ESPN to Offer Programming for X-Box

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Walt Disney’s sports network ESPN and Microsoft Corp. will add college basketball and other ESPN programming to the lineup of video content available for download to its Xbox 360 video game console.


The two companies said Monday that users can purchase complete NCAA basketball and football games, the X Games sports competitions and programs like ESPN’s “Madden Nation,” which chronicles a competition of “Madden NFL” video game players, from the Xbox Live Web site.


The programming will be commercial-free, standard-definition versions of select NCAA games for $3, and high-definition versions for $4.50, within 48 hours of the game’s conclusion. ESPN TV shows, like the other TV content on the Xbox Live download site, cost $2 for standard-definition and $3 for high-def versions.


As part of the agreement, ESPN is considering ways to incorporate the Xbox Live online gaming community into its telecasts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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