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Microsoft to Offer TV Shows, Movies for Download on Xbox Live

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 7, 2006 - 3:34pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft on Tuesday announced a number of deals that will allow it to offer over 1,000 hours of TV shows and movies for download to its Xbox 360 video game console.

The agreements with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System, Ultimate Fighting Championship and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will deliver both high- and standard-definition TV shows and movies to the Xbox 360 over Microsoft's Xbox Live online game service. Full-length TV shows will be available for download to own for $1.99, while movies may be downloaded for 24-hour rental for about $3.99 through Xbox Live Marketplace.

Beginning Nov. 22, Xbox 360 owners can download HD TV shows from CBS including "CSI" and "Jericho," along with remastered episodes of "Star Trek." Standard-definition TV includes episodes of "South Park" and "Chappelle's Show" from Comedy Central; MTV's "The Real World" and other programs from Viacom's Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, VH1 and Spike TV; "Robot Chicken" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" from Turner Broadcasting; and condensed races from NASCAR.com.

Movies available from the Xbox Live Marketplace will initially include Paramount's "Nacho Libre" and "Mission: Impossible III," and Warner's "The Matrix" and "Superman Returns."

Related Links:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061106/sfm161b.html?.v=1
http://www.xbox.com/marketplaceentertainment
tags: Pricing | Video | Video Pricing | TV | Microsoft | Movies | Xbox 360 | Xbox Live |



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