ufonyx.com » MTV http://ufonyx.com Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 MTV Acquires Exclusive Rights to Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” http://ufonyx.com/2009/11/19/mtv-acquires-exclusive-rights-to-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/ http://ufonyx.com/2009/11/19/mtv-acquires-exclusive-rights-to-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:15:22 +0000 John Giordano http://ufonyx.com/?p=555 MichaelJackson-ThisIsIt
The network that introduced millions to Michael Jackson will also air his final performance. MTV Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. television rights to the posthumous documentary “Michael Jackson’s This Is It.”

According to a recent article on CBC News, the concert movie has already earned more than $220 million in U.S. cinemas since it’s October 28 release. The film’s success proved to be of high interest to viewers of MTV, whose airing of Jackson’s music videos helped boost the singer’s career into the stratosphere during the 1980s. Sister networks such as VH1, BET and Palladia also will have rights to air the film.

“This Is It” was shot from March to June and includes concert rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage as Jackson prepared for his planned comeback stand in London.

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