Tag Archives: dashboard apps

Machinima App Hits The Dashboard

By Jason Andrews | Published: May 1, 2013

Machinima – the next generation of video entertainment for gamers well – more than 202 million unique gamers, has landed on the Xbox 360 dashboard in the form of an App! The number one all-time entertainment channel on YouTube can now be viewed directly from the comfort of your own chair, bed, whatever takes your [...]

IGN Xbox LIVE App launches in UK

By Jason Andrews | Published: October 10, 2012

IGN Entertainment has today launched their brand new media app on the XBOX LIVE online entertainment network in the UK.

UK – Xbox Dashboard Apps Improve Services

By Jason Andrews | Published: August 30, 2012

Yesterday saw an update to the BBC iPlayer app on Xbox LIVE that gives you catch-up access to your favourite national BBC radio stations for the very first time on Xbox 360, including:

SKY To Launch NOW TV Instant Movies on Xbox 360 UK

By Jason Andrews | Published: July 16, 2012

NOW TV, is set to launch tomorrow on the PC and is a brand new internet TV service from Sky. All set to give millions more people an easy and commitment-free way to enjoy amazing movies, instantly and on demand. Building on the increasing popularity of watching TV over the internet, NOW TV will offer access [...]

Movies, TV and Music – Unlocked for EVERYONE in the UK Next Weekend

By Jason Andrews | Published: April 16, 2012

Movies, TV and Music – Unlocked for EVERYONE in the UK from the weekend of April 20th until April 23rd on Xbox LIVE. For this weekend you will not need to be an Xbox LIVE Gold Subscriber to have access to all of the App’s available, but you will need to start free trials for [...]

Voice Studio App Out Now On UK Dashboard

By Jason Andrews | Published: March 27, 2012

The Voice Studio App is available to download now on the Xbox LIVE App Marketplace and this free tool is provided to help Microsoft improve Kinect speech recognition.

Crackle – Free Movies App Now on Xbox 360

By Jason Andrews | Published: January 31, 2012

Finally it has launched, but despite being a free movie and tv streaming service for Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers – just don’t expect the content to rival anything that Netflix and LOVEFiLM provide for a premium.

Netflix Now Available On UK Consoles

By Jason Andrews | Published: January 9, 2012

Today Netflix has brought their streaming content services to the UK and Ireland, having only previously been available in Canada and the US.

LOVEFiLM Partners With ITV and BBC

By Jason Andrews | Published: January 6, 2012

LOVEFiLM, has partnered with both ITV & the BBC to enable its subscribers to instantly watch TV titles from the UK’s largest commercial broadcasters. ThisisXbox.com’s favourite dashboard app is about the get some of the UK’s favourite TV shows.

4oD and Demand 5 Catch Up TV Apps Now Available in the UK

By Jason Andrews | Published: December 21, 2011

If you peruse your controller or voice control your way to the App Marketplace on the dashboard today you will notice that both catch up tv app’s from Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the UK are available to install.