Rumour: Microsoft Bringing Sky to Xbox

Every time a story comes up about Microsoft and XBox's push to be more than just a games console I feel compelled to say: IT'S. TOO. FREAKING. LOUD! I have an XBox 360 Elite and I really love it, and agree that more video options (whether Sky or iPlayer, both would be great) would be a good thing... but even when the DVD player is not spinning there is still a noticeable whirr (I don't have a soundproof cabinet to lock it behind... and really don't think that my living room should have to look like a server room).

@ chris It would be as simple as releasing it as an arcade game/plugin and since the xbox already has several plug ins such as inside xbox videos etc it really actually isn't that hard especially since the xbox would have no trouble player even the HD feeds.

@Andrew:
Sure, but remember the *unique* way that the BBC is funded. It's all about the money.

Here's an extract from an interview with Anthony Rose, the boss of iPlayer:

'First up, we can divide portable and gaming devices into those that include a web browser (iPhone, Nintendo Wii, Nokia N95, etc) and those that don't (Apple TV, Xbox, most mobile phones, most home media servers, etc).

'For devices with browsers, assuming that those browsers are able to access and display the BBC iPlayer website, getting BBC iPlayer working on those devices "merely" requires us to provide audio and/or video streams in a format that is supported by the media player(s) available on that device.

'For devices without browsers, it becomes necessary to create custom applications that users need to install and run on that device. There's little standardisation across devices, and creating these custom apps is time-consuming and expensive; so for now, we're focusing on browser-enabled devices.'

That was over a year ago, still no Xbox iPlayer...