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Xbox 360 video marketplace available in UK and Europe this year

by Steven Williamson on 11 July 2007, 09:47

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Video marketplace in 2007



Following on from the news at E3 that Microsoft has teamed up with Walt Disney to offer movie rentals via the Xbox live marketplace, comes some excellent news for European gamers. Finally, Microsoft has confirmed that the video marketplace will be available in Europe and Canada later this year!

There is no confirmed date, but Peter Moore confirmed the news.

In the US, Xbox 360 owners are now able to rent popular Disney films on demand as they become available, such as 'Bridge to Terabithia,' Miramax Film's 'The Queen' and Touchstone Pictures' 'DéjuVu.

"With the millions of Xbox 360 consoles in living rooms today with a direct, high-speed Internet connection, Xbox LIVE really has become a terrific device for the delivery of digital entertainment content."


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Posted by b0redom - Wed 11 Jul 2007 11:31
Question is - can you get the movies off the 360 and play them on something else? I don't care if they're timebombed, I just wouldn't be able to watch a movie with my 360 sounding like a hoover in the corner.
Posted by Odc - Wed 11 Jul 2007 12:54
b0redom
Question is - can you get the movies off the 360 and play them on something else? I don't care if they're timebombed, I just wouldn't be able to watch a movie with my 360 sounding like a hoover in the corner.
No. It's not too bad though when there isn't a disc in it.
Posted by Andy3536 - Sat 14 Jul 2007 13:15
What ever happened to sat and cable tv channels streamed to your xbox?
I saw on a gadget show a while ago some MS head honcho with a media remote and a 360 and he was going through all the channels you would normally see on satelight.
Is this still happening?
Posted by BlackDwarf - Sat 14 Jul 2007 21:58
Andy3536
What ever happened to sat and cable tv channels streamed to your xbox?
I saw on a gadget show a while ago some MS head honcho with a media remote and a 360 and he was going through all the channels you would normally see on satelight.
Is this still happening?

That sounds like he was just using the 360 as a Media Center extender…. connected to a PC with a tv/sat tuner…..
Posted by Andy3536 - Sat 14 Jul 2007 22:42
BlackDwarf
That sounds like he was just using the 360 as a Media Center extender…. connected to a PC with a tv/sat tuner…..

You might be right but thats not the way they were talking about it.
They made it sound as though it was the next big thing for the 360 following the video marketplace.

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