Xbox Entertainment Studios

Not to be confused with Xbox Game Studios.
Xbox Entertainment Studios
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
DefunctOctober 29, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-29)[1]
FateClosed
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, United States
Key people
Nancy Tellem (president)
ParentMicrosoft Studios

Xbox Entertainment Studios was a short-lived American television and movie studio based in Santa Monica, California created internally by Microsoft Studios in 2012, in order to create "interactive television content" for Xbox Live.[2]

On July 17, 2014, Microsoft confirmed that the studio would be closing.[3] On October 29, 2014, both the vice president and the president of the company departed, and the company was officially closed.[1]

  1. ^ a b Pitcher, Jenna (October 29, 2014). "Xbox Entertainment Studios Reportedly Shuttered as Heads Leave". IGN. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Farber, Dan (2013-02-11). "Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studio working on interactive TV". CNET. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  3. ^ Dawn Chmielewski (17 July 2014). "Microsoft to Shutter Xbox Entertainment Studios (Updated)". Re/code.