Microsoft to launch TV entertainment service on Xbox Live

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Microsoft to launch TV entertainment service on Xbox Live
Microsoft plans to roll-out enhanced TV entertainment service on Xbox Live, the online entertainment service for Xbox 360. Nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers, including Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon Fios and Syfy in the US, BBC in the UK, Telefonica in Spain, Rogers On Demand in Canada, Televisa in Mexico, ZDF in Germany, and MediaSet in Italy, will begin rolling-out entertainment services in more than twenty countries. A total of 50 TV and entertainment partners have joined Xbox 360 & Xbox Live to transform TV entertainment. Xbox Live has a unified dashboard for navigation, whether customers use Kinect or a controller. Xbox 360 offers access TV properties, including BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and LoveFilm in the UK, Antena 3, Rtve and Telefonica in Spain, Televisa in Mexico and Bravo, Comcast's Xfinity On Demand service, Crackle, Epix, Syfy, TMZ, 'The Today Show,' UFC, Verizon Fios and HBO GO in the US. These TV and video providers join existing Microsoft's lineup of TV and video entertainment partners already on Xbox 360 AT&T, Netflix and Hulu Plus in the US, Telus in Canada, Bskyb in the UK, Canal+ in France, Vodafone Portugal, VimpelCom in Russia and Foxtel in Australia.

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Telefonica- Movistar,  Microsoft,  Telus,  BBC,  BSkyB,  Channel 4,  Comcast,  HBA Telecom B.v.,  Hulu,  Mediaset,  Netflix,  Verizon,  Vimpelcom,  Vodafone Portugal,  Bravo

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