Boxee To Offer Pay Per View Streaming - By: Paddy Chang

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If your into Boxee then you may soon be able to watch some premium content – but at a price.
Boxee is planning to release a pay to view service this summer that will let viewers purchase TV shows, movies or apps with a flick of the wrist (actually a button press on the remote). The development will allow Boxee to show content that was previously not available to its viewers, says the company.

Boxee Going Pay Per View?
The CEO of Boxee Avner Ronen said on their blog :- “The content owners will be able to package and price as they wish, including pay-per-view and subscription. Content partners will have the flexibility to decide what they make available, whether it’s premium content, content from their existing library, or extras that will never make it on air.”
In return, Boxee will take a percentage of around 30% of each sale. Boxee currently aggregate content from various sources such as TV channels, online video and even Netflix. The company has become popular with users who want to stream content from their PCs to their TV. You can get the Boxee software for free. The company plans to launch a set-top box during the year in in partnership with D-Link.
It hasnt all been plain sailing though, streaming free content managed to upset Hulu last year when Hulu twice shut down Boxee’s access to it. Boxee responded by releasing a work-around. Hulu and Boxee have declared a truce for the present time.
The proposed Boxee pay to view platform could reassure content companies and TV channels of the software’s ability to monetize its users. Ronen believes the internet will be the fourth method of distribution for content after cable, satellite and IPTV.
“The connected living room represents a new medium, one in which great value could be generated,” he says.
The problem will be, that when it comes to paying to view and the swathes of choice around. Will anyone want to pay for the Boxee experience?

Hot on the heels of the news that Youtube are to start streaming live sports, it looks as though Microsoft are also looking to show live sports streams via the xbox 360 console. Microsoft are said to be in significant talks with Disney to stream ESPN’s live sports TV shows through the console. Its not all great news though as owners would have to pay a subscription before gaining access to the streams.

ESPN Coming To Xbox 360
To complement the service, Microsoft might develop tie-in games for ESPN, according to the New York Times source, although the company and Disney are still in the middle of negotiations so the facts are a little sketchy.
The initiative would be part of a larger strategy that has already included some live TV on xbox such as the Sky satellite tv broadcasts on the Xbox in the UK. Microsoft’s Mediaroom is also rumored to be coming to the Xbox 360 and would give gamers their IPTV service through their consoles.
Microsoft has declined to clarify the ESPN rumor but makes no secret of the fact that it wants “as much content as possible.”
Microsoft want to not only compete with rival console from Sony, the PlayStation 3 but also dedicated media hubs like Apple TV and Roku’s Internet Player. These devices, as well as North American Xbox 360s, still focus almost exclusively on pre-recorder content, such as rentals from the iTunes Store and Zune Video Marketplace or on-demand viewing from Amazon and Netflix.
Apple may be indirectly stepping up pressure on Microsoft as rumors have circulated of an iTunes TV subscription in negotiations that would supply downloads of most TV shows for a flat monthly fee.

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