Microsoft, Netflix to offer free videos on Xbox

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft, in its effort to dominate the digital living room, unveiled a series of moves including a deal to offer free Netflix videos through its Xbox 360 video game console, according to media report Tuesday.

The partnership with Netflix, of Los Gatos, allows Microsoft to effectively double the amount of video content offered through its Xbox Live online service.

People who have both an Xbox Live Gold membership and a Netflix membership will be able to have free access to Netflix's library of 10,000 online movies and TV shows.

While the library doesn't boast all of the top titles Netflix offers through its mail service, it helps bolster Microsoft's current library of 10,000 videos, which it sells through its own Live Marketplace.

"There is no better way to deliver entertainment to your living room" than the Xbox 360, said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of Microsoft's video game business.

(Agencies)