Cable Network Not Known for Movies Acquires Rights to Jackson's 'This Is It' NY Times

Exclusive U.S. TV rights to “This Is It,” the Sony film culled from rehearsal footage from Michael Jackson’s planned comeback concerts before his untimely death, have gone to MTV, reports The New York Times.

The company has the rights for six years beginning in 2011, and can show the film on MTV, as well as all its sister networks, including VH1 and BET.

--Elizabeth Jensen