The third season of Indian Premier League (IPL) kicks off today and concludes on April 25. IPL promoted by Indian cricket board and launched in 2008 is a 20Twenty championship tournament. The first edition IPL 1 held in India and the second was moved to South Africa due to General elections in India.
The 60 [...]
Mar
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ReelzChannel has partnered with Lionsgate and DirecTV to promote the Academy Award winning movie Precious in PPV & VOD. Precious, which won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher).
ReelzChannel’s partnership includes cross-channel inventory, provided by DirecTV, which is designed to encourage consumers to purchase Precious on DIRECTV Cinema as [...]
The Charlotte, NC based satellite television channel ‘SPEED’ delivering Formula One racing, NASCAR-related shows will launch ‘Fast Track to Fame’ on March 1 at 9 p.m.
Fast Track to Fame on Speed Channel will deliver ten episodes searching grassroots talent taped at stops along the NASCAR schedule.
Fast Track to Fame will be hosted by NASCAR owner [...]
DirecTV announced that it partners with FOX Sports and NASCAR to present inaugural DIRECTV’s NASCAR Head-2-Head Knockout competition.
DIRECTV’s NASCAR Head-2-Head Knockout competition will be innovative new bracket-format competition amongst 32 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers in a high-stakes contest over the course of four races during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule.
The prize money [...]
SIRIUS XM Radio has announced that it will launch a five-day long, commercial-free music channel ‘The Who Channel’ on Thursday, February 4 at 3:00 pm ET. The Who Channel will feature music, performances and interviews celebrating the career of one of the most iconic rock bands of all time.
The Who channel is a limited-run, artist-branded [...]
ESPN announced that it has acquired Vistas Unlimited, Inc. The acquisition of Vistas Unlimited will allow ESPN to utilize virtual technology across its multiple platforms and also employ a majority of Vistas’ employees.
Television Network utilizes Vistas Unlimited developed computer technology to insert advertisement during live television broadcast.
Vistas Unlimited received the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award [...]
World Fishing Network (WFN) reached two-year marketing agreement with Fort Worth, Tex based fishing organization Bass Champs.
This agreement will allow WFN to present popular Skeeter Bass Champs television shows in standard and high-definition. WFN will be presenting sponsor of more than 60 Skeeter Bass Champs events during the next two years.
Skeeter Bass Champs television show [...]
Jan
07
NFL Network will debut documentary series ‘Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League’ on Friday, January 8 at 8:00 PM ET. The Emmy Award-winning NFL Films produced five part documentary will be available in high-definition.
Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster John Madden will present his introductions on the new series and also [...]
Time Warner Cable is to launch sixteen new high-definition channels to its programming line up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Time Warner is testing to launch 16 HD channels that include:
E! HD
Fox Business Network HD
G4 HD
IFC HD
MSNBC HD
Planet Green HD
Style HD
The Weather Channel HD
TV1 HD and
We HD
Time Warner [...]
Verizon Communications announced that FiOS TV service is available in three more municipalities in New Jersey. Verizon started launching its FiOS TV service in New Jersey in December 2006 and it’s now available to 348 municipalities in New Jersey.
Verizon’s FiOS TV service is now available to more than 1.9 million homes and businesses in 19 [...]