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| Other names | Xbox Video Zune Video | ||
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation | ||
| Initial release | 16 October 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-16) as Xbox Video | ||
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| Type | Television series,films | ||
| Website | www | ||
Microsoft Movies & TV (US only),[4][5] orMicrosoft Films & TV (Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand),[6][7] previouslyXbox Video andZune Video, is a digital video service developed byMicrosoft that offersfull HD movies and TV shows available for rental or purchase in theVideo Store as well as an app where users can watch and manage videos from their personal digital collections stored locally.[8] The service is currently available on Xbox consoles beginning withXbox One, andMicrosoft Windows computers beginning withWindows 10.[9]
Zune Video Marketplace was released in 2006, and was replaced by Xbox Video on October 14, 2012. Renamed Movies & TV in 2015, the service now generally competes more directly with similar online video stores includingiTunes Store,Google TV,Amazon Video, andVudu.
The Microsoft Movies & TV video player app was superseded byMedia Player in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The update was rolled out to Windows 10 users between January and June 2023.
Xbox Live Marketplace's original video store was replaced byZune Marketplace on September 15, 2009.[10]
AtE3 2009, Microsoft announced their1080pstreaming video service, which allows users to stream video over an internet connection.[11] This technology is a key part of Xbox Video for their video streaming service.
With the announcement of Xbox Music services which would replace the Zune Marketplace music service, speculation arose about "Xbox Video", a potential service that would offer movies and television series, because the term "music" in the name of the service gave the impression that Xbox Music will offer strictly music, thus excluding films and television series.
With the launch ofWindows 10, Xbox Video appears under the name ofFilm & TV in the apps, with the shopping for the content merged into theWindows Store as a whole as part of Microsoft'suniversal apps initiative.[12] However the name and branding ofXbox Video remains active on all the previous platforms and the official website.[13]
On September 17, 2015, with a system update for theXbox 360, the name of the app changed to reflect the new branding.[14] TheXbox One app had also changed in a previous update.
After previously being linked withMovies Anywhere in the past, Microsoft Movies & TV announced that they would be rejoining the service on August 6, 2018.[15]
On August 17, 2023, Microsoft announced that the Microsoft Movies & TV app on Xbox 360 will no longer function as of July 29, 2024.[16] After July 29, 2024, the app fails to connect and returns error code 80C90010.
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