Reuters: Microsoft's TV subscription plans 'on hold'

After years of hearing about Microsoft's poorly hidden plans for offering streaming TV subscriptions through the Xbox 360 (among other devices), Reuters is reporting that those very plans are currently stuck in a holding pattern. According to "people familiar with the discussions," Microsoft built out an infrastructure for delivering television, but upon finding out how much it would cost to deliver currently broadcast-exclusive content, walked away from talks.

"They built Microsoft TV, they demoed it for us, they asked for rate cards but then said 'ooh ah, that's expensive,'" the piece quotes one "senior media executive" as saying with regards to the negotiations. That doesn't mean that the plans are a total wash, just that they're currently not progressing.

Still, some avenues for live... (Continue Reading...)

PSN Tuesday: Stranger's Wrath HD, Splinter Cell HD, All Zombies Must Die

We hope you like HD remakes, because a pair of high-profile titles are part of this week's PSN update. Alongside the debut of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, PS3 users can snag HD-ified versions of the first three Splinter Cell games, ala carte: Splinter Cell HD, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory HD and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow HD.

Doublesix's follow-up to Burn Zombie Burn!, All Zombies Must Die, also debuts on PSN this week. If this were a police blog, we'd say we've got modus operandi for Doublesix. Yup, cop jokes. Deal with it.

PSOne Classic Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is also available for download this week, along with MotorStorm Apocalypse and Carnival Island. Hit up the source link below for the full list of this week's content over on the PlayStation... (Continue Reading...)


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