Xbox Live Adding Original TV 
By Sherri - (0) comments April 17, 2007



Microsoft has announced plans to bring the Xbox Live network to the next level. Like the folks over at CBS, Microsoft wants to have some original content to offer gamers to view over its online platform.

To achieve this, the company has rolled out a content for would be television producers to create a pilot for the network. The winner gets $100,000 budget and a chance to win a six-episode commitment for Xbox Live.

"Not only can aspiring TV producers from across the globe try their hands at creating new TV shows, but because of Xbox Live Marketplace, they can now win a chance to have more than 6 million people worldwide see their work," Bill Nielsen, senior director of Xbox Live at Microsoft, has been quoted as saying. "This is an incredible opportunity for us to participate in the festival, and we are thrilled to be able to bring community-created TV content to the Xbox community for the first time."

Entries will be accepted until June 29. The rules can be found here.

According to Punch Jump, Xbox Live is currently the No. 1 platform for distribution of television and movies.

This news is very interesting for online TV fans and want-to-be producers alike. More original content on the net to join the likes of CBS's shows, such as "InTurn," come of the cartoon series online and so on is a very good indication of what the future holds for viewer. It just keeps getting better.

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‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ Continues 
By Sherri - (0) comments March 05, 2007



Sony Pictures Television is touting the upcoming debut of “Blood +,” a new anime series based on “Blood: The Last Vampire.”

The series, set to premiere March 10 on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, takes place in modern day Okinawa. The show continues the story made famous in the full-length anime film.

It picks up with Saya Otonashi living a blissful life with an adoptive family, not remembering the past at all. She’s quite the happy high schooler, until a “chiropteran" attacks her and her brother. With old memories triggered, Saya realizes she is the only one who can beat the blood-sucking menace once and for all. With help from family and friends, she sets out to do just that, accepting her role as champion.

While the show will not initially air online, it does give one pause for how long that will remain the case. Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has some of the most popular entries on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Sony’s expected to launch a video service for its PlayStation 3. This, of course, isn't precluding Adult Swim's own site, which offers some great online viewing action.

Will the show make it to the online realm? And, if so, will Sony hold it out to become one of its anchor shows on its own network?

It will be interesting to see.

In the meantime, anime fans can tune in on March 10 at 12:30 a.m. EST to check out the “Blood” continuation.

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