MySpace Inks Global TV Distribution Deal

April 10, 2008 MySpace Inks Global TV Distribution Deal (AP)

A frame grab from MySpace taken in August 2006 shows South Carolina's Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer's site that he is using in his re-election bid. MySpace has given a British media company exclusive rights to distribute video programming from the social networking site on broadcast television outside the U.S. and to sell DVDs and related merchandise. (AP Photo/MySpace)

(AP) -- News Corp.'s MySpace has given a British media company exclusive rights to distribute video programming from the social networking site on broadcast television outside the U.S. and to sell DVDs and related merchandise.

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