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  Nintendo To Offer Streaming Video Service On Wii In 2009
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December 29, 2008
 
Nintendo To Offer Streaming Video Service On Wii In 2009
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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."

Analysts have been discussing this expansion possibility for some time -- a recent Gamasutra-published opinion piece from The Diffusion Group noted: "In order for the Wii to remain competitive in the long-term, Nintendo must enable Wii-based... video services of some kind."

Interestingly, Nintendo is allowing multiple approaches to the problem, with Japanese firm Fujisoft already launching Minna-no Theater Wii (Everyone's Theater for Wii) in Japan for WiiWare on January 27th.

This pay-per-view service "enables people to enjoy video content any time at home by video streaming playback on Wii," and will cost 100 to 400 Wii points ($1 to $4) per video. However, it appears that the Nintendo and Dentsu partnership may be the higher profile one.
 
   
 
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