Our buddies at on10 had a chance to sit down with Robbie Bach at CES. Robbie talks at length about the vision for connected entertainment, and the overarching strategy for the Entertainment and Devices Division (of which Zune is a part). (zune gets a mention at 10:26 mark; but I'd watch the whole video).

Yesterday during the Bill Gates Keynote at CES , Robbie Bach announced the Zune launch in Canada* in Spring 2008. The Canadian offering this spring will first include Zune players (including Zune Originals), Zune software and Zune Social, with the Zune Marketplace online store coming later this year. Robbie also noted that we've had about 1.5 million who have tried out Zune Social, and that, "We can differentiate ourselves in this space, and we think there's plenty of opportunity for that market...