Windows Media Center Online Services

Make the most of your broadband connection

Get a wide range of digital media with Windows Media Center and your broadband Internet connection—and enjoy many features without needing a TV tuner.

Online Media expands your viewing options

Get the latest in entertainment with Online Media¹, which provides a high quality TV experience for full-screen playback. Control it with an optional remote to watch music videos, download movies and TV shows, listen to Internet radio, and get the latest news updates.

SportsLounge lets you get in the game

Windows Media Center SportsLounge (U.S. and Canada only), brought to you by FOXSports.com, takes your sports television viewing experience to a higher level of interaction. SportsLounge is the place to catch your favorite games, teams, scores, and players—all from the comfort of your couch.

Explore SportsLounge (U.S. and Canada only).

Internet TV Beta (U.S. only)

Launch Windows Media Center today and you’ll find the beta version of Internet TV under "TV & Movies." This new feature allows you to enjoy free streaming video content on demand. Choose from more than 100 hours of TV entertainment, music concerts, movie trailers, news, and sports content from MSN Video. Watch it full-screen on your Windows Media Center PC or using your Extender for Windows Media Center.²

Windows Media Center has partnered with these industry leaders to provide quality programming content:

The FOX Sports Portal for Windows Media Center offers the latest sports news, scores, statistics, and video coverage in a remote control-based experience. By combining a typical sports TV viewing experience with the FOX Sports Portal, fans gain enhanced insight into live sporting events. Viewers have the ability to access deep in-game statistical information, player profiles, ancillary video commentary, and much more.

Showtime Interactive is your key to an entire world of premium entertainment, now available via Windows Media Center.

Vongo offers unlimited download access to hit movies, concerts and action sports on your TV through Windows Media Center for just $9.99 per month.

¹Online Media is available only in select countries. The screenshots shown here are for illustration only. Online Media services and applications available through Windows Media Center are subject to change.
²Currently, Internet TV Beta is available only for Windows Media Center users in the U.S. with Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate installed on their PCs. Internet TV Beta, SportsLounge, and Online Media require a broadband Internet connection.