Canal+ live & on-demand TV comes to French Xbox 360s

The U.S. has Netflix, the UK has Sky TV and now France is getting Canal+ added to the Xbox 360, in a similar deal to the one bringing live and on-demand Sky TV in England, the French will be free to party up and watch more than 3,000 movies and TV shows, catch-up TV, French Ligue 1 soccer games, and headbutt flopping, filthy-mouthed Italians in the chest. No word if sports hooliganism will be supported in this iteration, but judging from the screens the avatar support should also mirror its UK counterpart. This is likely not the end of tie-ups between the two either, with the partnership planned to eventually encompass other Canal Plus & Microsoft products. Check out one additional pic of the updated dashboard after the break.

[Via Reuters]

[damiaking @ Jun 29th 2009 11:35AM]

damm it i want this ..i dont even use netflix thats some bullshit :s

[cozza99 @ Jun 29th 2009 12:03PM]

Really, why would I want to watch myself watching myself watching TV?

[PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jun 29th 2009 12:41PM]

so it can be a pseudo-Mystery Science Theater 3000

[l Squid l @ Jun 29th 2009 11:37AM]

isnt this for free? unlike netflix where you gotta pay up?

[Brian @ Jun 29th 2009 11:38AM]

I want ESPN and MLB.tv on my 360.

[RLBurkes @ Jun 29th 2009 11:42AM]

+1 for MLB.tv

[a ham sandwich @ Jun 29th 2009 11:43AM]

i want the damn full iptv service they promised us years ago.

[PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jun 29th 2009 12:41PM]

i want nba league pass :(

[Paul @ Jun 29th 2009 12:47PM]

yeah no kidding the IPTV service was demo'd in 2007.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0GijX9SSjU

[Alan Strangis @ Jun 29th 2009 12:59PM]

Don't expect full IPTV until the content providers stop being idiots, in other words, it'll be a long time coming (at least legitimately).

[Gadget freak @ Jun 29th 2009 11:41AM]

looks smooth... but here's an idea, global features...
I hate that there are coming all these features and none of which I can enjoy :(

I WANT NETFLIX!

[CH3BURASHKA @ Jun 29th 2009 11:42AM]

There needs to be more international streamed TV. I want to go all online, but my parents need their Russian channels, which aren't available online, or any that I can find.

If you can help, post below. Also, if you can find an HD feed, that'd be awesome.

[PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jun 29th 2009 12:43PM]

ive heard of the original modded xbox XBMC having a russian channel add-on

[Booch @ Jun 29th 2009 11:43AM]

Wow, this is incredibly lame.

Nintendo Mii's?

[Gadget freak @ Jun 29th 2009 11:48AM]

What else is new?

[PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jun 29th 2009 12:43PM]

what rock were u living under?

[Ashwin Jadhav @ Jun 29th 2009 11:53AM]

Yup we need International TV, what's the point in streaming national/cable channels anyway?OK, you could do away with cable..yeah I know...but TWC, Comacast and the other goons are not gonna let that happen. *Sigh*

[ALBGunner04 @ Jun 29th 2009 11:55AM]

Allez Marseille!

[dsteve303 @ Jun 29th 2009 11:56AM]

What kind of name has a + in it

[deanb @ Jun 29th 2009 12:25PM]

Sky+?

[Viakenny @ Jun 29th 2009 1:29PM]

Canal+, "channel plus", "channel more".

[Wolfgang @ Jun 29th 2009 11:57AM]

When will Canada get anything like this? I would sign up for NetFlix in a heart beat.

[Alan Strangis @ Jun 29th 2009 1:05PM]

No kidding. I've been hoping zip.ca would figure it out, but the biggest problem seems to be the US content providers signing deals with the major Canadian broadcasters in which they all lock up digital distribution.

In other words, the Canadian networks create their own little online fiefdoms which also applies to movies.

Heck, it even happens in movie theatres. AMC in the US signs North American distribution deals so that Cineplex theatres can't show certain movies if they're within a particular distance, leading people to either put up with the ultra crappy AMC experience, or travelling further out of your way to go to what is (at least comparatively) a much better theatre.

[Joanna D @ Jun 29th 2009 12:00PM]

Weblogs Inc. seems incapable of training its staff in simple geography. Both here, on Autoblog and on Joystiq I've seen senseless references to "England". Let me do your trainer's job for you:

England = England
Great Britain = England, Scotland & Wales
United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland

Sky's deal is coming to the United Kingdom and Ireland - which means England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Neither Sky nor Microsoft offer services which are tailored solely to England.

[gooshy1 @ Jun 29th 2009 12:17PM]

Couldn't agree more.

[Itchy @ Jun 29th 2009 12:21PM]

Its more a American thing, all of the UK is "England" when its not, it annoys me as an englishman, it annoys my Scot and welsh friends too. If you have to lump us all together call it Britain!

[Jake @ Jun 29th 2009 12:16PM]

wow, we moved across an ocean and fought a war... yet hundreds of years later, we still have to listen to you complain about something as trivial as what name we use to describe your miserable country.

if it wasn't for bbc news, I would say we should create a technology to filter the lot of you out of our internet.

[Kris @ Jun 29th 2009 12:23PM]

THANK YOU! This bothers the hell out of me; how hard is it to get simple geography right?

[FNG @ Jun 29th 2009 12:26PM]

Jake does not speak for this American. Read a map you dumb ass.

[Ashwin Jadhav @ Jun 29th 2009 12:28PM]

I knew the first and the third, but the second one is new to me. Why do you have to make so damn complicated?

England is England
UK is all four countries

Why the extra GB for the entire island excluding Northern Island?

[deanb @ Jun 29th 2009 12:35PM]

Your interent?
You see that http://www bit? thats a freaking Eglish invention.
So's all the combination of letters I'm using to communicate with you too.
On behalf of my grandad thanks for the help in WWI n WWII though (I assume that's what you meant, though you did say hundred of years, but what with stereotypical United Ex-Colony of The British Empire's eduction system I wouldn't be surprised if you thought WWII was over a hundred years ago)

[D0mth0ma5 @ Jun 29th 2009 12:42PM]

Back in the day it was simply England, then in the 16th Century we annexed Wales, 1707 we had a union with Scotland, 1800 a union with Ireland, in 1948 South Ireland (or the Republic of Ireland) gained independence. Just be glad you don't to learn a different name for England and Wales, we've been around a long time, it gets complicated.

[Jake @ Jun 29th 2009 1:07PM]

Yes, deanb, My Internet. The internet is not as international or unstoppable as most people give it credit for. Take for instance, China. They don't allow content from certain domains (probably through IP). Since you obviously don't understand sarcasm, I'll let you in on the joke: I don't actually think creating a filtered subset of the internet would be a good idea.

Secondly, the war I was referring to was the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)... I could have also been referring to the war of 1812, but I wasn't. Both of these wars occurred greater than 100 years ago, thereby "hundreds of years". You are correct though that both WWs were less than 100 years ago. Good for you, buddy!

Lastly, my main point was that with all the things Engadget/Weblogs Inc does poorly, fussing over their lack of supersetting a name when referring to what locales get a service points out the trivial nature of most English/Brits/UKers. For example, this news article about the definition of the term "biscuit", which is NOT the first article I've read about large court cases over the definition of that word.

I'm English/Welsh in lineage, I don't actually give a damn either way about where a person is from (nor do I think America is the greatest country in the world). I was kidding before, but seriously this time, I wish I could filter indignant c*nts like you off the internet.

[Jake @ Jun 29th 2009 1:09PM]

Forgot to include a link to the article I was referring to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm

also, Engadget, please fix your comment system

[Matmoo @ Jun 29th 2009 4:00PM]

Jake. That's just the UK government being greedy though. They are not just arguing over the term biscuit for fun. They are doing it so that they can get more money from sales of those things.

[Joanna D @ Jun 29th 2009 4:30PM]

Ashwin, Great Britain is the name of the Island on which England, Wales and Scotland are situated.

[Jay Voorhees @ Jun 29th 2009 12:21PM]

Not a fan of the Eyetalians eh Dick?

[epompeii @ Jun 29th 2009 12:25PM]

comment check

[FNG @ Jun 29th 2009 12:27PM]

didn't work

[KeegdnaB @ Jun 29th 2009 12:40PM]

U-Verse plz?

Seriously Microsoft.....I would love you more than anything if you finally struck that deal with at&t that's been rumored since the IPTV service was first demo'd

[AnnoyingPoster @ Jun 29th 2009 4:42PM]

theyve had the deal with at&t for years, however not in the United States. The cable / fiber companies in this country are all trying to build their own proprietary networks using their own cable boxes, where in europe and asia IPTV is more prevalent.

we need iptv asap

[Timmy @ Jun 29th 2009 12:43PM]

If Xbox could do this for Japanese baseball I'm sure sales would dramatically pick up over there as well.

[Mark @ Jun 29th 2009 3:23PM]

Why? As like the Sky deal and the Canal Live deal, you can already get all of these on your PS3. However Sony don't constantly make a song and dance about it like Microsoft (perhaps they should...)

it's also mighty misleading to use that picture in the article as it's been openly admited by Microsoft as a mockup and the finished article won't look anything like it (static icons).

[Jake @ Jun 29th 2009 1:08PM]

Forgot to include a link to the article I was referring to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm

[bl0nde @ Jun 29th 2009 1:22PM]

+1 for the Zidane headbutt reference

[Tux @ Jun 29th 2009 2:22PM]

"on-demand Sky TV in England" Ahem, It's The UK, It consists of England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Flippin' Yanks.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Jun 29th 2009 2:59PM]

I wonder how they're restricting it to France. Via XBL registration street address? IP address? Some kind of code subscribers need to enter? I'd love to get access to this, find a way around whatever the mechanism is that restricts it to France..

[juka @ Jul 23rd 2009 7:56PM]

yeah no kidding the IPTV service was demo'd in 2007.

http://www.buycheapguide.com