japantoday.com - 12/26/2008
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Nintendo Co said Thursday it will start offering videos through its blockbuster Wii game console, the latest new feature for the Japanese entertainment giant.
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Nintendo will offer Wii video on demand service in 2009
Infendo - Nintendo blog —
Very soon, in Japan at least, Wii owners will be on the receiving end of an ambiguous video on demand service.
The details today are sparse, to say the least, but here’s what we know courtesy of Japan Today:
Nintendo said it would develop original programming which Wii users could access via the Internet and watch on their television. It is considering videos for both free and fees. [...] “Nintendo and Dentsu shall use the environment surrounding the Wii so that living rooms with Wii-ready TVs would become more of a fun area for ...
Nintendo to jump on video bandwagon in Japan
That VideoGame Blog —
... “Nintendo said it would develop original programming which Wii users could access via the Internet and watch on their television. It is considering videos for both free and fees,” writes Japan Today. ...
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