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Sky to try again with Xbox launch
techradar.com - 10/28/2009
Sky to try again with Xbox launch
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After an aborted launch on Tuesday, Sky and Xbox are hoping that they can finally allow the public onto the eagerly anticipated Sky Player for Xbox 360 24 hours later. On a day that caused both companies major embarrassment, the roll out of the VOD and streaming television service was ...
on photos and first impressions
electricpig.co.uk - 10/27/2009
on photos and first impressions
— electricpig.co.uk — We’ve been fiddling with Sky Player on Xbox 360 . It gets our thumbs up for the... content on show, but what’s it like to use? Get down and dirty with Murdoch’s latest assault on your living room, and see our hands-on photos of Sky Player on Xbox 360 in ... (more) on photos and first impressions

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Sky Player on Xbox launches with media pack
techradar.com - 10/27/2009
Sky Player on Xbox launches with media pack
— techradar.com — Sky Player on Xbox launches today, with a bundle that includes a media remote, a month of... Sky Sports and a three-month Gold membership subscription available for £29.99. Sky Player has been a firm fixture in Microsoft news in the past week, with the Windows 7 launch also bringing the news that ... (more) Sky Player on Xbox launches with media pack

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theinquirer.net - 10/28/2009
Microsoft pulls the xbox 360 sky player
— theinquirer.net — MICROSOFT HAS QUICKLY pulled Sky Player support from the Xbox 360, which launched yesterday with a lot... of publicity, most of it positive. A statement on the UK Xbox support site reads, "The Sky Player on Xbox 360 service did successfully launch early ... (more) Microsoft pulls the xbox 360 sky player

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PS3 beating Xbox 360 for VOD content
Techradar - All the latest technology news — Sony has laid the VOD smackdown on Xbox 360 by announcing it now has 40 studio partners offering movies to its on-demand service – making it the biggest provider console-wise of downloadable content. Although the service is yet to reach UK shores – it's expected sometime this month – the amount of content available in the US version of the service is a pretty good indication of what to expect. Most content boast The new studios who have signed on the dotted line with Sony include: Lucasfilm, Cinetic FilmBuff, ContentFilm International, Image Entertainment, MPI Media Group and New Video. This means the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ...

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