Rumour: Xbox Live's video content services getting overhauled?

Apparently Microsoft is blowing the winds of change at their Redmond HQ, and will be changing how video content is subscribed to through Xbox Live.

Microsoft are positioning themselves to be the ”direct source” of the content, meaning the Zune Marketplace will adopt a subscription plan for TV and film?

Currently a Zune Pass gives users unlimited access to music through the Zune Marketplace on Xbox Live, so will this be expanded to include video content? Right now you need to buy individual films and shows through Zune in order to enjoy them.

It seems Microsoft want to muscle in on Netflix, Hulu and the UK’s Sky Player. There’s a ”new way to watch videos on the Xbox 360 is coming, with Microsoft as the direct source of the content,” revealed a source at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond.

Would you welcome Microsoft’s own streaming video service? The question is how the corporate giant will implement the changes that are said to be due later this year.