iView to debut on Xbox One

ABC viewers using Microsoft's Xbox One console will soon get access to the iView catch-up service, with Microsoft confirming its availability in coming months.

iView fans have been able to access the service on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console since December 2011, but have been largely left in the cold on newer consoles with iView unavailable on both Microsoft's Xbox One console and Sony's PS4 to date.

That's about to change with the ABC set to unleash its iView app on the Xbox One in coming months, with the expected timeframe ‘late 2014 to early 2015’ according to a Microsoft spokesperson. PS4 availability is yet to be confirmed.

Foxtel Play has also been announced for Xbox One earlier this year, although it hasn't yet arrived.

The Xbox One was the first video game console to be released in China in more than a decade, after the Chinese government lifted its ban.

Meanwhile as Business Spectator reported last week Australian fibre start-up Megaport has added the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to its Sydney MegaIX infrastructure, in a move that may see more ISPs offer content catch-up service iView unmetered.

The ABC will be launching on Megaport’s Sydney Mega IX via 'direct peering' to grant Megaport users across Australia access to ABC’s iView content.