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US video game TV channel G4 is to be closed by parent company NBC. The network will be switched off on November 30th after over 12 years on the air. NBC Universal has finally pulled the plug on the G4 channel,” a statement from telcom provider Great Plains Communications explained. …
Read More »Sony unveils PlayStation Vue internet TV service
PlayStation platform holder Sony is targeting the cable TV market with a new video on demand service. Interesting, PlayStation Vue will not be a PlayStation-only product, with an iPad version already in development alongside the PS4 and PS3 releases. It will launch with around 75 channels in the US including …
Read More »‘Season Pass’ feature hits PSN marketplace
PS3 owners will soon be able to buy entire series of TV shows for a single lump sum on PSN. The digital marketplace’s Video Unlimited section will as of today allow people to buy access to specific TV series, even if some episodes have yet to be released. Once purchased …
Read More »VIDEO: Sony’s Powers TV series detailed
A trailer for Sony’s live-action TV series Powers has been released following its debut at the New York Comic Con. The series, which features District 9 and Maleficent star Sharlto Copley, is the first of Sony’s original PSN programming and will be offered free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. It’s based …
Read More »Games Media Profile: Ginx TV
Chris Bond, senior staff writer and producer for Ginx TV, chats about the success of Videogame Nation and what’s next for the outlet Launched back in 2008, Ginx TV has managed to avoid the early death suffered by many of its video games TV channel rivals. In fact, the London-based …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch the DriveClub TV ad
Sony has released the TV ad that it will run next week ahead of the release of PS4 racer DriveClub. The ad follows a selection of gamers from around the world as they pledge allegiance to their club, by taking ‘The DriveClub Oath’,” the company says. Forming part of a …
Read More »‘Sony has the potential to make the game console market its exclusive territory’, analyst claims
A US analyst has predicted that Sony could eventually grow to control virtually the entire console market. "Sony has the potential to make the game console market its exclusive territory,” Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Eiichi Katayama told The Wall Street Journal in a report claiming that the company’s current …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s the FIFA 15 TV ad
Lionel Messi is the big name who is this year fronting EA’s TV campaign for FIFA 15. The ‘Fell the Game’ short depicts gamers experiencing their immersion on the pitch, while Messi himself acrobatically jumps about a living room. And a fish jumps out of some water. FIFA 15 is …
Read More »Another ‘Top Gear of gaming’ TV show is on the way
A new TV show kicking off in the UK this Friday has boldly claimed to be the Top Gear of gaming”. Think you’ve heard that before? You have. In June Red Bull revealed plans for its own gaming TV show which it dubbed as ‘Top Gear for gamers’. This project …
Read More »Twitch announces ‘Host Mode’; offers TV-like programming
Twitch has announced a new feature which allows users to host other live streams on their own channel. While using ‘Host Mode’, a channel owner can embed any other channel’s broadcast directly in their own Twitch feed – for example, while they are not streaming themselves. The feature should allow …
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