TV Channels coming to the PS3?
We have all heard of a PSN movie service in the works. But never anything about TV shows. Until now.
If you watch closely on the PS Store downloadable video “What You Need” you can see an image of a listing of TV channels. Some of the channels that can be seen are as follows:
HBO, NBC, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, CBS, and MTV.
There are more but they are hard to make out.
Here is the video in question.
Thanks to jordane45 from the official PS forums for the pictures.
May 12, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I definitely would download shows. I would love to have Rome sitting in my PS3. I do want the entire series on Blu too
May 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Whoah! This is awesome stuff. Good find! Hopefully it’s more than just marketing making cool looking graphics. I’d imagine it’s a mockup for something.
May 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm
thanks , you can see the picture that I have taken at 1.05min in the video
May 12, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Glad to see you visiting the site jordane45…
May 12, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Great! I’d really like to download the Office and store (more) episodes on my system as well as Curb Your Enthusiasm.
May 12, 2008 at 6:46 pm
OMG thats cool! How did you spot it.
May 12, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Ok heres a better view if you flip it:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k24/whoelse_01/tv-channel.jpg
May 12, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Thats a great find, I’ll prob download shows….Heres a tip SONY—Get Nickelodeon shows from the 90’s on there
May 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Thanks for the pic whoelse. Glad to see you visiting the site.
I am going to use your flipped pic, I hope thats ok with you. It makes it easier for people to make out.
And to commodore,
What 90’s Nick shows did you like? I grew up in the 80’s so I am curious as to what is so good during that time period.
May 12, 2008 at 7:49 pm
That’s not a problem. I’m glad i could help!
May 12, 2008 at 8:09 pm
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May 12, 2008 at 9:36 pm
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May 13, 2008 at 12:02 am
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May 13, 2008 at 12:11 am
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May 13, 2008 at 2:17 am
oooh nice find, I kinda just skimmed the video the first go around, gotta take another look at that!
May 13, 2008 at 3:00 am
Wow!!! Great Find. Those are some Sharp Eyes you have to find this.
May 13, 2008 at 4:23 am
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May 13, 2008 at 9:23 am
~Quote~
sev1512 Says: “What 90’s Nick shows did you like? I grew up in the 80’s so I am curious as to what is so good during that time period.”
Here are my faves..
Salute Your Shorts
Hey Dude
All That
Are You Afraid of the Dark
Guts
Ren & Stimpy
Doug
Rugrats
Pete & Pete
Clarissa Explains it All
Wild & Crazy Kids
and last but not least..
Double Dare.
Hope this helps..
CJT
May 13, 2008 at 9:26 am
But, TBH, I think the best nickelodeon shows were
Finders Keepers
Nick Arcade
and Are You Afraid of the Dark.
… Just an opinion
May 13, 2008 at 4:32 pm
dude , a lot of people came to your site , this is so cool!
May 13, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Oh yes jordane45
Over 2K poeple read the story just on this site.
thats not to mention all the other sites that are reporting the story such as N4G, Kotaku, PS3fanboy, SCRAWL, etc
May 13, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I was about to say something about being super surprised HBO being listed since it’s never been available to download through the net for pay, but then i just noticed iTunes added HBO shows today. Awesome, bring it on PSN!!
May 13, 2008 at 7:24 pm
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May 14, 2008 at 5:27 am
@Cleetus
Dude how did you get into my head, remember Kids Court and Mr. Wizzard in the morning?
@Sev1512
The two networks you cant see well look like A&E and Showtime. Showtime and ESPN are the only two networks I can recall that have a red and white logo like that. I’m sure it’s Showtime because CBS owns Showtime (CBS is in the picture), and ESPN’s sister network ABC is not in that picture. Since HBO is also listed it makes since that Showtime would also be one of the networks.
I bet you the partnerships acquired from the blu-ray disc association (primarily Warner, a major distributor) will help Sony obtain better rights/deals than Microsoft pulled on the Live Video Marketplace. Hopefully that starts with DRM.
May 14, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Excellent comment Devon. I think your right about the relationships gained through the BDA benefiting Sony in other ways.
Blu Ray players are barely selling, if it wasnt for the PS3, the format probably would have died with HD-DVD.
Well at least in US where the economy sucks and people arent buying luxuries like Blu-ray players
May 14, 2008 at 1:51 pm
i will definitely contact you when I will find something new