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NBC News section on Xbox dashboard expanded, moved

by Griffin McElroy on Jun 25th 2011 3:20AM

You know that well-hidden NBC News tab that lives on the Inside Xbox channel of your 360 Dashboard? No? Well, let's start over, then: There's an NBC News tab on the Inside Xbox channel, which allows you to stream content from NBC News. We wouldn't blame you for not being aware of its existence; fortunately, Microsoft has made the decision to move the content to the slightly more trafficked Video Marketplace portion of the Dashboard.

According to Major Nelson, the channel now features higher quality video, as well as additional categorized features like Most Viewed, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. It's the closest you're ever going to get to playing Halo: Reach with Al Roker. Or is it? (No, it probably is.) (OR IS IT?)

Source: Major Nelson

Tags: dashboard, microsoft, nbc-news, streaming, video-marketplace, xbox, xbox-live

Reader Comments (44)

@Chichok shutup

@Tradio
I better not voice my opinion then

@Tradio That's seriously your only response?

i'd buy halo reach for that particular novelty.

While they're at it, can they let let Netflix / Hulu show up on Quick Launch?

Please?

PLEASE?

@onan They both are. Look under "All"

@Pollockroc I just timed it. It took 46 seconds for my "All" list to populate, and 55 before I could scroll down to Netflix. That's roughly 85 times longer than it would take to get over the the video tab, even from within a game exiting to dashboard. backing out of that menu and going into it again re-checks the list again, so it doesn't cache the list at all. That's hardly what I'd call "quick".

and in case you're wondering why it took so long, I've got a drive with 182 games, demos, and indie titles on it. Telling me to delete everything so it's faster isn't a valid option. It's an application, it should show up in the "recently played" quick launch list, especially since it's most people's #1 used application, possibly after CoD or something.

Y U NO put CNN, Microsoft? :(

@Serafin Because Microsoft and NBC have infinite partnership. Problem?

discovered update a few min ago, looks solid so far. its right next to espn app and full screen, still not hd tho. good update

Wow, the Today Show, the number 1 show you need to make available to the video game playing demographic as soon as possible.

Well done, NBC, well done.

It should also be noted that NBC videos used to always freeze halfway through. Which made no sense at all considering they were streaming at half screen in a box.

Now they are streaming at full screen and they do not freeze halfway through. So nice job. It is about flipping time for the love of god.

@Meancode Never had the problem, that would have to be a connection issue.

@(Unverified) No, I've had that problem, too. No matter where I took my box, it seemed like most of the time the videos would freeze half-way.

@(Unverified) No it most surely is not. Not when Hulu and Netflix on my 360 do not stutter or freeze. Not when the other videos on Inside Xbox, or the Zune Marketplace do not stutter of freeze.

I may well have crappy internet (I do) but it is not the connection, it was the horrible streaming they had for NBC videos. Which seems like it has been completely solved now, which is great.

@Meancode I always had the same issue with frozen videos despite streaming the NBA playoffs in HD., and about time that they use the full screen.

@Chichok Good for you, here's a cookie. I use and enjoy the feature, so go find an article that's relevant to your interests then instead of trolling things just cause you can.

@(Unverified)
What I find amusing is how everyone is starting to describe everything that doesn't agree with them as "trolling". Trolling is doing something to get a reaction. I'm just stating my feelings on the matter.

I don't like the feature. I'm entitled to say that. The rest of you who like it fine. But it baffles me when I already pointed out that you're already paying for internet and the ability to watch the news is already on your PC.

When I'm paying for Live I want to pay for online gaming, none of this extra bullshit.

@Chichok It is quite simple, actually. It is called convenience. And it is a nice feature to have. The new expanded stuff is even better.

@Meancode
Don't get me wrong, I totally get the convenience part. The part i don't agree with is you're paying for it if you pay for Live.

@Chichok actually I'm paying for Live and getting bonus things...it's not like they suddenly drop the amount of time you can play online because they need to cap streaming so they can add news. I'm glad that they are adding more entertainment options to the overall service, makes the money paid a better value.

I enjoy the weird news section. This is a nice update to me.

@JumboShrimp Yeah but sometimes i dabble into the today section

@rajendra82 I tivo the evening news and watch it while I eat dinner. Its the not so important things that I miss since they usually run those on MSNBC since they have all day to burn up time.

@Chichok cool opinion bro

@wunwunx

"I better not voice my opinion then"

i don't think it ever was safe in the first place.

I use this feature quite a bit since I don't have regular channels or cable (waste of money with Hulu and Netflix IMO) - I will have to check this out since I watch all of the sections if they interest me. Nice.

The NBC News Tab is how I start my day off I really enjoy the Weird News section

More Dashboard crap that I'll never use.

Where's YouTube and a BROWSER?!?

@TheSecretMe Youtube is coming and the browser is uneccesary. The PS3's browser is butt. I think if MS ever does one they'll make sure its on par with the PC counter part and probably use kinect in some way.

@ssddssdd No I know is bad, spammer.

Checking the "news" is part of my daily login, so I like the move.

Wow! Another place I can *NOT* watch NBC News!

Had no idea.... Microsoft has to do a better job or making these announcements more public or promote them as coming soon. I think it's great that content like Hulu and NBC are trickling out over time (vs all at once, once a year), but it's almost like they don't want anyone to know about em until after they're available.

..... People use this?

@Dayvido they actually do, and some even pick up a paper and read the news as well...shocking, isn't it?

Make it MSNBC and I'm happy.

@Miranda Lawson They often run clips from MSNBC, it just varies.

Cool. Another way to force liberal media on people.

@SuperAnthony64 NBC News is a very different beast than MSNBC. Do not confuse them.

@SuperAnthony64 There's not many, if any, opinionated pieces. It's pretty straight forward news and not a bunch of idiots hour after hour stroking each other off to their political fantasies.

did they fix the video and audio quality? looks like total crap on my 15mbit/sec connection, which streams 1080p video and 5.1 surround sound from Netflix just fine.

How about balancing it out with a less liberal new source?

@Klearwater Killer

You do know that the MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft, right?

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