TV on Xbox Live – maybe. YouTube on Xbox Live? Heck yes.
TV on Xbox Live in New Zealand may be a while in coming but Microsoft has announced YouTube will be available to NZ users soon
Microsoft recently announced that television would be available on Xbox Live, but details about its availability in New Zealand remain sketchy.
But YouTube is a goer, with Microsoft confirming today that Xbox Live Users in New Zealand will soon be able to access YouTube.
So soon you’ll be able to YouTube a Halo run-through before trying to take on those stupid giant spider robot things.
You know, if you're useless...
Microsoft announced yesterday that about 40 television and entertainment providers would roll out entertainment services to Xbox Live this Christmas in more than 20 countries.
These providers include HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Bravo in the United States ad the BBC in the United Kingdom.
When NBR asked about lil ol New Zealand, the company’s PR office said it was the corporation’s intention to work to bring an “ever-greater range of TV and video content to Xbox Live with TV and video operator partners around the world – stay tuned for more details for NZ.”
So sounds like it might be a while but at least Microsoft is building Live harder, better, faster, stronger (at least in terms of available content).
Bing and Kinect will work with the TV service, meaning voice search and buttonless channel changing is possible (so while channel wars just stepped up a notch, at least you’ll get great arm exercise out of it).
With the announcement of YouTube coming to Xbox Live users in NZ soon, Microsoft has said it will continue to introduce entertainment concerning the Kinect and Live, so fingers crossed that means TV for NZ too.
Alex Walls
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
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TV on Xbox Live – maybe. YouTube on Xbox Live? Heck yes.
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