NOW TV for Xbox
I worked on the NOW TV apps for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, bringing a television-streaming product to two generations of games console.
- Client
- NOW TV
- Platforms
- Xbox 360 and Xbox One
- My contribution
- Console app development
The product
The apps let people use NOW TV on their Xbox, turning the console into a way to watch television in the living room.
My contribution
I developed the apps for Xbox 360 and Xbox One. This was separate from my later Sky Go desktop work: different devices, different platforms, and an application used through a television and controller.
Technology stack
- C#
- Development of the Xbox 360 application.
- Silverlight-based runtime
- The application runtime on Xbox 360.
- WinJS
- Development of the Xbox One application.
Inside NOW TV for Xbox
Official imagery from NOW TV’s Xbox One launch in July 2014. This shows the Xbox One version; my work also included Xbox 360.