MP - Multimedia Pad

Microsoft has launched its streaming film and television content service in association with Sky TV for the UK and Ireland today.

The Sky Player for Xbox 360 will allow Xbox Live Gold members to watch programmes from 24 different channels live, with an additional selection of on-demand channels featuring key shows from the past month as well as over 400 movies on offer from the current Sky Movies channels line-up.

For Gold members that already have a subscription to Sky, the content will be free, depending on that level of subscription - Sky Sports and Sky Movies content will require appropriate accounts - although as with the PC-based Sky Player users will also need to pay a GBP 5 Multi-Room charge if they don't already.

Setting Up Ps3 Media Server on Playstation 3
Despite the name, PS3MediaServer (PMS) now supports a plethora of devices, with more added all the time. The current stable version only supports PS3’s and some Xbox 360’s, but the development versions all support everything from the new Sony Bravia TV’s to a host of other UPNP streaming devices. For the rest of this article we will be talking about the current stable version (1.10.5)

Stream music, videos, images, and more from your Windows PC, Linux PC, or your Mac. It’s all possible through the use of PS3MediaServer. The guide has been taken from "adubvideo" I have not tested it personally on Ps3, But it worked fine on my xbox 360. As this is aimed at Ps3 Owners, I have read that it works smoothly and without any major issues on the Playstation 3. Overall, setup is simple. If you have a home network. I have not tested via wireless, but I have been informed it works.

To their detractors John and Edward Grimes were devoid of any singing talent, but to their fans they embodied a rebellion against everything The X Factor stands for. But tonight the identical twins were finally voted out of the ITV talent competition. For seven weeks viewers had tuned in to watch the 18-year-old duo, nicknamed Jedward because of the difficulty in distinguishing one from the other, undergo a weekly ritual in which they were routinely booed by the audience and criticised by the show’s judges for their tuneless annihilation of classic songs.

Almost 30,000 people across the UK still tune into their favourite programmes on black and white TV sets.
The figures were released by TV Licensing to mark the 40th anniversary of the first colour transmissions on BBC1 and ITV.

The BBC's iPlayer is to start offering high definition (HD) streams and downloads of some programmes. It will mean improved picture quality on streams to web browsers. For many users, it will be their first chance to view HD television, with Doctor Who, Kerwhizz, and Dragons' Den all slated for HD release.

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