[quote]Cable network Viacom has tentatively reached an agreement with Sony to bring livestreams of its cable channels to a new TV service, the [I][URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/business/media/sony-and-viacom-reach-tentative-internet-tv-deal.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&"]New York Times[/URL][/I] reported yesterday.
The agreement would go a long way in helping Sony’s forthcoming next-gen console the [URL="http://venturebeat.com/tag/playstation-4"]PlayStation 4[/URL] compete with [URL="http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/with-the-new-xbox-one-youll-never-watch-tv-the-same-way-again/"]Microsoft’s new Xbox One[/URL], which will have advanced entrainment capabilities like full integration with cable and satellite TV services. (That is, assuming Sony is developing its new TV service for the PlayStation.)[/quote]
[URL]http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/viacom-to-bring-streaming-cable-channels-to-new-sony-tv-service/[/URL]
I assume US only :(
Did Sony just make the PS4 a cable box as well?
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Wait, won't most people be playing the PS4 on their televisions?
What's the point?
[QUOTE=Arthamus;41862020]Wait, won't most people be playing the PS4 on their televisions?
What's the point?[/QUOTE]
To stream cable channels through your PS4 and probably for a lower price than signing up for an annual (sometimes bi-annual) cable contract. This service would probably be like Hulu and Netflix (month to month payment), but stream only viacom channels.
Viacom has most of the popular/good channels anyway. Does viacom own science channel? That would be sweet
[QUOTE=frozensoda;41862101]Viacom has most of the popular/good channels anyway. Does viacom own science channel? That would be sweet[/QUOTE]
I think a better question would be "What [I]doesn't[/I] Viacom own?"
They own comedy central, so +1
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Viacom[/url]
this is the best thing ever good job sony fuck microsoft they tried to copy you and it was really shit i bet youve been planning this for years only to make it the best thing ever ye
It's just streaming, they are playing catchup to xbox which has had it for years.
[QUOTE=YouSoFunny;41861746]I assume US only :([/QUOTE]
All this sort of stuff is always US only. :/
[QUOTE=ZachPL;41863514]It's just streaming, they are playing catchup to xbox which has had it for years.[/QUOTE]
"for years". You mean, in the last couple? In the exact same way the PS3 has had it (through deals with Netflix, Lovefilm, etc.)?
"It's just streaming", yeah, nobody was ever denying that.
The big question is, does it require PS+?
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