Xbox Signs Up 50 Streaming Partners, Can Even Replace Your Cable Box

Move over, Netflix; you've been replaced as the king of streaming television with Microsoft's announcement of new partnerships for Xbox 360 with 50 international content providers, including HBO—the one "get" that Netflix has never quite managed.

The company's announcement yesterday means that Xbox LIVE will soon be streaming live content from Bravo, Syfy and HBO in the U.S., BBC and Channel 4 in the U.K., Spain's Telefonica, Germany's ZDF and Italy's MediaSet, amongst many others. Other partnerships include Comcast's Xfinity On Demand and Verizon's FiOS TV, meaning that more shows will be available via on-demand offerings. FiOS subscribers will even be able to use their Xbox 360s instead of cable boxes, too.   Full Story

 

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