the 360 is anyone's guess.
I think it's more that newcomers can now rest assured the 360 isn't lacking those services.
Too little?
Also, if you'd read EDGE's review elsewhere you'd know that the 360 interface utterly destroys the PS3s half arsed hodge podge browser based efforts. For discerning consumers it's far from too little too late. It's media consumption on a console done right.
I never said it was better or worse than the PS3 offering, merely that I can't see this driving sales when what it offers has already been delivered on various other formats, and without Xbox Live Gold subscription. It may be an excellent delivery service, but nothing is new.
Would have loved ESPN in the UK. But I must look into Sky, and BBC will be a definate time consumer. I want to watch all the F1 races, not just 10!
The BBC sold F1 fans down the river big time. I'm quitting watching the sport after 15 years, cheers BBC.
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Mr X - if you can get Virgin cable ESPN is included in the XL package which includes HD too. But that is ESPN UK which may not be what you are after.