Netflix model ‘could up sports teams’ revenues by x56’
Major football clubs could up fan revenues by a multiplier of 56-times by replicating Netflix’s subscription content model, according to the GM of Microsoft’s sports business. Speaking at the KPMG and...
View ArticleMicrosoft to launch 4K-enabled Xbox One X in November
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, unveils the Xbox One X at E3 in Los Angeles. Microsoft has unveiled its forthcoming Xbox One X console and announced a November 7 release date for the device, which was...
View ArticleAltice names new marketing chief
Nicolas Petit Cable and telecoms group Altice has named Nicolas Petit as its new group chief marketing officer. Petit will take up his new role immediately, taking charge of business-to-consumer and...
View ArticleMicrosoft: gaming business now more than US$9bn
Gaming is now more than a US$9 billion (€7.8 billion) business for Microsoft and is “growing profitably,” according to company CEO Satya Nadella. Satya Nadella Speaking on the company’s fiscal fourth...
View ArticleInception signs up for Microsoft MR and Facebook Camera Effects
RTL Group-backed virtual and augmented reality specialist Inception has joined Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality Programme and has been chosen as a beta partner for Facebook’s augmented reality Camera...
View ArticleAmazon and Microsoft to add voice assistant compatibility
Amazon and Microsoft have announced plans to add compatibility between their respective voice assistants, Alexa and Cortana, later this year. Microsoft hailed the deal as a “first-of-its-kind...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO: mixed reality to transform collaboration
Satya Nadella New technologies like virtual and augmented reality could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Speaking at Microsoft’s Ignite...
View ArticleMicrosoft buys AltspaceVR
Microsoft has agreed to buy virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, securing the future of a service that was due to close in August due “unforeseen financial difficulty”. Microsoft announced the...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Video to launch on Xbox One X
Amazon Prime Video will be available globally on the Xbox One X console once it launches on November 7. Microsoft said that viewers will be able to download the app globally through the Microsoft...
View ArticleMicrosoft: mixed reality will help spur ‘fourth industrial revolution’
Cindy Rose Mixed reality (MR) will be one of the technologies that will help spur a “fourth industrial revolution,” according to Cindy Rose, CEO of Microsoft UK. Speaking at the Microsoft Future...
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