Tom Morrow
07-11-2007, 12:46 AM
Xbox Live adds Disney to HD movie downloads
Xbox Live gets a little Dis magic (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icd7a8b9fe00edd2df80b4b5a3a5d060c)
Deal adds 35 HD titles available for downloading
The Hollywood Reporter
Microsoft Corp. announced the addition of Walt Disney Co. films to the Xbox 360's download service, Xbox Live, on Tuesday night at the opening presentation of the E3 Media and Business Summit. Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing at Microsoft, welcomed Disney to the ranks of other studios including Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate currently contributing high-definition titles to the fast-growing platform. Among the 35 Disney titles that will be made available beginning Tuesday are Bridge to Terabithia, The Queen and Deja Vu.
But Xbox still has some catching up to do in the Disney department compared with Apple's iTunes, which has a broader array of Disney films on tap as well as bigger titles, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.That might have something to do with tight ties between Apple and Disney ally Pixar, which was not included in the Xbox deal.
In addition, Bell announced that Xbox Live would begin offering HD video downloads later this fall in Canada as well as Europe, where Microsoft will also begin selling Xbox 360 Elite to allow consumers to store more digital content.
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Xbox Live gets a little Dis magic (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icd7a8b9fe00edd2df80b4b5a3a5d060c)
Deal adds 35 HD titles available for downloading
The Hollywood Reporter
Microsoft Corp. announced the addition of Walt Disney Co. films to the Xbox 360's download service, Xbox Live, on Tuesday night at the opening presentation of the E3 Media and Business Summit. Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing at Microsoft, welcomed Disney to the ranks of other studios including Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate currently contributing high-definition titles to the fast-growing platform. Among the 35 Disney titles that will be made available beginning Tuesday are Bridge to Terabithia, The Queen and Deja Vu.
But Xbox still has some catching up to do in the Disney department compared with Apple's iTunes, which has a broader array of Disney films on tap as well as bigger titles, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.That might have something to do with tight ties between Apple and Disney ally Pixar, which was not included in the Xbox deal.
In addition, Bell announced that Xbox Live would begin offering HD video downloads later this fall in Canada as well as Europe, where Microsoft will also begin selling Xbox 360 Elite to allow consumers to store more digital content.
complete article (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icd7a8b9fe00edd2df80b4b5a3a5d060c)
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