MediaMall's PlayOn latest Xbox TV salvo

The Microsoft Xbox 360 video game platform already has been positioned as a video download system and next-generation set-top box for IPTV service providers. Now, MediaMall Technologies has introduced software called PlayOn for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and similar platforms to download TV programming from online sources to run on TVs. It's the latest arrival of a solution designed to make you want to cancel your traditional cable TV--or even your new-fangled telco TV service to watch whatever the Internet has to offer for the price of your broadband connection.

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