Foxtel via your Xbox 360

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:52

Your IT - Entertainment

Microsoft and cable tv provider Foxtel have signed an agreement to deliver cable TV channels over the internet via Xbox LIVE.  This includes a wide range of video-on-demand content, and is a broadside shot back at Sony on the launch day of its PS3 based video delivery service.

Microsoft has just dropped information about a ground-breaking deal signed with Australian cable television provider Foxtel.

This comes on the launch day for rival Sony's push into local movie-on-demand service, but it won't be available for some time, and will require a broadband connection, Xbox LIVE Gold and FOXTEL by Xbox LIVE subscription.

Here are the details, sans pricing at this point:

Sydney, Australia - Thursday, 20th May, 2010 - FOXTEL and Microsoft today announced a new partnership offering Australians a brand new way of receiving FOXTEL - over the internet and direct to television sets through Xbox 360's online service Xbox LIVE.

FOXTEL by Xbox LIVE will allow Xbox 360 owners in Australia to access FOXTEL channels including FOX Sports, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, and other leading channels via their Xbox 360 entertainment console. 

FOXTEL by Xbox LIVE will also provide a wide range of Video-on-Demand (VoD) services, including television series and movies. When the ground-breaking service launches later this year it will enable Australians, for the first time, to access FOXTEL without the need for a FOXTEL set-top-box.

 

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