YouTube, iHeart Radio, Verizon FiOS and more arrive
Did you think that the holiday’s were all about giving? Well technically yes but there’s a little bit of receiving fun to be had especially today for Xbox 360 owners as Microsoft unloads a crop of new toys for the dashboard. Among the new “apps” for the Xbox are YouTube, iHeart Radio (awesome), TMZ and more.
blinkbox (UK): blinkbox gives access to a wide range of movies online. With more than 10,000 movies titles movie fans can watch their favorite films immediately with no additional subscription required.
iHeartRadio (U.S.): Listen to more than 800 of the nation’s most popular live broadcast radio stations from 150 U.S. cities or create your own Custom Stations with the New iHeartRadio.
MSN Video (Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, US and UK): MSN brings you the latest breaking news, sports, celebrity gossip and more from around the globe.
MSNBC.com (U.S.): MSNBC.com bring you the best of NBC News, MSNBC, Fox Sports, Access Hollywood, original programming and more, on-demand and up-to-date 24/7/365.
MUZU.TV (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and UK): MUZU.TV the music video site, offers nearly 80,000 music videos at your command. Brand new releases from the world’s biggest artists, great music videos from every decade, up and coming bands and the latest music news and interviews.
Rogers On Demand (Canada): Rogers On Demand provides select TV shows and movies to everyone for FREE. Rogers customers can also catch up on their favorite premium programming anytime, from anywhere in Canada.
SBS ON DEMAND (Australia): SBS ON DEMAND is a catch up TV service that lets you watch full episodes, of your favorite SBS television programs.
TMZ (Canada, U.S.): Your all-access pass to the latest TMZ entertainment stories and breaking news videos everyone is talking about!
RTVE (Spain): Complete episodes from series, news programs, documentaries and the best Spanish audiovisual content from RTVE.
Verizon FiOS TV (U.S.): Get Verizon FiOS TV with 26 live channels like MTV, Spike, Food Network, Comedy Central, HBO, CNN and Nickelodeon – with more to come. Plus with Kinect, change channels with your voice.
YouTube (Available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany , Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa.): From your favorite web original video to gaming tips, a universe of compelling content is available through YouTube on Xbox LIVE.
Are you ready for any of this?
December 15th, 2011 at 12:26 am
The apps are a bit clunky to the point that I rather just use the PC and mobile versions, apps are a new thing that 3rd party’s are building so as they adjust I’m sure the performance will increase.
The iHeartRadio app is pretty cool and I can see myself using it in the background while baking a cake.
The youtube app is cool when I have a video in mind to search for or to go through top videos but going through all my subscriptions isn’t the best compared to the recent list in the browser and it’s faster on my phone.
The Verizon app is cool especially when it gets more channels but again the clunkyness kills it for me. The transitions feel slow and the fact that hitting info while in a video stops it, goes to another screen then back to the video each step taking 5-7 seconds is a bit meh.
I’m excited to see how all of these apps evolve and what other company’s hop on board along the way. Don’t take my comments above as hating since I’m still using all of the apps, just pointing out a few issues of mine.
December 15th, 2011 at 6:49 am
yeah love iheart radio though