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Since E3 2011, Microsoft has made it clear they intend the Xbox 360 to become the entertainment hub of every console-owning living room. With initiatives and partners to bring on-demand TV and services to the new Dashboard, Microsoft has also been working on a larger goal: their own subscription-based TV service.

The recent suggestion of the Xbox 720 DVR features indicate this path was most likely happening, but now an article at Reuters revealed that the plan may be on hold.

The gist of Microsoft TV is that it "would have allowed users the option of paying a monthly fee for a package of programming from someone other than a local cable or satellite TV company." But because this isn't a project like Netflix, the idea of nabbing live networks makes it "a much higher cost proposition."

For now, it appears as though Microsoft will continue to pursue partnerships suchs as HBO GO, Hulu Plus, and the on-demand services of Verizon Fios and Comcast instead of their own initiative.


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