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News Xbox 360

French equivalent of Sky package.

Microsoft has announced that French Xbox 360 owners will soon be able to watch live and on-demand TV from Canal+ via Xbox Live.

In a similar deal to the Sky TV one for the UK, the French broadcaster will offer access to more than 3,000 films, drama and soap programmes and Ligue 1 football matches, Reuters report.

Also like the Sky deal, the arrangement allows for avatar-based chat during programmes with a little help from Xbox Live's party system.

The report said that the deal may be extended to other Canal+ services and Microsoft products in future. With British and French deals now in place, the implication is that more will follow for other European countries, too.

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CHAZBIGPOTATO #1 3 years ago

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Je m'apelle Lizarazu.

Bon!
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Eraysor #2 3 years ago

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Foux de fafa!
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AphoticCosmos #3 3 years ago

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Allo allo, wat eez going on 'ere!?
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woodnotes #4 3 years ago

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Vous �tes une prostitu�e.

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JayeM #5 3 years ago

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Je m'apelle Lizarazu.

Bon!
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metalangel #6 3 years ago

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Quelle gyp! CanalPlus shows beaucoup de hardcore rumpy pumpy! Sky shows moving but crap.
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patchbox360 #7 3 years ago

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i like hearing my tv not a loud fanning in the background thankyou very much
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lambtron #8 3 years ago

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What are you talking about you mentalist?
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ChaK #9 3 years ago

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half of what you guys just said doesn't mean anything

anyway nice move from ms
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Erinan #10 3 years ago

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Sweet as I just moved back to France. Here's me hoping we'll have access to non-dubbed series/films pretty please.
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mcmonkeyplc #11 3 years ago

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Yeah, I told you guys this yesterday.
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jimbo118 #12 3 years ago

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lol yeh patchbox. Watching DVDs is bad enough on 360 particularly when the film is pretty quiet. Thank fuk I have a ps3 too for watching films.
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Psychotext #13 3 years ago

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Good old Canal+. Providing porn to teenagers at the dawn of the satellite era.
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mcmonkeyplc #14 3 years ago

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These people claiming there PS3's are quite when watching DVD's clearly haven't tried watching a DVD that's longer than 40 minutes in hot weather. It's just as loud as the 360 then!
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moggsy #15 3 years ago

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@ mcmonkeyplc

My 80GB PS3 is always silent no matter how long it's been on.
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CHAZBIGPOTATO #16 3 years ago

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Bah, Les Rosbif!

Hacch-tpphhww!
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jimbo118 #17 3 years ago

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lol all the 360 fanboys marking my comment down. Yes, that was a good idea EG.
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BartonFink #18 3 years ago

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Good to see the new karma system kicking in an burying some of the usual comment tards.

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moggsy #19 3 years ago

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@BartonFink

Yes it's a great system. I actually stick up for the PS3 for a change and my comment is given negative ratings.

:-S
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Bilbo_bobbins #20 3 years ago

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to be honest, who cares? I would rather get a proper top box that wont break down.
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Machiavellian #21 3 years ago

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Maybe I have a different 360 from everyone else but unless I am playing a DVD game, I can barely here the 360 fan. I do have a 60GB PS3 the one with full BC and it can get quite loud if I have it running for any length of time. No the Drive does not make any noise but the fan that keeps it cool can sound pretty loud. My PS3 is definitely louder than my 360 If I am not playing a DVD game within the 360.
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brandon-flowers #22 3 years ago

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I have had 4 they are noisy believe me!

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metalangel #23 3 years ago

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Yeah, my Sky+ box is completely silent... NOT. And unlike my 360, it whines to life whenever it likes and makes noisy hard drive noises for 20 minutes.
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moggsy #24 3 years ago

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@ Ashen-Shugar

'You fell into the fanboy debate, thus were consigned to the dark room. If you dont want to be ignored then dont get suckered into the idiotic willy waving.

The karma system works. Perfectly.'

I made a statement of fact about my PS3 - not sure how that has anything to do with idiotic willy waving?

Anyway my karma rating on that post is currently back to zero. Such a pointless system...

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