Crunchyroll announced today the commencement of a direct publishing relationship with Microsoft for the Zune Marketplace, one of the leading living room-based video services in North America that spans Xbox 360, Zune HD and Windows-based PCs...

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Microsoft has kindly supplied Screen Play with an advance version of the latest Xbox 360 update, which adds support for Twitter, Facebook and the new Zune high definition video service. There isn't a massive collection of movies currently - Screen Play counted just over 100 titles - but there is reasonable variety. New films include the likes of Watchmen, Ghost Town and Hotel for Dogs, with ...

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Hey cats and kittens -- just a quick note to let you know that the Show is now available for download via the Zune Marketplace. You can nab the feed here . And while we have your attention, don't forget that the next Show will be taking place October 22nd, and we'll be sitting down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ! If you missed the first two installments, you can see the long show with Jon ...

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Microsoft is considering opening up its Zune media services to Apple iPod and iPhone users, potentially attracting people who would rather pay for music on a subscription basis, a Microsoft spokesman told ZDNet.

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Zune isn't just a brand of media player, it's also a subscription-based music and video service that exists outside of any one set of devices. At least, that's the way Microsoft is increasingly starting to view the Zune service in light of disappointing me...

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Andy Ihnatko Review: Beyond the Zune app and iTunes, there's a world of phones and media players that need their music, too. And that's where Doubletwist comes in - an app for everyone and everything else that gets music to almost everything.

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We just got a pretty detailed look at Microsoft's upcoming Dashboard update for the Xbox , which brings with it the Zune Video Marketplace and Last.fm music streaming, along with Facebook and Twitter social functionality. We were most impressed with Facebook, which includes a feature for spotting which of your Facebook friends have Xbox Live -- a great way to grow that friends list and bring a ...

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Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet is reporting some interesting tidbits of information she gleaned from the Microsoft Open House today. Foley spoke with Jose Pinero (Director of Communications for Microsoft's TV, Video and Music Business), who confirmed that Zune's next step will be to mobile phones, but that a "timeline for when that will happen" hasn't been discussed. Really? Not even discussed yet ...

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Microsoft's all about letting little nuggets loose this fine afternoon: a Microsoft rep just told Mary Jo Foley that the company is mulling "port[ing] the Zune software and services to other...

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Microsoft today acknowledged that it has debated porting the Zune software and its according services to the Mac or even to portable Apple devices like the iPhone and iPod. Director of Communications for TV, Video and Music Jose Pinero explained to Mary Jo Foley that it's one of "a lot of options" for platform expansion but also stressed that the Zune platform isn't tied to players like the Zune ...

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