Microsoft, in its effort to
dominate the digital living room, unveiled a series of announcements at
the E3 video game conference Monday including a deal to offer free
Netflix videos through its Xbox 360 video game console.Microsoft opened the annual expo with a news conference that
outlined its strategy for beating rival Sony and winning the home
entertainment battle. The partnership with Netflix, of Los Gatos,
allows Microsoft to effectively double the amount of video content
offered through its Xbox Live online service.People who have both an Xbox Live Gold membership and a Netflix
membership will be able to have free access to Netflix's library of
10,000 online movies and TV shows.While the library doesn't boast all of the top titles Netflix offers
through its mail service, it helps bolster Microsoft's current library
of 10,000 videos, which it sells through its own Live Marketplace."There is no better way to deliver entertainment to your living
room" than the Xbox 360, said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of
Microsoft's video game business.For Netflix, the deal expands on its ambitions to provide content
directly to televisions. The company has previously announced plans to
offer a similar service on set-top boxes from Roku and LG. SOURCE:SFGATE.COM
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