Sunday, January 16, 2005
Sean Alexander Looks at New Online Spotlight Services for MCE
Posted by James Fee in "ARTICLE" @ 08:00 AM
"Put simply, Online Spotlight (or called internally, "OnSpot") is a feature in Windows XP Media Center Edition which enables you to tap into a broad range of entertainment and information services that add new features to Media Center, all with a remote control. Imagine having the ability to watch 1,500 films and music videos on demand or download from over 1.5 million songs using just a remote control. Online Spotlight lets you browse through both free and fee-based services online."
Sean has a great look at some new OnSpot applications from Discovery Channel, Fox Sports, Yahoo!, XM Radio and many others. What is really cool about Media Center is any service can be designed for MCE using traditional Web tools such as DHTML, scripting, and Web services. That is it. All you need is content, but MCE as a platform allows you to deliver this to consumers without having to design any new interfaces and in most cases just use your existing infrastructure. Simple amazing!
Sean has a great look at some new OnSpot applications from Discovery Channel, Fox Sports, Yahoo!, XM Radio and many others. What is really cool about Media Center is any service can be designed for MCE using traditional Web tools such as DHTML, scripting, and Web services. That is it. All you need is content, but MCE as a platform allows you to deliver this to consumers without having to design any new interfaces and in most cases just use your existing infrastructure. Simple amazing!
