RTE Player comes to Xbox Live

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26 September 2013

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will have access to a new app from today in the shape of RTE Player. The app, developed over a period of six months, uses the Kinect sensor, allowing users to navigate using either a handheld controller or through voice and gestures.

"Making RTE Player available on Xbox 360 extends the value of RTE’s content, as well as potentially reaching and serving new audiences," said Muirne Laffan, managing director, RTE Digital. "Not only does it give audiences more choice on how they watch and listen to great RTE content, but it also brings RTE Player to a whole new experiential level using Kinect for Xbox 360; which will allow users to navigate the app using their gestures and voice. This partnership with Xbox means that RTE Player is now available on seven platforms, offering audiences more choice and flexibility than ever before."

Shirley Finnerty, Xbox category lead for Microsoft, said: "We’re seeing usage of entertainment apps on Xbox Live increase significantly and in 2012 the amount of TV and entertainment offerings on Xbox 360 almost tripled worldwide. Xbox has seen amazing success in Ireland over the past few years and we’re delighted to welcome RTE to Xbox Live and give users access to country’s most popular video-on-demand service."

RTE Player is Ireland’s most successful catch-up and on-demand service, which streamed over 60 million minutes of content in July 2013 alone.

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