That's the way you do it, get your money for nothin' and your videos for $1.99. That's right, iTunes has added MTV programming to their video repitoire. Now users can pay $1.99 to download episodes of shows like "Beavis and Butthead", "Jackass", and "Punk'd". The downloads can be viewed on the new iPod that can hold up to 150 hours of video.

MTV Networks-owned Comedy Central recently announced that it would offer 56 episodes of "South Park," "Drawn Together" and "Comedy Central Stand-Up" on the iTunes service. The service, which started out providing audio downloads, nowprovides a wide range of video downloads as well from music videos to television episodes. Other popular networks that are participating are NBC Universal, Sci Fi Channel, USA Network, ABC and Disney/Pixar.

iTunes has sold over 8 million videos to date. At $1.99 each, you do the math!

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