Sunnyvale, Calif. - Activision said on Tuesday that video game song packs for its "Guitar Hero II" title have surpassed 650,000 downloads on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace. The downloadable packs, first offered about five months ago, each contain three songs; individual songs combined have topped the 2 million sales mark. Activision said "Guitar Hero" games have to date sold more than 5.5 million units. The company plans to ship "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" to retailers next month.

Los Angeles - Disney announced on Wednesday an agreement with Microsoft to make its films available for purchase and download through the Xbox Live Marketplace online service for the Xbox 360 game console.

New York - Microsoft has paid video game publisher Take-Two Interactive $50 million for the exclusive rights to offer downloadable episodes for its "Grand Theft Auto IV" game over the Xbox Live Marketplace service for the Xbox 360.

Nashville - CMT, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks, said on Monday that it has made a number of its series and specials available for purchase and download from digital retailers including iTunes, Amazon Unbox, AOL Video, Wal-Mart Video Downloads and Xbox Live Marketplace. The offerings include "Foxworthy's Big Night Out," "Trick My Truck" and "CMT Comedy Stage."

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft announced on Wednesday plans to release Xbox 360 Elite, a new version of its video game console that will sport a 120GB hard drive and HDMI port to support high-definition gameplay.

New York - Viacom's MTV Networks announced on Tuesday that it has posted the entire third season of its "The Andy Milonakis Show" for download on iTunes this week, in advance of the season's broadcast premiere on April 27.

San Francisco - Viacom's Comedy Central will distribute the first high-definition episode of its "South Park" TV series as a free download exclusively on the Xbox Live Marketplace service for Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console, Wired News reports. The HD episode will be available for download on Tuesday; it will also be bundled on HD DVD discs along with purchases of an Xbox 360 or HD DVD drive for the console at retailer Best Buy.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision on Tuesday announced details of the downloadable songs and other content for developer Red Octane's "Guitar Hero II" Xbox 360 air guitar game. In addition to over 70 new tracks for the game, the Xbox Live Marketplace will allow gamers to unlock achievement points, and download themes and picture packs, and well as track their high scores on an online leaderboard.