Microsoft Reportedly Working On TV Service For Xbox 360

tekgoblin writes "It seems that Microsoft may be in talks with media companies to license TV shows and movies for a new streaming service. With the addition of ESPN to the Xbox 360 over Xbox Live, Microsoft may be in a position to do the same for different content providers and charge a subscription fee for them separately. The idea is to better personalize content and only pay for what you want to watch instead of paying cable companies for all the channels you don't watch. Microsoft is looking into duplicating what they have done with ESPN to include channels such as Showtime or HBO and possibly Disney."

Will they offer MSNBC?

[perpenso]

Will they offer MSNBC?

Re:sigh

[noidentity]

Disney? Who watches that? Why does Disney even have a tv channel?

Because they still have lots of unskippable ads left over from their DVD production.

Re:This is likely to piss off AT&T

[noidentity]

What? Another Microsoft partner screwed over only to find that they were being used as a testbed for Microsoft's own plans??

I remember in the 1990s when Microsoft was first doing tests on TVs, though I never realized it at the time. You know the blue screen that VCRs used to show when the input signal was corrupt.... need I say more?

Re:This is likely to piss off AT&T

[pecosdave]

I don't exactly feel bad for them.

Watching AT&T and Microsoft fight is like watching a guido fight a skin-head. It's worth watching and no matter which one loses it's an overall victory for everyone else.