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Redbox Instant Plays With Xbox 360

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 12:26pm PSTTags: Redbox Instant By Verizon, Xbox 360

The new streaming service from Redbox and Verizon says it will be available on Xbox 360 gaming consoles “in the very near future.” And the Microsoft operation says that it will be “the exclusive gaming and entertainment launch partner” for Redbox Instant, which is still officially a beta test. But Redbox Instant plans to add other gaming consoles after it’s out of beta. The service needs to expand the number of platforms where viewers can use it: It’s currently available on Apple and Android phones and tablets, computers, Google TV, and smart TVs from Samsung and LG. But that’s still “quite limited compared to Netflix, Amazon Prime and HBOGo,” BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield says. Redbox Instant wants to establish itself as a movie-lover’s alternative to the other services, which are heavy on television fare. Redbox Instant charges $6 a month for a streaming-only service, $8 for streaming plus four nights worth of DVD rentals, or $9 for streaming and Blu-ray rentals.

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XBox 360 Adds Comcast, HBO, And MLB Apps As Entertainment Usage Soars

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 7:02am PDTTags: Comcast, HBO GO, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

The people behind Microsoft’s console say that owners now spend more time using it for entertainment than they do for multiplayer games.  And today they hope to add momentum to their effort to turn the device into a home entertainment … Read More »

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Xbox 360 Upgrade Includes Voice Search, New Content Partners

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 11:26am PSTTags: Xbox 360, Xbox Live

Xbox 360, which in October announced a slew of content deals via Xbox Live designed to make the console a one-stop set-top box to control everything entertainment from video games to music to film to TV, announced today that the first of those agreements will kick off tomorrow — along … Read More »

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Xbox Live Partners Up For TV Content

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 5, 2011 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Syfy, Verizon FiOS, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

Xbox Live, the premium online service of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, today unveiled a slew of content deals that will boost the console’s entertainment offerings beginning around the holidays and in more than 20 countries. The news began leaking last week of partnerships, but the announcement included more than 40 providers like Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in the U.S. and international partners like BBC in the UK. The ultimate goal is to make Microsoft’s video game console a one-stop shop for entertainment where users can switch easily between video games, DVDs and entertainment content. Here’s the release: Read More »

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Bloomberg: Xbox To Offer Xfinity TV, FiOS

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 29, 2011 @ 8:53am PDTTags: Comcast, microsoft, Verizon FiOS, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

Cable companies are looking to put their services on multiple platforms to keep customers happy (and around) and Xbox Live is looking to boost entertainment offerings to compete against console rivals like Sony’s PlayStation 3, so this makes sense. If … Read More »

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