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Xbox Live Video Marketplace welcomes The Weinstein Company and TNA

Richard Lawler — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:50:00 EST

Since Xbox Live Marketplace was already home to NBC Universal movies and TV (at home and abroad) Microsoft's seen fit to fire back at Sony's PSN announcement with the relatively incremental additions of content from The Weinstein Company and TNA, while mentioning the Video Marketplace has already served up 42 million pieces of content, with its pace doubling since the NXE debuted last year. So far at least, all of TNA's offerings (PPV events from last year) are in SD, while The Weinstein Company hasn't hesitated in tossing up Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Zack and Miri Make a Porno in 5GB 720p files for all interested. Microsoft may not be able to claim "all the major movie studios" (we're guessing Sony Pictures has made their decision on who to support) but they're still finding a way to lead the download-to-consoles race, for now.

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TNA Wrestling preps for first ever HDTV broadcast

Darren Murph — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:02:00 EST

Aw, yeah. Just a few short weeks after TNA Wrestling wrapped up the final loose ends on a new high-def studio in Nashville, in comes the announcement we've been expecting. TNA will be taping a live iMPACT! event on October 23rd in Las Vegas which it will broadcast in high-definition on Spike TV. When it airs, it'll mark the first ever HDTV broadcast for the sport. We'd say you could go and watch the sweat / blood in person, but maybe it's best to just take this one in from the (HD) sidelines.

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TNA Wrestling nears completion of HD TNAtv studio

Steven Kim — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:07:00 EST

Not one to let WWE have the HD spotlight all to itself, TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Entertainment is readying its own HD studio in Nashville, TN. The TNAtv production building will house pre- and post-production for the brand from soup to nuts, including broadcasts, DVDs, on-air graphics and commercials. Whether you consider pro wrestling a sport or a soap opera with stunts, there's no doubt that it puts lots of money in the till. And that money can buy some nice HD toys -- in this case, four Avid Symphony and one Final Cut Pro HD editing suites. Looks like there's a "two man enter, one man leave" HD cagematch set up between TNA and WWE; but if TNA's fortunes aren't better than the WWE's, we might be looking at a double-disqualification.

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