Live TV Comes To Xbox Live With Verizon FiOS app
Xbox 360 users who subscribe to Verizon FiOs cable and web services can soon watch Xbox live TV using the Microsoft games console. The service will offer 26 live television channels and launches in December.
Verizon Fios streaming app comes to Xbox360
box users will need to be Live Gold members and need to download the Verizon FiOS TV Xbox app to get the streaming entertainment. Back in October Microsoft announced partnerships for “the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE.”
They are teaming up with almost 40 TV and entertainment providers in 20 countries around the world including Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy for the US, The BBC for the UK, Spanish network Telefónica, Televisa in Mexico, ZDF in Germany, MediaSet in Italy and Rogers On Demand in Canada.
The launch comes just as the Xbox 360 dashboard gets a redesign on December 6, including new features such as cloud storage, integrated voice and gesture controls and social network options.
If you’re an existing Verizon subscriber then you will need to ring Verizon who will add the streaming service, but you will need an Xbox Live Gold subscription plus a FiOS TV and Internet subscription to get the free streaming.
For new users, Verizon are offering a special deal until next January for Xbox 360 owners. For $89.99 monthly users can get a triple play package consisting of TV, phone and internet access plus a free 12 month subscription to Xbox Live Gold, and the game, Xbox Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
The range of channels available at launch in December will include 26 streaming channels including seventeen in HD that can be controlled using the kinect motion and voice system. It’s a good move by Verizon and Microsoft as game consoles are the number one device to watch streaming TV.
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This really could have been awesome, but it seems like they missed the mark. I just don’t see the point. Okay you can watch TV through your Xbox…but…you have to have the Fios box there anyway so what’s the point? It’s a bundle package, we’ve seen these before, but this one only gives you 26 channels. Really, 26 channels. Not much selection, especially for the price. Not that I would have switched services anyway, being that I’m an employee and subscriber of DISH Network, and really like my company, but this doesn’t seem worth it for anyone. With DISH I get way more channels for less money, have more options, and more peripheral services like TV Everywhere, and the Blockbuster Movie Pass (both of which are awesome).
I dont understand the point of this. I have fios with an HD DVR fios box. Why would I want to watch it on my xbox when I can simply tune the fios box?? I dont see the point in this at all. I thought microsoft was going to comeout with their own tv service as a provider.