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Sky TV finally arrives on Xbox 360
Sky TV finally arrives on Xbox 360
15 per month for 24 premium channels No longer just a games console, the Xbox 360 is constantly trying to morph itself into a home entertainment system. Having access to 24 Sky TV channels will certainly do its case a serious amount of good. From today, Sky is now being offered on Xbox Live ...
Xbox 360 System Update – Wireless Adapter WPA2 support
majornelson.com — The team has released a system update for the Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE. Sometime over the... next few hours when you sign in to Xbox LIVE you’ll receive a prompt to accept this mandatory update. If you are signed into LIVE already, you may be signed out ... (more) Xbox 360 System Update – Wireless Adapter WPA2 support
Star Trek and Transformers Xbox 360 bundles incoming
videogamer.com — Bundles include movie and game combos. According to the latest issue of trade publication The Future, Microsoft... is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles. The supplement (included with this week's edition of MCV), features a page dedicated to the ... (more) Star Trek and Transformers Xbox 360 bundles incoming
on photos and first impressions
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 removed from Xbox Live due to technical faults
T3.com All — Sky Player removed from Xbox Live due to technical faults Gamers denied as they reach for the Sky. Those hoping to get hope from work and tune into the football on their Xbox 360 for the first time have been left disappointed with Microsoft forced to remove the service from Xbox Live due to technical hitches. The service, which uses a broadband connection to watch Sky programming on the Xbox, was launched at 10am on Tuesday but was inactive for much of the day, with MIcrosoft finally removing the icon from Xbox Live menus. - ...

Sky Player removed from Xbox Live due to technical faults
T3.com News — ... Those hoping to get hope from work and tune into the football on their Xbox 360 for the first time have been left disappointed with Microsoft forced to remove the service from Xbox Live due to technical hitches. ...

"Unprecedented demand" led to Microsoft pulling its Xbox 360 Sky Player
T3.com All — "Unprecedented demand" led to Microsoft pulling its Xbox 360 Sky Player Microsoft apologises for not getting enough computers ready at its end to cope with streaming telly launch Microsoft's long-awaited Sky Player for Xbox 360 , which lets users stream live Sky TV via the web to an Xbox 360 console, was launched and pulled in the same day earlier this week. It was not a great day in the history of Microsoft. At the time, vague ...

"Unprecedented demand" led to Microsoft pulling its Xbox 360 Sky Player
T3.com News — ... Microsoft's long-awaited Sky Player for Xbox 360, which lets users stream live Sky TV via the web to an Xbox 360 console, was launched and pulled in the same day earlier this week. It was not a great day in the history of Microsoft.  ...

Sky brings Premier League football to iPhone
T3.com News — ... Hot on the heels of Xbox 360 owners getting a slice of the Sky Player action, the broadcasting giants have turned their attentions to the portable format by bringing live action from the Barclays Premier League. ...

Sky brings Premier League football to iPhone
T3.com All — ... on Tue 10 Nov 2009 Live European golf, Premiership rugby and domestic cricket also served up It's what football fans have yearned for so long, Andy Gray and Richard Keys in their pocket all made true from today as BSkyB announced the arrival of the Sky Mobile TV app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Hot on the heels of Xbox 360 owners getting a slice of the Sky Player action , the broadcasting giants have turned their attentions to the portable format by bringing live action from the Barclays Premier League. - ...

UK viewers still watch black and white TV
T3.com All — ... happenings on Albert Square, Coronation Street and even Strictly Come Dancing in monochrome. Fighting back against the emergence of BBC iPlayer and high definition, figures by TV Licensing show old remains gold and black and white TVs are refusing to be resigned to the archives of tech we would like to resurrect . BBC iPlayer boasted one million unique users in September, who watched 60.8 million TV programmes on the internet. With Sky annouced on the iPhone and Xbox , there's never been more ways to watch TV, but the googlebox remains the most popular. Link ...

UK viewers still watch black and white TV
T3.com News — ... on Albert Square, Coronation Street and even Strictly Come Dancing in monochrome. Fighting back against the emergence of BBC iPlayer and high definition, figures by TV Licensing show old remains gold and black and white TVs are refusing to be resigned to the archives of tech we would like to resurrect. BBC iPlayer boasted one million unique users in September, who watched 60.8 million TV programmes on the internet. With Sky annouced on the iPhone and Xbox, there's never been more ways to watch TV, but the googlebox remains the ...

Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm go live on Xbox 360
T3.com All — ... on Tue 17 Nov 2009 Social Networking comes to Xbox Live Xbox Live users will be able to use Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm via their console from today. With the addition of this social networking suite and Sky Player earlier this month, Microsoft looks like they are transforming the Xbox 360 into a media centre. - ...

Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm go live on Xbox 360
T3.com News — ... Xbox Live users will be able to use Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm via their console from today. With the addition of this social networking suite and Sky Player earlier this month, Microsoft looks like they are transforming the Xbox 360 into a media centre. ...

Xbox Live Gold free for a week
T3.com All — ... , Twitter, Last.fm, Zune Marketplace, and Sky Player to the Xbox Live roster and they hope that their renovations will tempt Xbox owners to subscribe to the Xbox Live Gold service. For those in Europe, the Gold service will be free of charge between 25 November and 30 November. All those outside the EU will only get the service from 20 November to 23 November. Meanwhile, PS3 fans will be quick to point out that the PlayStation Network has always been free. So if you have the sudden urge to humiliate a whiney American adolescent on Halo or just to challenge your mates to a ...

Xbox Live Gold free for a week
T3.com News — ... , Twitter, Last.fm, Zune Marketplace, and Sky Player to the Xbox Live roster and they hope that their renovations will tempt Xbox owners to subscribe to the Xbox Live Gold service. ...

Sky Player now available on Windows 7
T3.com All — ... on Thu 19 Nov 2009 Great for solving arguments in a TV-hungry household There was a time when you could only watch Sky TV on your TV, through your Sky Box. Now, it's available on the Xbox 360 -- and to Windows 7 PC users. Sky today announced its Sky Player would be playable through Windows Media Centre, giving access to sports, films and TV shows. Picture the scene -- your wife is in the loungeroom watching Ugly Betty on the TV, and you can be in the bedroom, watching the football on your Win7 laptop. The Sky Player interface is apparently easy enough to use on Windows 7, ...

Sky Player now available on Windows 7
T3.com News — ... There was a time when you could only watch Sky TV on your TV, through your Sky Box. Now, it's available on the Xbox 360 -- and to Windows 7 PC users. ...

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