Watch This BSkyB Demo On XBox Live To See What Foxtel Will Look Like


We have to wait until Q4 for the Foxtel service to be available on Xbox Live, but the service itself is based upon the BSkyB version in the UK. Here’s the demo video they showed at the launch today of the BSkyB service, complete with commentary from Microsoft’s David McLean, that shows off the key features of the service.

Particularly awesome is the ability to watch sporting matches with Xbox Live friends, communicating using either the headset or the messenger pad in real time. This is going to be an exciting development, so long as we can deal with the question of data usage…