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Microsoft to link with Netflix
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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LOS ANGELES - Netflix Inc. will deliver movies over the Internet to owners of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video-game console, helping the largest mail-order film rental service make the transition to online viewing. (article 2)
The arrangement, revealed at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles, will let Netflix subscribers stream 10,000 movies and TV shows to Xbox consoles for viewing on television sets, beginning this fall. (article 1)
" This generation of consoles will change the face of home entertainment more than any other generation before said John Schappert (article 1)
Difficult and expensive launch periods have been completed, developers have got to grips with the demands of new hardware and a growing market of gamers is hungry for new content. (article 3)
What lies ahead for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? Eight years after Bill Gates first announced plans for a Microsoft games console, called the Xbox, the company has yet to lead the market significantly in any territory. (article 3)
The $350 replacement will sport a 60 GB hard drive, significantly more space for storing the games, TV shows and movies Microsoft sells on its Xbox Live Marketplace website. (article 4)
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Source articles
- XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 605 words)
- Microsoft to link with Netflix (boston.com, 07/15/2008, 305 words)
- Consoles look to hit their stride (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 1062 words)
- Microsoft cuts Xbox price ahead of new 60 GB model (cbc.ca, 07/14/2008, 313 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 07/13/2008, 311 words)
- At the E3 Video Game Expo, Expectations for Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Nintendo and Activision (nytimes.com, 07/14/2008, 1010 words)
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