September 26, 2006 6:01 PM PDT

MSN to stream live concerts

Microsoft has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement to distribute live music concerts on its MSN Web site for acts like Rod Stewart.

The 36 concerts under the deal will be produced by Control Room, formerly Network Live, the company that worked on the Live 8 concerts in 2005.

MSN will stream the concerts live and provide on-demand access to the programming afterward, says Rob Bennett, general manager of entertainment and video at MSN. Viewers will not have to pay to watch the concerts, which will have ads.

The first show will be singer John Legend performing at Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 2.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.

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