Xbox Live Marketplace Gets More Media Partners
Microsoft announced today the list of companies that will be supplying Movies and TV Shows is growing. Here’s the list of companies who are signed up to release their Movies/TV Shows on Xbox Live Marketplace in the very near future:
- A&E Network. “Dog the Bounty Hunter,� “King of Cars,� “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,� “Driving Force� and “Criss Angel Mindfreak�
- ADV Films. Top offerings from the No. 1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime�) outside Japan
- National Geographic. The television series “Is It Real?� and “Taboo� as well as programs such as “21 Days to Baghdad� and “Air Force One�
- TotalVid.com. A broad action-sports offering including extreme skiing and snowboarding, skateboarding, motocross, surfing and mountain biking
One company I’m excited about in particular is ADV Films. I unfortunately don’t have an Anime Channel in my area, so I know I’m going to be spending a lot of dough on the shows they put up on Marketplace.
[Via Gamescoreblog]
Xbox LIVE Movie and TV Roster Grows as Multiple New Partners Bring Premium Content to the Online Games and Entertainment Network
A&E Network, ADV Films, National Geographic and TotalVid.com sign on to hit service; Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to offer new high-definition content.
REDMOND, Wash. — March 27, 2007 — Xbox 360™ just keeps getting more entertaining. Microsoft Corp. today announced that TV series and movies from A&E Network, ADV Films, National Geographic and TotalVid.com will add to the more than 1,500 hours of downloadable entertainment content already available on Xbox LIVE® in the U.S.
Further capitalizing on the success it has seen with Xbox LIVE, one of the leading distributors of high-definition gaming and entertainment content in the living room, Paramount Pictures, for the first time on Xbox LIVE, will offer its feature films for download in high definition. Available titles will include “Braveheart,� “Team America: World Police,� “World Trade Center� and “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.� Also, for the first time, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be releasing its direct-to-video movies exclusively in high definition on Xbox LIVE simultaneous with their availability on DVD, starting with “Sublime� and later “Babylon 5: The Lost Tales.�
“With more than 300 games expected by year’s end, an Xbox LIVE community of more than 6 million people and a growing catalogue of premium content from some of the biggest names in entertainment today, Xbox 360 is an incredible value,� said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “Adding partners and content like this helps reinforce the console’s position as the center of connected entertainment in the living room.�
Downloads on Xbox LIVE have grown in double-digits, month-over-month, with a 400 percent increase since the service began offering TV shows and movies late last year.
Xbox LIVE members have also enjoyed free entertainment content, which has been wildly successful. Comedy Central recently offered the first-ever high definition episode of the No. 1 show on its network, “South Park.� “Good Times With Weapons,� available for a limited time on Xbox LIVE, has been downloaded more than 380,000 times to date. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment offered promotional clips from the blockbuster hit movie “300� that have been downloaded more than 477,000 times.
While existing partners continue to increase the amount of content they offer, the list of total partners also continues to grow. The new partners announced today will bring an array of content to Xbox LIVE Marketplace. From a reality show about a bounty hunter named Dog or an action-heavy, retro-styled mecha series to a TV show about extreme biking in the mountains or a program detailing a war in the desert, there is something for everyone. Examples of television shows and feature films that will be coming to Xbox LIVE include these:
· A&E Network. “Dog the Bounty Hunter,� “King of Cars,� “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,� “Driving Force� and “Criss Angel Mindfreak�
· ADV Films. Top offerings from the No. 1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime�) outside Japan
· National Geographic. The television series “Is It Real?� and “Taboo� as well as programs such as “21 Days to Baghdad� and “Air Force One�
· TotalVid.com. A broad action-sports offering including extreme skiing and snowboarding, skateboarding, motocross, surfing and mountain biking
About Xbox LIVE
Xbox LIVE is the first and most comprehensive unified online entertainment network seamlessly integrated throughout the entire console experience, making it easy for people to find the friends, games and entertainment they want from the moment they power on their Xbox 360 system. Xbox LIVE connects millions of members across 25 countries to enjoy hundreds of multiplayer games, downloadable games via Xbox LIVE Arcade, free and premium playable game demos, music videos, TV shows and movies in the United States as well as new game levels, characters and vehicles for all their favorite retail games. More information can be found online at http://www.xbox.com/en-us/live.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT�) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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March 28th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
The 360 is really turning into quite the multimedia machine. IPTV here we come!
March 28th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I’d be more willing to download stuff if I get a bigger hard drive. The one on the 360 is way too small for these huge movie files.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
NO wonder why they are releasing the 120 GB XBOX. With all these files you need the space.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xbox360elite/default.htm It looks so delish when it’s official. Anywho, yeah I’m especially downloading some anime if it’s in HD… and hopefully not dubbed.
March 28th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Anime i am definately gonna download.
March 28th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Why would it not be dubbed? Seriously, the only people… oh man I better watch myself BB likes anime.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
We anime nerds like anime in their original language! The only two things I’ve liked in DUBBED ANIME (aka the Anti-Christ) are: (1) Cowboy Bebop (It was amazing in both languages, the English cast did a great job) and Vegeta saying KAKKAROT to Goku (I don’t know why, I loved the way the English voice actor said it LOL) in DBZ!
March 28th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
It would be nice if some of this stuff was free. but we all know microsoft =(
March 28th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
@seb:
having content alone is enough. at least it shows they are vested in the console. The ps3 doesnt have a tenth the amount of content the 360 has, good to see they are pressing the advantage.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:11 am
What Mazz said - Microsoft needs to sign these people while they’re ahead to keep having the edge. Sony’s PS Store has had less good stuff in it than Rosie O’Donelle.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:24 am
ephraim:
what is it with you today? first.. manjuice.. now rosie. I don’t know what kind of movies you have been watching lately, but I wouldn’t watch them anymore.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:50 am
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