Digital Home Thoughts: ESPN and Microsoft Teaming up for Xbox360 Streaming?

"Microsoft has held in-depth talks with the Walt Disney Company about a programming deal with ESPN, according to people close to the talks, who requested anonymity because the talks were intended to be private. For a per-subscriber fee, ESPN could provide live streams of sporting events, similar to the ones available through ESPN 360."

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If Microsoft has its way, the Xbox360 will eventually replace your cable box. It is nowhere near there yet, but this is a good step in the right direction. Given that gamers are mostly men, and most men really want to be able to watch ESPN, its a no brainer to try and offer the ability to stream ESPN. If I could stream all my local sports teams through Xbox Live, as well as watch Netflix, and get all my local network channels over the air, I would think about getting rid of my cable service. If they could get Hulu streaming as well it would be great.