Following the success of Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store in the US, Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store will open for business in the UK on 11th December. With this launch, Xbox Live Marketplace becomes the first video on demand service to be available in six countries – US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France and Germany.
Xbox 360 owners will be able to license full-length films such as 300, The Good German, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 250 Microsoft Points for standard definition movies and from 380 Microsoft Points for high definition movies. This is in addition to over 100 music videos currently available to download from partners Ministry of Sound, Sony BMG, PIAS and Vid Zone.
Arash Amel, Senior Analyst, Head of Broadband Media, Screen Digest, commented: “As Hollywood turns its attention towards selling digital copies of its blockbuster movies, the delivery of movie content over the open internet has become a key battleground for a broad range of service providers. Screen Digest predicts that the total European movie download market will be worth €350m by 2012, up from €17m in 2007. The Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store, as the first multi-territory hardware-based online movie delivery service in Europe, is expected to be a European market leader for movie downloads. Consumers in both the US and Europe have already made it abundantly clear that they are reluctant to watch two-hour long films on their PC, instead preferring to view them on personal devices or most preferably devices that can provide a link to their large-screen living room TVs and home entertainment systems.”
Xbox 360 gamers in the launch countries can access Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store with either an Xbox Live Silver or Gold membership and a broadband connection. Examples of launch titles on Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store:
300
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Zodiac
Matrix, The
Matrix Revolutions, The
Matrix Reloaded, The
Ocean's Eleven
Perfect Storm, The
Swordfish
Three Kings
Training Day
Fugitive, The
Risky Business
Space Cowboys
Eyes Wide Shut
Analyze This
Demolition Man
Eraser
Executive Decision
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
Looney Tunes: Back In Action
Mars Attacks!
Clash Of The Titans
Superman Iii
Dead Calm
