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Make TV for the Xbox

by Tim Stevens on April 19, 2007 at 07:55 AM



It seems Microsoft isn't content just distributing other peoples' television shows via its Xbox Live Marketplace, which enables users to download movies and episodes straight to their Xbox 360. Now the tech giant wants to start making its own TV programs, and it's hoping you can help through a contest called called Xbox Live Originals.

How does it work? Through June 29, would-be TV hot-shots can submit their 5-15 minute pilot episodes of whatever show they've created. For a small fee of $15 (waived if you still have that ratty student ID kicking around!), Microsoft's public relations crew will review your entry. If your pilot selected as a finalist, you can expect to see it posted online for all Xbox owners around the world to download. Go all the way by winning and you'll nab yourself a $100,000 contract to produce six more episodes. That's not exactly one-million-per-episode Friends cast kind of money, but it's enough to throw together something worth watching, and maybe even enough to make you a star...amongst Xbox gamers, anyway. (For a list of rules, go here.)

Tags: Xbox Live, XboxLive

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