Time Warner Cable App Hits Xbox Live

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable’s TWC TV application is now available on the Xbox 360 console, delivering subscribers who are Xbox Live Gold members the ability to watch up to 300 live TV channels.

The TWC TV app for Xbox Live allows customers to share and see what friends are watching and also use voice and gestures to navigate through Kinect. The app also includes integrated parental controls through Xbox Family Settings. The app is available to download at no extra cost in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Channel lineups will vary market by market.

“We’re thrilled to add TWC TV to the Xbox 360 as a big screen viewing option for our customers,” said Mike Angus, Time Warner Cable’s senior VP and general manager for video. “It’s part of our ongoing commitment to give customers more ways to watch the television they love.”

“At Xbox, our vision has always been to provide all the entertainment people want in one place,” added Yusuf Mehdi, the corporate VP of marketing, strategy and business for the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft. “We partner with the biggest brands in the entertainment to bring today’s TV favorites to the living room for 48 million Xbox Live members and we couldn’t be happier to welcome TWC customers to the Xbox family.”