Multi-platform entertainment programmer LX.TV (dot tv) has been acquired by NBC’s Local Media Division. LX.TV began producing hi-def programming for NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) WNBC last January. The company will become a standalone unit within the Local Media Division and will produce “cultural and lifestyle programming” across the group’s local media platforms.

Former MTV execs Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan founded the local entertainment company as Code.TV, a broadband channel for…