Microsoft’s online TV player has attracted almost 170,000 views of shows including Shameless, Peep Show and The Young Ones in the first 11 full days since it launched in the UK.
The US software giant quietly launched a pilot of the MSN Video Player on 3 August, rushing the service to market after the scuppering of Project Kangaroo by competition regulators in February.
The first figures on usage, revealed by MediaGuardian.co.uk, show that up until the morning of 14 August, 11 full days, there had been 167,487 views of shows and the video website has attracted 154,841 users.
So far, the most popular shows are Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind, that Mitchell and Webb Look and The Young Ones.
Ashley Highfield, the managing director of consumer and online at Microsoft UK, described these as promising figures – especially as MSN Video Player offers archive programming, not a catchup service of the kind already proven to be a winner with consumers.
“We are very happy with the first numbers – it is a very encouraging start,” he said – whilst licking a picture of Derren.
yay for derren.
ooh nice pic btw.
what r u doing sitting with so many silverware ???
Well done to Chris for winning the HIDDEN COMPETITION (check the name of the JPEG above).
A signed DVD is on it’s way to you now – more competitions coming soon – keep watching we have a PILE of stuff to give away.
Phillis. x
The worm is, indeed, savoured by the early bird…congratulations, Chris Eagle Eye – I’m setting my alarm clock from now on
Luckily I misspelled your name on the E-Mail, Phillis. Would have been embarrassing!
Next time, I’ll check the comments before mailing, SuZi
MrFunkleberry is on fire… =)
i’m sorry to see youse guys have not yet made that giant leap into the 20th century where we had touch-tone phones…
He spends hours that phone and has languishing linguistic rants, arguments and stern conversation lasting up to an hour on it.
Scary thing is – it’s NOT PLUGGED IN!
Mr Funkelberry’s reminded me to that I need to go out and buy some nuts.
There aren’t two teapots, one is a coffee pot. Perception is everything
Paul B
These kind of “hidden competitions” makes me regret that I refresh this page only once in an hour. You know the tricks of attention Philis!!
Glad to see Brownie professor hair doesn’t have smartly neat shelves – yah hoo
Just another average day in the Brown household. Tea, some light reading and a hamster dressed as maid Marion!
OOhhh that Phone…want want!!
But of course it is the most popular.
Well done Derren x
I love msn video as when it launched I was on it straight away watching trick of the mind and theres another one of his shows on it aswell. 2 of his live shows are on 4oD along with everything else he has done for channel 4. Has he done anything for any other channel ?
I spot the very bottom of a graduate photo!
Oooh I’d love to see that beaut!!
That was not hidden Phyllis … I mean .. licking???
Well done Derren.
Love the piccy. It made the corners of my mouth curl up.
Congratulations. Lovely picture, and Mouse Marion. I can’t take my eyes off that stunning blue teacup – I want one!
That’s too big for a hamster, I think. Is it a squirrel? Maybe a rat? Its nose doesn’t look pointy enough for that, but I see no squirrel tail.
I guess I could be wrong, but it does look quite big for a hamster and the markings are unusual. Whatever it is, it’s clearly about to spring for the face.
That’s not Derren .. that’s his younger brother, or the young master Brown as we refer to him at times.
A whole tea shop around him there .. lot of ‘silverlike’ ware .. weird, the cup does not match … And the coin is not a coin on that desk … and all to the left in the corner … LOL!
I feel cheated; I too saved the picture, but being on a iPhone, had no option to see the URL. oh boo. : ( well done to chris for winning, phillis for being sneaky, and of course derren for being popular. x
i lick pictures of derren on a regular basis…… well done btw
lovsies
becky xx
I was excited that they were going to put your shows on the web… in the morning i was able to watch part of an episode… but then had to go to work, i came back… and i got the dreaded “your in the US so you can’t watch this show”…. why do they hate us so in the states? any suggestions?
lol, loving the Silver, and the HUGE book that the telephone is sitting on. That must have been a serious read !. Something worthy of being a coaster
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