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Facebook and Warner Bros have announced a partnership that will see the latter’s movies made available for rental or purchase with Facebook Credits. The first flick covered by the new deal will be The Dark Knight, with more to be added in the coming months. Rentals will give users access …
Read More »Gaikai expands online team
Gaikai has hired two new members to its executive team, bringing decades of experience with online games to the cloud gaming service. Robert Stevenson has joined as senior vice president of interactive entertainment, while Tim Wilson becomes executive vice president of strategic relationships. Stevenson previously worked at Namco Bandai Games …
Read More »ITV and Ch4 to hit PS3 this week
Sony’s PS3 will add to significant strings to its digital content bow this week with the addition of streaming content services from both Channel 4 and ITV this week. That’s according to The Guardian, which claims that the launch will mark a change of strategy for ITV which, until now, …
Read More »Sony details PS3 LoveFilm deal
Following the leak of the news earlier this week, Sony has released the first official information about the upcoming LoveFilm service heading to PS3. Described as the most significant extension to date of LOVEFiLM’s direct-to-TV rollout”, the service will provide both instant streaming rentals over PSN as well as the …
Read More »Lovefilm launching PS3 service
It has been revealed with little fanfare that leading European game and movie rental firm Lovefilm is to launch a streaming movie service on Sony’s PlayStation Network for PS3 owners. The announcement came via a video on the PS3 YouTube channel, which can be seen here. Users will be able …
Read More »PS3 unveils MUBI movie service
Sony’s video-on-demand offer for PS3 is to get a further expansion with news that SCEE has partnered with online film library service MUBI. The deal will this autumn bring a host of independent, international and classic movie content to the console, with 300 titles scheduled to be available from launch. …
Read More »Bravias offer World Cup streaming
Owners of the latest Sony’s IPTV will be able to stream classic World Cup footage direct to their TV via the Bravia Internet Video service. The content is compatible with its most recent TV sets, including the 3D-ready HX803, and many of the firm’s high-end Blu-ray players. It is not, …
Read More »VidZone "just as successful as Spotify"
Over two million PS3 owners have downloaded the music streaming app VidZone. And the team behind the service say they are helping to attract thousands of new users to the platform – even giving comparable services like Spotify a run for their money. More than two million users have signed …
Read More »Microsoft negotiating ESPN deal?
The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft has been holding behind-closed-doors chats with US sports broadcaster ESPN with a view to brining streaming live sport to Xbox Live. The service, if it ever comes to fruition, will work on a subscription basis, it is being claimed. It appears that …
Read More »VidZone downloads pass 2m
Hit music video streaming service VidZone has seen its PS3 client downloaded over 2m times, VidZone Digital Media has confirmed. In addition, the service has now delivered over 200m videos to its many users spread across 18 countries. There’s more information on this story over on CasualGaming.biz.
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