Microsoft confirms 360 IPTV

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Microsoft confirms 360 IPTV

Microsoft is continuing to develop its latest console, this time with an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) update. Microsoft itself will not be providing the content that is available, this responsibility will instead fall upon existing providers, with AT&T rumoured to be one of these. Websites first started to report this last Saturday, but it has only just been confirmed by Microsoft, and they have not yet announced which providers will to be used. If the company chooses to allow users to record the content or uses video on demand, the rumoured 120GB hard drive now seems all the more likely. The Xbox 360 was already capable of streaming high definition video from a PC, but the console will now be capable of HD TV programmes directly through a broadband connection.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36790

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[pofxxx]

CES 2007 KeyNote (Video!): IPTV, 10.4m Sold, 5m Live subs, 2.8m GoW, ...
>> Conference is over now ... you can read our LIVE coverage of Bill Gates' Keynote at CES 2007 at the bottom of this news article.
Here's a video we quickly encoded and uploaded to google video for you. It's not the complete keynote, it's just the part hosted by Robbie Bach from Microsoft's Entertainment Division (which includes everything about the Xbox360 including the IPTV demo toward the end of the video). The audio (mp3) of the complete keynote is available at Major Nelson's Blog and Microsoft will release a high-quality video of the complete keynote very soon here.

Xbox 360 and Microsoft TV: Together Expanding the World of Games and Entertainment

In a move that will combine the power of Xbox 360 with Microsoft TV IPTV Edition, Bach provided an early look at a new service, IPTV on Xbox 360. The offering is expected to deliver world-class TV experiences such as digital video recording capabilities, with gaming, movie viewing, and even voice and video communications. Tapping into an expanded set of entertainment experiences, users will be able to watch their favorite sporting event live while chatting with their friends, for example, or participate in a match on Xbox Live® while they record a TV program in the background. IPTV on Xbox 360 is expected to be available to consumers by holiday season 2007 and will be offered by providers that are deploying TV services based on the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.

"Our goal is to make entertainment more personal, more interactive and more social," Bach said. "IPTV on Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are powerful examples of ways we are bringing together the worlds of gaming, TV viewing and community to make it easy for people to access and discover their favorite content and share their personal experiences with the communities they are part of."

Microsoft TV IPTV Edition continues to strengthen its position in the market with deployments under way with five of the world's largest service providers and trials with 11 additional companies, representing a footprint across 14 countries on four continents.

Bach also showcased the strong momentum behind Xbox 360 and highlighted the company's success in delivering high-definition viewing experiences with HD DVD. Exceeding expectations by hitting the 10.4 million-console-sold mark this holiday season, Xbox 360 is the leading next-generation games and entertainment platform. It is also the largest social network in the living room, with 5 million Xbox Live members.

In addition, strong sales of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player and strong demand for downloadable movies and television programs are a clear indication that increasing numbers of consumers see Xbox 360 as an ideal device for connecting to a broad range of entertainment experiences. In just over a year, people have downloaded more than 100 million pieces of content to their Xbox 360 consoles, which include game content, television shows and movies.

Read the whole press release here.

Another press release from CES about the Video Marketplace expansion:

Content Providers Validate Xbox Live as One of the Top Distributors of Online Entertainment Content

The surprise entertainment hit of the holidays wasn't in theaters; it was in the living room. With more than 1,000 hours of premium high- and standard-definition content available, Microsoft Corp. announced today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that Xbox Live® Video Marketplace became a clear leader in the distribution of online entertainment content. In just two months since the launch of the service, the Xbox Live community has been given access to top high- and standard-definition content, from top partners CBS Broadcasting Inc., MTV Networks Co., Paramount Pictures Corp., Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Ultimate Fighting Championship and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Xbox 360 is again leading where it counts, as the only next-generation console offering downloadable high-definition TV shows and films in the U.S.

Microsoft Announces Lionsgate as Newest Content Partner
On stage at CES, Microsoft also announced today a new partner for Xbox Live Video Marketplace. Lionsgate will be bringing a lineup of high-definition films to the service in the coming year. Films such as "An American Haunting," "Blair Witch Project," "Crank," "The Descent," "Employee of the Month," "Hard Candy," "Ninth Gate," "The Punisher," "Requiem for a Dream," "Saw III," "See No Evil" and "Stir of Echoes" will be available for download on Xbox Live Video Marketplace in high definition in 2007.
"This partnership is great for Lionsgate. The Xbox gamer is the same moviegoer who wants to watch "Saw III," or "Crank," said Jon Ferro Exec Vice President of Lionsgate. "That is why we are so thrilled to bring Lionsgate films to Xbox Live Video Marketplace. Bringing our content to this audience makes perfect sense and reflects our commitment to remain at the cutting edge of content distribution to new media platforms."

Xbox Live: A Leading Online Provider of High-Definition Content
Xbox Live, the only online social network in the living room, is a thriving community of more than 5 million members who have the ability to download a wealth of high-definition games, television and movies. On Xbox Live, the largest online distributor of high-definition content by volume, the vast majority of subscribers choose the high-definition version of media when given a choice between a standard- or high-definition download on the network.

Read the whole press release here.


Here's our LIVE coverage of Bill Gates' Keynote at CES 2007.
Duration of conference was aprox. 90 minutes.
* 6:35 ... not started yet. Still waiting.
* 6:40 President of the CEA (Gary Shapiro) is on stage. Introducing Bill Gates. 10th year he speaks at CES.
* 6:48 ... MS promo video running showing many MS products including Xbox 360 and Zune. Also some Gears of War footage
* 6:49 ... Bill G coming on stage now. Says he loves giving the keynote each year. He will be there next year too, but maybe not after that [he won't be MS CEO anymore].
* 6:51 ... Talking about the new PC/internet market ('digital decade') growing. Young people are more behind their PC than TV.
* 6:55 ... Important year of MS, many new products they have been working years on are coming out now: (1) Windows Vista.
* 6:57 ... Talking a bit about Vista now.
* 6:58 Other important product release: Office 2007. Comes with many big changes. LIVE services to share info/files across people and devices.
* 7:01 ... Vista and Office2007 demo on stage now by Justin Hutchinson. Some nice features like: "shadow copy" restores old version of modified files.
* 7:05 ... using his Xbox360 controller with his Vista PC to fly over LA with a 3D city model (Virtual Earth 3D). This feature is made available now on LIVE services.
* 7:07 Talking about MCE in Vista now. "Sportslounge": sports details (like players details, match results, hot headlines) in real-time while watching a LIVE HDTV feed. You can watch HD feed while working on your PC.
* 7:10 "DVD Maker" ... easy to burn DVDs in Vista without 3rd party software.
* 7:11 "Groupshot" Combines good features of two bad photos into one good photo. Demo shown - kinda weird.
* 7:12 Vista will support "Full Motion Desktop" (moving wallpapers!). You can even use any homemade movie for this.
* 7:13 Vista demo over, Bill Gates back on stage ... talking about "Certified for Windows Vista" products from hardware partners (even Sony is named ).
* 7:18 Video of some "Windows Vista PCs" from several brands.
* 7:20 Now talking about "Windows Home Server", a new market for Microsoft. Video of HP Media SmartServer. Storage available to all devices on network, features like: auto backups, remote connectivity (secure over internet). You can connect PCs, Xboxes, Zunes etc to it.
* 7:25 Robbie Bach on stage now ... head of home entertainment division.
* 7:26 MS wants us to be able to get the content when we want and on the device we want, anywhere anytime. "Connected Entertainment".
* 7:27 Talking about Zune now. They are 2nd in the mp3-market [after Apple of course] ... 'on track' to sell 1 million units.
* 7:28 Talking about mobile phones now. Windows mobile phones outsell Blackberry.
* 7:29 Talking about "Games for Windows". 200 million people every month play games on Windows. Not only hardcore games, but also casual games. Video playing of upcoming games like AOE3, Shadow Run, Alan Wake, BioShock, Flight Sim X, Rail Simulation, World in Conflict, Hellgate, Company of Heroes, Geometry Wars, Halo2, Age of Canon, Crysis, ... I missed many lol ... going too fast.
* 7:32 Xbox 360!
-10.4 million consoles SOLD
-160 High-def games, will double to 300 titles this year.
-Launched in 37 countries
-Many 360 owners new to the Xbox platform.
-2.7 million copies of GoW sold in 8 weeks! GoW as important as Halo franchise now.
* 7:34 Halo3 video! ... starting with the 'ESPN ad' we all saw already. Nothing more
* 7:36 Xbox LIVE ... 5 million members, largest social network on the TV.
* 7:37 Demo of LIVE on Vista ("Live Anywhere") ... playing UNO on LIVE with Vista PC (with Xbox Controller) against Xbox360 players. UI customized for Vista. The "LIVE Guide" is also available like on the Xbox360 (friends, messages, ...). Coming this summer.
* 7:40 3 billion hours of gaming on Xbox LIVE so far.
* 7:41 HD-DVD top selling HD format last year. Xbox360 HD-DVD Addon is most affordable HD-DVD player. They produce as many as possible, but they continue to sell out.
* 7:42 You can also get HD content streamed via Windows MediaCenter (30M copies sold) connected to Xbox360.
* 7:43 3rd way to get high-def content on Xbox360: Xbox360 Video Marketplace ... Lionsgate added as new partner. Demo of how easy it is to get a movie on Xbox360 via marketplace.
* 7:44 IPTV ... Microsoft TV. Demo of Microsoft's IPTV (instant channel zapping, picture in picture, on demand video, search of your favorite programs, ...). Demo is actually running from an Xbox360! They show "Xbox360 Guide" and launch GoW from IPTV interface. IPTV support coming to Xbox360! Gaming, TV, IPTV, Community ... all in 1 box.
* 7:47 IPTV will be available holiday 2007 for consumers via Microsoft's IPTV service provider partners.
* 7:48 Wrap-up of everything Robbie said. Gates back on stage now.
* 7:50 "Sync": Ford exclusive ... fully integrated, voice activated system ... you can connect all your devices (phones, zunes, USB mass storage, ...) with your car. Text-to-speech support for SMS, create custom playlists via voice command.
* 7:54 Gates closing keynote with look into the future ... Microsoft's "Connected Home of the Future". Demo in a kitchen (suggest recipes based on ingredients you place on the table (auto detected)) and bedroom (change music and look/feeling/lighting of the room or playing Xbox360 on a huge 'wallscreen' and post-it notes that pause the game when a reminder pops-up, ...). MS says they will needs lots of feedback from members for this.
* 8:03 ... That was all [/QUOTE]

Acho q a MS vai se dar muito bem

[omni0ne]

muito porreiro, so não queria ter de esperar até ao próximo natal

[zx-9r]

mto interessante, mas para um stream de HDTV deve ser um bit rate altíssimo...

pelo menos cá em Portugal duvido que consigamos ver... mesmo com ofertas a 24mbit a ligação aos servidores da microsoft há de ser muito inferior

[pofxxx]

nao tem nada haver mas a MS esta em Alta

The recent CES revealed to us a lot of information of or relating to Microsoft as a whole. And as some of us would slice-and-dice Bill Gates' keynote address for all the minor details, here's a bulleted list of his speech, as seen in numbers:

* 30 billion: number of dollars raised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
* 2: current place occupied by Microsoft in the MP3 player wars
* 1 million: number of Zunes they are "on track" to sell
* 200 million: people who play games on Windows every month
* 10.4 million: number of Xbox 360 consoles sold worldwide so far
* 8: number of weeks it took Microsoft to sell 2.7 million copies of Gears of War
* 160: Games currently on Xbox 360; expected to double this year
* 3 billion: hours of gaming on Xbox Live thus far
* 5 million: Xbox Live members

See the bigger picture now? Lots of millions and billions on that list. Can the big MS keep their streak up? 2007 has barely started and it's pretty much anyone's ball game. Aside from the 360's competitors in the gaming industry, the MP3 player market has its fair share of competition as well.

Em relação ao iptv, a MS deve ir fazer um contrato com uma operadora nacional,a rumores que as series e filmes do live estejam a chegar a Pt, com servidores da portugal telecom. Pode ser que seja desta que a pt meta iptv. Ja foi dito pela ptmultimedia que em 2007 ou 2008, iria haver iptv em portugal. Sim a clix ja tem mas so em algumas zonas.

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According to GamesIndustry.biz, there are already international partners signed up for IPTV for Xbox 360. Yup, the on-demand service should launch by the end of this year and into 2008.

As you know, the IPTV service transforms the Xbox 360 into a media console. GamesIndustry.biz points out the digital recorder (including recording what's going on-screen as you play your Xbox 360 game). There's also chatting with friends while watching TV channels. For more info, you can read our past articles on how IPTV was confirmed by Bill Gates and on the pictures on the Internet of what the service will look like.

The following have already become Microsoft's partners in this venture:

* AT&T
* British Telecom
* Deutsch Telecom
* Swiss Telecom

There are also 11 other companies having a trial run of the service. If they like it, we'll see the list of partners grow.

era bom de mais ser a pt...

[djnata]

nao tem nada haver mas a MS esta em Alta

* 2: current place occupied by Microsoft in the MP3 player wars

so uma pergunta,se quem esta em 1º e em terceiro a nivel de mp3 players? e quais os numeros que indicam isso? estou curioso,porque acho a creative bem superior a nivel da ms a nivel de mp3s...

[_JP_]

Alguém sabe se isto vai ser um seviço pago???
Ou quem tiver conta Gold não paga nada??


BTW fica aqui um video de demonstração

http://on10.net/Blogs/tina/you-heard...arbon-is-real/

PS:se repararem aquela X360 tem um "acrescento" no locar do disco que eu não conheço...será o novo disco de 120gb??

[night_sign]

Alguém sabe se isto vai ser um seviço pago???
Ou quem tiver conta Gold não paga nada??


BTW fica aqui um video de demonstração

http://on10.net/Blogs/tina/you-heard...arbon-is-real/

PS:se repararem aquela X360 tem um "acrescento" no locar do disco que eu não conheço...será o novo disco de 120gb??

Aquilo é uma dev kit da i o "acrescento", elas até costumam é ser pretas.

[timber]

so uma pergunta,se quem esta em 1º e em terceiro a nivel de mp3 players? e quais os numeros que indicam isso? estou curioso,porque acho a creative bem superior a nivel da ms a nivel de mp3s...

Como esclarecimento pontual e off-topic, a não prosseguir, o número 1 em termos de vendas nos leitores mp3 é o iPOD

[Hackaroxp]

Quanto á Xbox, se o sistema funcar em Portugal e fizer de DVR, é as minhas maravilhas. Andava a precisar de um DVR, se trouxer uma X360 agarrada, melhor.

[Khaoz_Of_Kosmos]

Pelo que percebi a IPTV é só para a 360 v2????

[pofxxx]

não me parecê q seja. ja a muitas unidades da v1 vendidas, alem do mais vai ser +/- = a cena de filmes e series q ja esta disponível.

So sei uma coisa a cena de filmes e series nos EUA é um sucesso.

[pofxxx]

Xbox Live to see movie and TV revenue of 726usd million

A new report estimates that Microsoft could see revenue from TV and movie sales via Xbox Live of $726 million.

The summary of the report notes that Microsoft is positioning itself "as a key player in the IP video realm." Emerging Media Dynamics expects the Xbox-based video business to grow rapidly, and could see combined revenue from the sale of TV shows and movies via Xbox Live of $92.25 million in 2007. This is expected to grow further each year though 2011, when cumulative revenue from the service could top $726 million.

[BDesign]

Só vai estar disponivel para a X360v2 portanto , certo? É que se for assim vão ter de começar a conta-las outra vez porque o numero de consolas vendidas até á data de lançamento da V2 não vão significar qq lucro para eles com este serviço...

[pofxxx]

nao me pareçe que de so para a v2, acho que isso só ia deitar a ms abaixo ou então trocavam as consolas todas lol . as principais alterações da consola é entrada hdmi e o cpu.

[BDesign]

Pois , já há alguma data prevista para a V2?

[pofxxx]

ainda nao.

[lynches]

Epa isso da v2, não vejo la grande motivos para espera, ate porque ainda é rumor, e rumor não e facto! E não se justifica uma eventual espera por uma provavel alterar a capacidade do disco, alteração para 65.cpu e a possivel ligação HDMI. É que os jogos não vao correr melhor "nessa tal v2" em relação as x360 que ja estão no mercado

[BDesign]

Mas talvez tenha menos problemas... com 65nm no minimo dos minimos fica mais fresquinha e a capacidade adicional no disco deve dar mesmo muito jeito , 100gb a mais , por isso é que tava a perguntar como é k vai ser , é que a xbox com 20gb n deve ter capacidade suficiente para todas essas funções novas que se fala e ainda dar para sacar umas demos e coisas do género.