The BBC has overcome Microsoft's wish for iPlayer to be bundled with its paid Xbox Live Gold subscriptions.
The catch-up TV service on Tuesday became the latest TV app to launch in the Xbox Dashboard's app initiative, for free with no subscription requirement (announcement).
Although the BBC has become reluctant to custom-build iPlayer apps for the burgeoning number of new devices, Xbox Kinect's TV interface represents a sufficiently interesting new opportunity.
People thing digital stuff is permanent, since it doesn't wear and tear. but in some ways it's more fragile. BBC was preparing to kill a bunch of sites and some dude bought a $4 VPS server and saved all the code/info.
Credit Suisse has forecast the market in wearable tech could be worth $50bn (£32bn) in five years.
That would be more than 10 times its current value, making it a "mega-trend", said the bank.