Hulu has beaten Netflix to market with Miramax movies on streaming video. Hulu Plus launched its Miramax offerings the same day it announced the deal with the mini-major studio. Netflix, which broke news of its Miramax deal in mid-May, set its debut day for sometime in June. As of Tuesday, June 1, Hulu Plus was featuring the Miramax movies … [Read more...]
Hulu Plus added to Xbox
Microsoft's Hulu Plus has gone live on the Xbox 360 platform, opening with a seven-day free trial. Anyone with a networked Xbox 360 can log in during the sampling period, which ends May 6. Bottom line: The Hulu Plus picture looks great, the audio has plenty of punch and there's a heap of films from the Criterion Collection. Hulu is known … [Read more...]
Xbox Kinects with Netflix
Netflix is now at your voice command -- on the Xbox 360. The Kinect-Xbox upgrade finally has gone live. It allows owners of the game console who also have Kinect sensors to simply speak commands such as "Netflix, fast forward," or to use their hands to control some of the streaming video functions. Futurists will be a bit disappointed, … [Read more...]
ESPN team in talks for Xbox 360 video
.Microsoft reportedly has been having "in-depth talks" that would bring ESPN sporting events onto the Xbox Live platform. The Walt Disney Co.-Microsoft negotiations could lead to live streams that would be similar to ESPN 360, which offers major and minor events via some high-speed broadband providers, the New York Times reported … [Read more...]
Wii waves in Netflix streaming videos
Netflix now has a presence on all three major game consoles, with news that the rental giant's streaming video service is coming to the Nintendo Wii. The Watch Instantly programming begins this spring, the companies said. (The New York Times broke the story and gives the big picture.) As with the Sony PlayStation 3, Wii owners can't stream … [Read more...]
