As OXM UK has discovered, Take-Two has filed trademark applications for "Rockstar TV" and GTA TV" within the past week at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, though neither has been approved just yet (nor will either be until an examining attorney is assigned "approximately three months after filing date").
Each trademark filing features identical product descriptions, denoting the filings as for (breath), "computer game programs and software; animated motion picture films featuring entertainment, namely, action, adventure, dramatic, comedic, children's and documentary themes; pre-recorded video discs and other pre-recorded digital and electronic media in the field of live action programs, motion pictures, or animation featuring entertainment, namely, action, adventure, dramatic, comedic, children's and documentary themes."
Additionally, each filing was assigned "pseudo marks" by the USPTO, referring to the "TV" part of each as "television" -- pseudo marks are not seen as definitive, but as identification marks for easing USPTO database searches. In other words, it's possible "TV" stands for something else, but we're betting against that. We've reached out to Rockstar and Take-Two for comment, but have yet to hear back as of publishing.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:03PM NaeemTHM said
I wonder if GTA 5 going to broadcast live shows in game. Taking the TV shows from GTA4 to the next level.
Does that sound too crazy?
Does that sound too crazy?
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 7:15PM abercrombieco2 said
@NaeemTHM , I was thinking that or updates to the tv stations daily or weekly, or even an evolving tv that shows news stories based on your actions in game.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:15PM CoconutSkittle said
Finally, a new format for those god-awful VGAs.
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:23PM Granger said
Next generation Social Club recording features?
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:37PM eat it said
Maybe they'll just hire some proper writers and use the GTA engine to make tv shows with stories on par with the sopranos or something like that.
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:52PM The 7th Number said
Would be awesome if this was some type of recording/uploading feature in the game. I loved making videos with Black Ops theater mode, hope rockstar is doing this!
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 1:56PM EdMcMuffin said
Maybe it will be some subscription-based-on-demand service that would allow instant tv viewing & game playing... Like a combination of Netflix and gamefly! That could be cool!-Ed-
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 2:16PM VampireEater said
It will be a mini TV channel that airs popular clips from GTAV in "news reports", display TV adverts and short, licensed video material.
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 3:21PM Slight of Ham said
Mike Whitley.... Weazel News!
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 4:02PM xxxsam said
It's possible TV stands for something else? Like what - transvestites?
Posted: Feb 21st 2012 7:24PM hahnchen said
I hope it's not as terrible as all that crapware that came with GTA IV.




