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Microsoft has announced agreements with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to bring a line-up of more than 1000 hours of television shows and movies to the Xbox 360, with a mix of standard definition and high definition content.
Beginning on November 22 in the US, the Xbox 360 will become the first video games console to provide HD TV shows and movies directly to your living room. TV shows can be bought to keep, and movies will be available to rent.
“This groundbreaking announcement is a win for everyone,” said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “It connects our partners with one of the most coveted audiences in entertainment today, and provides even greater value to our Xbox Live community, allowing them to enjoy the games and entertainment they want, when they want it.“
The initial line-up of content available before the year end includes:
- Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force from The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
- CSI, Survivor, and remastered episodes of classic Star Trek from CBS.
- Emmy and Peabody award-winning comedy South Park and Chappelle’s Show from COMEDY CENTRAL.
- The Real World and Pimp My Ride from MTV.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants from Nickelodeon.
- Skyland and The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival from Nicktoons Network.
- Mission: Impossible III, Nacho Libre, and Jackass: The Movie from Paramount Pictures.
- Carpocalypse and Raising the Roofs from Spike TV.
- Race Rewind provided by NASCAR.COM.
- Select episodes of the original season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series and UFC: All Access from the UFC.
- Breaking Bonaduce and Hogan Knows Best from VH1.
- The Matrix, Superman Returns, and Batman Forever from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
To give you an idea on the size of a movie download, Batman Forever is reported to be 1.3GB for the SD version and 5.4GB for the HD version.
What plans Microsoft has for the rest of the world are currently unknown. Another matter left unanswered is the subject of additional hard drives offering greater storage capacity – something which will become a necessity once Xbox 360 owners begin to download movies and TV shows.
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