Microsoft Announces Over 40 New Apps Coming To Xbox Live

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Jun 22, 2012
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Even more entertainment options are coming to Xbox Live between now and spring 2013, as well as a few completely new ones this week.

According to the Major Nelson blog, many of the following will be available today, although it may take a couple of days for the whole list to roll out considering the sheer volume:

1. All3M (United Kingdom, United States)
2. Ameba TV (Canada, United States)
3. ARTE (Germany, France)
4. Azteca (Mexico)
5. Canalplay Infinity (France)
6. CBC’s Hockey Night (Canada)
7. CrunchyRoll (Majority of Xbox Live Regions)
8. Deezer (Majority of Xbox Live Regions)
9. Eredivisie Live (Netherlands)
10. Fightbox (Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom)
11. Flixster (United States)
12. GameTrailers (Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States)
13. Globosat Muu (Brazil)
14. Gulli Replay (France)
15. HBO Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
16. IndieFlix (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States)
17. Livesport.tv (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom)
18. Machinima (Majority of Xbox Live Regions)
19. Maxim (United States)
20. MTV (United States)
21. MyTF1 (France)
22. MyTF1VOD (France)
23. Napster (Germany, United Kingdom)
24. Pathe Thuis (Netherlands)
25. PBS (United States)
26. PopcornFlix (United States)
27. Rai TV (Italy)
28. Sainsbury (United Kingdom)
29. Saraiva (Brazil)
30. SBS (Netherlands)
31. SF Anytime (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
32. Slacker Radio (Canada, United States)
33. SPORT1 (Austria, Germany)
34. The CW Network (United States)
35. Televisa (Mexico)
36. TV3 (Spain)
37. Viaplay (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
38. Vidéo à la Demande d’Orange (France)
39. Vimeo (United States)
40. VIVO Play (Brazil)
41. Watchever (Austria, Germany)
42. Zattoo (Germany)
43. Ziggo (Netherlands)

Also, starting today, several new apps will roll out worldwide on Xbox Live including:

ARTE (Germany, France)
With the ARTE app on Xbox Live, you can watch an exciting mix of content from the Cultural TV station including documentaries, concerts, and movies.

CinemaNow (Expanding to Canada)
CinemaNow is an Authenticated Video on Demand (AVOD) application, providing customers with access to TV and movie content previously purchased on CinemaNow.com.

CNET (United States, Canada)
CNET offers all the product reviews, technology shows, and event coverage you love, now on Xbox Live. CNET helps you use technology to enhance and enrich your life. From specially curated content to advice, it’s everything you need to buy and get the most out of tech that’s right for you. Get the best in technology, right where you want it.

Karaoke (All Live regions, excluding Japan and United Arab Emirates)
Karaoke provides access to more than 8,000 songs from the latest hits to the oldies but goodies, available on Xbox Live. Your avatar will go on stage and sing with a full complement of stage props and back band. Use SmartGlass to play/stop/pause, browse the database and lyrics, or to add songs to the playlist. Songs don’t require any download and will playback immediately via streaming for a robust karaoke experience.

Maxim (United States)
Maxim delivers what guys want — beautiful women, cool gear, and funny videos — to Xbox 360! From behind-the-scenes of Maxim’s sexiest photo shoots to hilarious comedy originals to high-octane sports, it’s the No. 1 destination for couch-bound men looking for a good time.

Napster (Germany, United Kingdom)
With your Xbox and Napster Unlimited plus Mobile, you can play millions of songs instantly. Listen to millions of songs in various genres, play as much as you want, enjoy hours of expertly programmed music. Discover new releases, charts, and much more.

SkyDrive (All Live regions)
SkyDrive is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. With SkyDrive for Xbox, you can easily view your photos and videos on your TV. You can also play slideshows and view photos and videos shared with you. For more information, visit the Inside SkyDrive blog.

SPORT1 (Austria, Germany)
Enter the world of sports through your Xbox. The SPORT1 app provides Video-Sport-News, Livescores, livestreams of popular sport events, and access to Pay-TV Sports channel SPORT1+.

VEVO (Expanding to Spain, Italy, and France)
With over 45,000 videos by 11,000 artists, VEVO is the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform. Stream live concerts, watch exclusive programming, and queue up all your favorite videos. VEVO is available in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. The VEVO app for Xbox includes high-quality on-demand music videos free to the user and allows social interactions between fans, VEVO, and users.

Zattoo (Germany)
The Zattoo app gives you access to free Live TV across 55 channels and an Electronic Program Guide. HiQ accounts feature quick, ad-free channel switches and higher quality streams (including HD), starting at 3.75 EUR per month. Additional premium TV channels, including Sports, Documentary, Kids, Music channels, and international packages are also available.

Take note that several of these will require Xbox Live Gold memberships or Xbox Kinect to install.
 
Props: heyzel

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Looks like more social networking and video share for XBOX users.

I can't wait to get online and see that all my friends are in some video queue waiting to watch the next music video they could be watching on their computers.

I hate that Microsoft is trying to turn their consoles into media entertainment outlets.

It just detaches me from the gaming aspect of having a VIDEO GAME CONSOLE.
 
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All the new shit they're adding is dope. It's like a one stop shop now.

Right now my laptop is down so I use my Xbox to watch Netflix, play games and other random apps.
 
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All the new shit they're adding is dope. It's like a one stop shop now.

Right now my laptop is down so I use my Xbox to watch Netflix, play games and other random apps.
Exactly. 360 is doing a great job in being a second PC that does a lot of things. Apps are a good thing for a console because it turns any TV into a smart tv.
 

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I don't have TV service so to be able to turn on my xbox and stream shit from crackle or youtube or something like that for free (minus live subscription fees) is dope to me.....

I just hate the apps that require you to have cable or some kind of separate subscription like NBA TV or NatGeo....the ESPN app is coo but its gay that they want a cable subscription in order to stream certain shows/games