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LoveFilm on Xbox 360 offers month's free subscription
Published Monday, Dec 5 2011, 10:00 GMT | By Matthew Reynolds | 6 comments
LoveFilm on Xbox 360 will offer a month's free subscription, it has been revealed.
Microsoft has confirmed to Digital Spy that new users will be able to trial the service for 30 days.
It is over double the standard free trial that LoveFilm offers for potential new customers, which lasts for 14 days.
It was added that LoveFilm, alongside other new streaming apps such as 4oD, YouTube and Demand 5, will only be accessible for Xbox Live Gold members.
Available on December 6, it will launch alongside the latest Xbox 360 dashboard update, adopting the Metro panel seen on Windows Phone and Windows 8 operating systems.
Channels can be navigated using either a controller, Kinect or voice control, which will be integrated into its brand new Bing search function.
At gamescom 2011, Microsoft revealed that the new dashboard update will also add Xbox Live cloud storage, which will be compatible with all games.
> Read our hands-on preview with the new Xbox 360 dashboard update
Watch a preview video for the Xbox 360 dashboard's new entertainment services below:
Microsoft has confirmed to Digital Spy that new users will be able to trial the service for 30 days.
It is over double the standard free trial that LoveFilm offers for potential new customers, which lasts for 14 days.
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It was added that LoveFilm, alongside other new streaming apps such as 4oD, YouTube and Demand 5, will only be accessible for Xbox Live Gold members.
Available on December 6, it will launch alongside the latest Xbox 360 dashboard update, adopting the Metro panel seen on Windows Phone and Windows 8 operating systems.
Channels can be navigated using either a controller, Kinect or voice control, which will be integrated into its brand new Bing search function.
At gamescom 2011, Microsoft revealed that the new dashboard update will also add Xbox Live cloud storage, which will be compatible with all games.
> Read our hands-on preview with the new Xbox 360 dashboard update
Watch a preview video for the Xbox 360 dashboard's new entertainment services below:
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