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Xbox Live Now Offers Local TV Networks in Germany and Canada

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Xbox Live is continuing to expand it’s worldwide expansion of media content by going “local” in Germany and Canada. If you live in those two countries you can expect to see Astral Media’s Disney XD and Real Sports / Maple Leaf Sports rolling up on your console starting today, while German gamers . . .

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NASA TV Expands HD Lineup (Watch Live)

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NASA TV has just announced an upcoming new HD offerings, scheduled to come into effect on February 17th. NASA TV’s Public Channel and Media Channel will switch to HD, but the Education Channel will continue to be broadcast in SD.

As part of the changes, the NASA TV HD Channel, which currently . . .

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Infographic: Evolution of TV and Entertainment

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In conjunction with the release of the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, which is scheduled for today, and the new live TV partnerships that will be added to the Xbox 360 Console over the next few months Microsoft has released this infographic. 

It shows how quickly TV and entertainment options have grown . . .

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Netflix Snuffs Out Qwikster and Says No More Price Changes

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It seems the Netflix CEO likes making significant business announcements via the company blog and this morning brings us another one.

It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and . . .

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Microsoft Video Showing New TV Integration with Xbox 360

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Earlier today Microsoft announced a new partnership to expand their television offerings on the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live service and now they have posted a marketing video that gives you a sense of how the new service will work on your Xbox 360 with Kinect and a new Windows Phone 7 . . .

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Xbox 360 and Microsoft Get Deeper into the Television Business

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It is now official.  The Xbox 360 platform will turn your game console into even more of an entertainment hub with the addition of more video streaming services starting this upcoming holiday season.

Today Microsoft announced the beginning of “a new era in television where your entertainment becomes instantly searchable, easily discoverable . . .

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