Microsoft to offer TV shows through Xbox

Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with a handful of Hollywood studios to sell TV shows and rent movies that can be downloaded through the software maker's Xbox Live online video-game service and beamed straight onto television sets.

The initial lineup of TV shows available from 22 November, 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:

* "Robot Chicken" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" from Adult Swim
* "CSI," "Survivor" and "Star Trek" from CBS
* Emmy and Peabody award-winning "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
* "M:i: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 the "UFC: All Access" shows from the UFC
* "Breaking Bonaduce" and "Hogan Knows Best" from VH1
* "The Matrix," "Superman Returns" and "Batman Forever" from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

I think I'll hold on to my TV set for now. This line-up's not doing much for me...yet

Source:Business Week