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XBOX 360 owners will soon have access to over 1,000 hours of popular TV Shows and Movies thru their XBOX 360 Live account before the year is over. Microsoft has teamed up with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, TBS Inc., Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Warner Bros to bring high quality programming to XBOX 360 owners. This move to bring Home Entertainment to the XBOX 360 will make the XBOX 360 one of the first gaming consoles to deliver both standard and high-defintion TV Shows & Movies through a digital internet source. This technology is made possible via the XBOX Live network, which gives users the ability to view standard and high definition shows on the XBOX 360 console.

Some of the available Home Entertainment content consists of CSI, Survivor, Mission: Impossible III, and Nacho Libre amongst many other shows and movies.

* For the first time, consumers will get an integrated gaming and entertainment experience on a gaming console that includes downloadable high-definition TV shows and movies. This new full-length content adds to the ever-expanding number of choices gamers have on their Xbox 360, whether they want to play games or play a movie on a disc or as a download in high definition or standard definition.
* For the first time CBS will deliver high-definition download-to-own TV shows including “CSI,” “Jericho,” “Numb3rs” and remastered “Star Trek” episodes; gamers can buy them and watch them repeatedly.
* For the first time on any platform, NASCAR.COM will deliver download-to-own condensed versions of select NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races from “Race Rewind.”
* For the first time, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will make 50 of its most intense fights available for download as well as select episodes from the original season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

“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 lineup of TV shows available for download to own and feature films available for download to rent will include a growing catalog of popular hits. Examples of content that will be available on the network by the end of year include the following: