US Americans, go ahead and enjoy your
Netflix streaming over your Xbox 360, Brits are about to land a deal that'll put live football, TV, and films over Microsoft's broadband-enabled console -- a first live television service for Xbox 360
anywhere. Beginning in Autumn, Xbox Live subscribers in the UK and Ireland will gain access to Sky's Sky Player service that includes subscription-based live, on-demand, and pay-per-view access to your favorite shows without the need for an additional set-top-box or satellite dish. Unfortunately, specifics like prices and channel line-up have not been announced, though content is expected to be similar to the Sky Player service already available on Macs and PCs. Of interest, Xbox Live users will be able to watch sporting content together virtually and sling insults and taunts at one-another via avatars or virtual personas. Something that will lead to slurring songs in a fit of semi-social inebriation or fisticuffs, depending on the score.
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posted May 29th 2009 4:41AM
That would be pretty much awesome.
Unless your on their 50MB service like me :)
Are you saying that you don't get throttled if you're on a 50Mb line?
Remember - you wouldn't necessarily know if you were unless you were downloading a lot. Even on my 20Mb line I don't always get the full bandwidth!?
This is a good speed testing site:
http://speedtest.net/ - and it's endorsed by Virgin Media as a why to prove their incompetence!?
Cheers
There isnt any throttling on the 50meg yet.
Problem is Wii n PS3 use the browsers to get Iplayer, they have slightly tweaked version to suit using a TV n controller instead of monitor n mouse, but the browser is something the 360 doesn't yet(E3 may bring one) have, so Iplayer would require a major bit of work on BBC's part to get on 360. other two cases is a tweak to their website which is already set up.
Sky get a monthly subscription so can justify the cost of coding the Skyplayer for 360.
No throttling what so ever
I use a lot of Usenet servers and my connection always hovers between 45 - 50Mbit
http://www.speedtest.net/result/481837219.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/483983437.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/481714581.png
BT's still better ; )
http://www.speedtest.net/result/484040400.png
Engadget.Please dont ever mention the Irish under the term "Brits" ever again.
...but nowadays it's politically incorrect to split the Brits into the potato-haves and the potato-have-nots.
agreed mr griffen
And while we are on that subject, what on earth is a "US American"?
Lucky you!
My next move would be to get them to upgrade me to 50Mb for no extra cost but a friend of mine has just said that I should write to them and copy in the ombudsman (or whoever police's these things)
Cheers.
You'll be lucky to get 50MB for nothing.
I've been with VM/NTL since the early days and it still cost me £50 to upgrade, i didnt mind though because they provide a new modem and a Netgear WNR2000 Router.
The installer also kindly drilled me some holes so i could run ethernet cables for streaming :)
Steve
Well, hopefully the BBC channels will stream for free as the BBC stream them for free live over the internet anyway. Not too bothered about the other channels we may or may not get.
Wait so it's soccer....no thanks I'll stick with netflix here in America and the NFL on Sundays.
No it's FOOTBALL as in a game you play with a ball and your feet.
Not a game where you run 10 yards, get a bit gay and then have a five minute rest before you do it all again, while managing to rarely use your feet but still having the nerve to call it Football :/
Amazing... just amazing stevengreen, I wish I could paypal you money right now.
ROTFL.
http://www.eatliver.com/img/2009/3849.jpg
Please view that pic before ever calling football 'soccer'
I'll start calling soccer football when Brits stop calling expressways motorways. Or guardrail "armco". Or plexiglass "perspex".
Different countries have different words for things. Using the correct word for the correct country makes sense. Telling someone else they are using the wrong word when it's the correct word for their country is just stupid.
Good old Arsenal :)
Hopefully we have a better season next year.
I don't get why this is only available in the UK / Ireland... I'd love to have Sky Sports in America! I could watch all of my Arsenal matches!... I wonder if there will be a way to trick it...
Guessing the BT Vision/Xbox tie-up is still a long way off then...
Hope Sony and Sky are working together for the PS3. They'll be missing a great opportunity if they're not.
I'm gettin the feeling this is a preview something similar they might unveil at E3 for us North American folks... i hope its true cause that picture looks alot like our would be version of "Playstation Home"... hopefully if this is a prep for that it comes off more organic and not like a cheap knock-off
I don't think it will be availiable in the US due to licensing from the English FA
Well, you never know. I'm living in Belgium and the local cable company (Telenet) shows the Premiership (plus the other major European leagues and the Belgian one) matches live on their subscription sports channels. The FA clearly doesn't mind licensing the games for broadcast outside the UK but whether anyone in the US will pony-up the cash remains to be seen.
Normally I wouldn't bother subscribing to a TV channel but since the BBC stopped showing the International and FA Cup matches, PRIME Sports is the only way for me to watch any matches from home without shelling out for a dish to pickup Sky.
@ The Rod
My thought exactly that Kid came into Arsenal and light up the place on that game..can you freaking believe it..4 goal all by himself .too bad we end up with a Tie(Draw). Oh well theres always next Season :-D.
Correct me if im wrong but does sky TV multicast all over the world? . Also does anybody know if Sky tv has an app for the ipod Touch?..I own a Wii and Xbox 360 so if it comes to the states im getting it...so i can watch my Arsenal Gunners :-D..ooh and the NFL is not slow or borring theres always something happening..Go Pats
@Kelmon
We can only watch the EPL on Sansata Sports the rest can be watch on Goal tv,Fox sport and ESPN. Sansata sport is live stream from England but is part of Time warner cable as of now but in a couple of months Verizon Fios will get it...GO FIOS GO!!
This is a great idea. but there are so many obstacles that could possibly stand in the way of this coming to fruition. I, for one, just hope that this doesn't go the same way as the whole 'xbox meets bt vision' situation last year, because quite frankly, that pissed me right off. I mean, BT is probably the most commonly used isp in the uk, right? and the 360 is also very popular here too. So it goes without saying that a high percentage of customers that had both these products did consider the BT vision path for TV. So out of those people who considered it, there is a percentage of them that signed up to BT Vision purely on the basis that this marriage of TV and gaming would work (at least within the year). I am one of those people, and i gotta say, i feel like i was lead down the garden path just to get me to sign up to BT Vision, as if the 360 was some sort of carrot on a stick to draw me into this new, largely untested TV service. Weeks and months passed with no news. Not even a blog update or anything really in terms of a step forward to delivering this product. My contract with BT Vision expired, and without hestitaion I cancelled it basically because it was rubbish, and moved to Sky. So there's me with my new Sky+ HD box, resigned to the fact that I had made a rash purchasing decision involving BT Vision. Then Sky get in bed with MS with this. God, i really can't take much more of this, where the big companies show off their toys in front of us, and then tell us to wait, and if we're nice, we might get a chance to play with these freakin things.
I'm really sorry for the wall of text. I don't comment often, but this one, i just had to take up arms against.
So is it coming to Britain or Britain and the Republic of Ireland?
that does look a lot like the EA Sports Center in HOME.
especialy when you look out over the railing and see the football, baseball, soccer, hockey stadiums, and boxing ring.
If you can 'pay as you view' Premier League matches, I'll do that rather than upgrade my package to £33/month and end up with a lot of sports I don't want to watch.
@kelmon
either agree, or disagree.
don't agree that the warranty microsoft offer is far and above better than any other console manufacturer has ever given, but then disagree that it's bad that when invoked said warranty is not worth the paper it's written on. I think we all agree that any RROD is a bad thing, but microsoft are dealing with it way better than - as my example pointed out - sony did when they had a similar level of failures.
i'd gladly take your idiot award, but in this case i think it'd look more at home on you.
The broadband fair use policy is implemented so 'YOU' personally don't monopolise the exchange from other customers. It also prioritises Virgin media above and beyond Broadband usage. The reason for that being, is broadband is considered a luxury. 'Satellite' or 'cable' may also be put in that category, but access to public TV is a right, more specifically BBC (Who you effectively pay your TV Licence to).
Your broadband usage is also very much determined on how your local telephone exchange operates. If your in a 'looped' exchange, you can guarantee the 'fair usage policy' is alot more strict, also your more likely to be held to a download monthly limit. Your speed in these exchanges is also greatly reduced during busy times. Thus, it wouldn't be a sensible choice for those in these area's to get Sky via Xbox live. I wouldn't like to watch a game of football with frequent reload screens and tittering sound. Those who have 'cable' or in an 'unlooped' area would have a lot more use to this.
I'd hate to imagine the costs that will be implicated to users of this server. As a customer of Sky, I now pay £47.50 a month (Calculated @ 17.5% VAT), which gives me movies, sports and all other sky channels. I wouldn't imagine Sky making this a cheap alternative to watch what you want, otherwise they'd be losing customers like me. For this reason alone, I wouldn't be entirely surprised @ a monthly fee on top of a PPV price. Don't you think this sounds a bit like BTVision, but more complicated?
Plus, if your Xbox breaks down, who do you cancel your Sky subscription with? A long frustrating 'robot' from Xbox helpdesk... or a 45 minute queue to get through to Sky? To me, this sounds a bit like another thoughtless launch from both companies. I don't need to say much about both the launch of Sky HD and early releases of the Xbox 360 to scream fear in my wallet and head.
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I have both consoles and tbh they both have there ups and downs, like ps3 hasnt got a large game selection where the xbox has, but ive had 4 xbox's in 3 years after RROD but only had my ps3 go wrong once. Ive also red the comments about xbox customer service on returning consoles about it taking a week - 2 weeks, when my ps3 blu ray drive broken i rang playstation and they organised my console to be picked up from my house and swap it for a new one at my front door and this was only 2 days after I rang so tbh i have found from personal experience that sonys customer service is better.
Anyway back to the point i think that the sky player will be awesome and i cant wait for it. (as long as they dont start charging stupid money for it)
well everybody seems to be hating Xbox 360 for some unkown reason the PS3 is not a console made for a gamer the reason why i say this is because mainly its contoller it is not made for your hand at all anyway PS3 have just as many problems as xbox its just that xbox knows how to help its coustermers
and i dont understand why anybody with a ps3 is commenting on this because its obvious that xbox is the FUTER OF GAMING we got project natel coming we got facebook and twitter coming AND SKY sooo suck on that you PS3 lovers