News - Microsoft launches free UK TV service

[HEXUS]

MSN Video Player beta will be ad funded and stream older TV programmes from the BBC.

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[vinnyT]

May be interesting to see how it stacks upto the services offered by the BBC and Hulu.

[Brewster0101]

I wonder if they will make it work with the Xbox 360!

[pauldarkside]

Advertisers have got to be loving all of this - I bet they relish the day when we've been weened off our PVRs and have migrated to web TV; unskippable ads. I do look forwards to the day when all content is truly available on demand but it'll come at a price. I'm not entirely sure that price is worth it though.

It might be a long way off being mainstream, what with limited, unsuitable broadband access for many, but one day services like these will dominate providers like Sky. There are only so many advertising dollars available and no doubt they'll go where they've practically got a guaranteed audience.

The future is on demand, subscription based and subject to traffic management.

[format]

Advertisers have got to be loving all of this - I bet they relish the day when we've been weened off our PVRs and have migrated to web TV; unskippable ads. I do look forwards to the day when all content is truly available on demand but it'll come at a price. I'm not entirely sure that price is worth it though.

It might be a long way off being mainstream, what with limited, unsuitable broadband access for many, but one day services like these will dominate providers like Sky. There are only so many advertising dollars available and no doubt they'll go where they've practically got a guaranteed audience.

The future is on demand, subscription based and subject to traffic management.

Meh, mute the ads and open a new tab whilst it plays. Fair point though.