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The New Xbox Dashboard 06.12.2011
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Unlikely, I would assume we are on the final build.
As some have mentioned already, our app store is devoid of anything bar twitter and facebook. SO my advice is to go set up a silver UK and US account. Havent signed in on the UK one yet but I was able to get daily motion and SyFy on the us account and use it on the irish account.
No utube and skype
Hope to see them this week. 0 -
tipperaryboy wrote: »No utube and skype Hope to see them this week.
I don't think there are any plans to include Skype in the fall update.0 -
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There's a post on Major Nelson's blog outlining what's available at launch and what's coming soon. Unfortunately for Irish people (or some of us with Irish accounts abroad, **** you MS) the future of TV this is not.
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There's a post on Major Nelson's blog outlining what's available at launch and what's coming soon. Unfortunately for Irish people (or some of us with Irish accounts abroad, **** you MS) the future of TV this is not.
MUZU.TV
Vevo
MLB.TV
DailyMotion
Maybe YouTube
Thats everything that will be available to Irish users.0 -
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So sick of MS screwing non US / UK customers over at this stage.
We pay the same cash each year for the service yet some get more than others? I'd say something if there was a content barrier in terms of infrastructure but as its a web dependant service there is no excuse like that. The only real barrier should be content region restriction which we could all understand but it just looks like they are not bothering with arranging on demand services for the smaller regions.
A bit of a joke considering it wouldnt have been that difficult to assign a small team per each country to talk with the respective natonal providers and hammer out a deal. in our case getting the RTE player would have been appropriate.
I guess from MS's point of view small regions arent worth the time , effort and cost of arranging deals with national providers for their online content. So if your looking for on demand tv functionality in your console xbox is the only choice...... if you live in US or UK only.:mad:
As the gap between what US and UK customers get grows it makes me wonder more and more why we are paying the same price as them? We are essentially on xbox live light0 -
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Copper_pipe wrote: »will I be able to download at 00:01 tonite?
(I dont have beta preview)
Probably not. It will most likely launch at 00:01 Seattle time. Which is 8 hours behind us (I think).hightower1 wrote: »So sick of MS screwing non US / UK customers over at this stage.
We pay the same cash each year for the service yet some get more than others? I'd say something if there was a content barrier in terms of infrastructure but as its a web dependant service there is no excuse like that. The only real barrier should be content region restriction which we could all understand but it just looks like they are not bothering with arranging on demand services for the smaller regions.
A bit of a joke considering it wouldnt have been that difficult to assign a small team per each country to talk with the respective natonal providers and hammer out a deal. in our case getting the RTE player would have been appropriate.
I guess from MS's point of view small regions arent worth the time , effort and cost of arranging deals with national providers for their online content. So if your looking for on demand tv functionality in your console xbox is the only choice...... if you live in US or UK only.:mad:
As the gap between what US and UK customers get grows it makes me wonder more and more why we are paying the same price as them? We are essentially on xbox live light
The reason we dont get the features is simple. We're not worth the money.
If Microsoft want to launch products like Zune Music in a country, they have to pay for the licences to distribute that content. So before paying for these licences, they need to decide if there will be a return on it. Which goes something like this;
Population of Ireland = 4.5 Million
Projected likelihood of Irish buying Xboxes = 0.75 Million
Cost of distribution licences = X amount.
After they do the maths, they realise that by bringing these services to Ireland, they're very unlikely to break even. So they leave us alone.
This same problem is why you cant watch certain YouTube videos, or access websites like SouthParkStudios.
As for services like RTE player not being on Xbox, blame RTE. The Xbox is a popular platform, so Microsoft don't need to chase interest, they just say "Hey, we've got a platform people like, give us a call if you want to get your stuff on it".
RTE are particularly bad when it comes to this kind of stuff. They have no understanding of the modern media consumer. Over a decade ago, they were told that they should build a digital ecosystem because it was the next big thing. Flashforward to October 2010, Soarview arrives.
They are showing signs of improvement though, they've got iOS/Androids apps, so maybe we'll see an RTE player show up. It would be a very smart move on their part, given that Soarview isnt doing very well.0 -
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