Showtime to give Xbox games to new subscribers

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http://www.sho.com/site/promotions/xbox/home.do

(Reuters) - Cable movie operator Showtime Networks said on Tuesday it will give away games for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video game console throughout the summer to its new subscribers. ADVERTISEMENT

Showtime, a unit of Viacom Inc. , said people who sign up during the promotional period will get either two free Xbox games or one game and a starter kit with 12-month subscription to the Xbox Live online gaming service.

The deal is the second major tie-up between Microsoft and a Viacom entity in recent weeks. On April 11 Microsoft said it would unveil the next-generation version of the Xbox console in a worldwide series of specials on music channel MTV.

Showtime said it and its affiliates will promote the program with TV ads and a direct-mail campaign. The network said its research showed households subscribing to premium digital TV services were 75 percent more likely to buy video games than the average household.

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What about the people who already have all the movie channels?? Can we still get free stuff. My cable bill is over $100 a month, wheres the love Charter.