As we are still waiting for the anticipated release of Halo 3, Microsoft is releasing its own serving of entertainment.

Microsoft will be adding TV shows and Movies from the A&E Network, ADV Films, National Geographic and TotalVid.com, that will add to the more than 1,500 hours of downloadable entertainment content already available on Xbox LIVE. Paramount Pictures are also releasing full length high definition movies, such as "Braveheart," "Team America: World Police," "World Trade Center" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut."

Also, for the first time, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be contributing its direct-to-video movies exclusively in high definition on Xbox LIVE simultaneous with their availability on DVD, starting with "Sublime" and later "Babylon 5: The Lost Tales."

A press release from Redmond, Wash. - "With more than 300 games expected by year's end, an Xbox LIVE community of more than 6 million people and a growing catalogue of premium content from some of the biggest names in entertainment today, Xbox 360 is an incredible value," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "Adding partners and content like this helps reinforce the console's position as the center of connected entertainment in the living room."

Here are some of the TV shows and Feature films coming to the Xbox Live Marketplace.

* A&E Network. "Dog the Bounty Hunter," "King of Cars," "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," "Driving Force" and "Criss Angel Mindfreak"

* ADV Films. Top offerings from the No. 1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation ("anime") outside Japan

* National Geographic. The television series "Is It Real?" and "Taboo" as well as programs such as "21 Days to Baghdad" and "Air Force One"

* TotalVid.com. A broad action-sports offering including extreme skiing and snowboarding, skateboarding, motocross, surfing and mountain biking

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