Catch the new third season FREE premiere episode as video podcast from the acclaimed Showtime series " The Tudors " in the Zune Marketplace . THE TUDORS focus is on the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry 8's nearly 40-year, omnipotent reign of England played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. This early release premiere episode will not be airing on Showtime until April 5th.

Every March the music world invades the hotel rooms, music clubs and convenience stores of Austin, Texas for the South By Southwest Music Festival. Originally begun in 1987 as a showcase for unsigned bands, SXSW has evolved into a sprawling media behemoth, a panorama of all musical styles, a minefield of interactivity, and an orgy of conferences and product demonstrations. This year nearly 2,000 musical artists are slated to perform in nearly every nightclub and concert hall in downtown Austin, and...

Good news! The Zune service and Zune.net are back online. Head on over to http://social.zune.net/podcasts/ to try out the new streaming audio podcasts through your browser. We now have one of the largest streaming audio podcast catalogs - so go browse and enjoy. Also don't forget to create a music quiz - everyone is doing it, or so I hear. You may continue to see some leftovers of the update last night like delayed playcount data. This data is not being lost, it just may take a little longer...

It is impossible to isolate the history of black people in this country to a single expression but since we deal with music, we are going to go with what we know. The history of the American recording industry is largely (if not completely) influenced by the African-American experience. This spans so many styles and eras that it would difficult to dive into them all. So what we did was create The Black History Collection in the Zune Marketplace to celebrate the contributions and commemorate the struggles...