Emabulator
12-26-2008, 09:03 AM
Gamasutra is reporting (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21665) on a partnership formed between Nintendo and Dentsu to bring a streaming video service to Wii.
Nintendo has announced a partnership with Japanese company Dentsu to distribute original streaming video programming via the Wii, with a 2009 launch confirmed in Japan, and an eye towards a later Western launch.
According to an official Nintendo statement translated by the AFP news service, the company's partnership with advertising firm Dentsu will include some ad-supported but free videos, and some pay-to-watch videos.
The companies particularly announced: "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 communication among families and friends."
Nintendo has announced a partnership with Japanese company Dentsu to distribute original streaming video programming via the Wii, with a 2009 launch confirmed in Japan, and an eye towards a later Western launch.
According to an official Nintendo statement translated by the AFP news service, the company's partnership with advertising firm Dentsu will include some ad-supported but free videos, and some pay-to-watch videos.
The companies particularly announced: "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 communication among families and friends."