DirecTV has launched Black Entertainment Television (BET) in high-definition. BET HD is available on channel 329 offers entertainment, educational and excitement programming with hard-hitting news, electrifying music videos, family entertainment and more.
BET in high-definition on DirecTV provides programming includes In Video, Soul Sessions, The Best Shorts, Living the Life of Markey, The Duke, Urban Living’Tears, [...]
Cinelatino has announced the launch of a new website “Cinelatino.com” to deliver news and entertainment programming covering Spanish-language movies. This new website features programming schedule, movie index, audio and video content and the latest entertainment news and event information related to Spanish-language movies.
The website has a new section “Cinenoticias” that carries entertainment news, audiovisual content, [...]
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The Board of Directors of CBS Corporation has elected Joseph Ianniello as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20, 2009. Ianniello has been serving as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, CBS Corporation, since November 2008. Ianniello will oversee all financial operations of CBS Corporation. As Deputy Chief Financial Officer, he has been responsible [...]
The official Web site of Major League Baseball – MLB.com has announced that it has started streaming full-length live games through its award-winning MLB.com At Bat 2009 application on Thursday, June 18 for iPhone and iPod touch. Starting from Friday’s Chicago White Sox-Chicago Cubs Interleague Play matchup from Wrigley Field at 2:20 p.m. (EDT), up [...]
Verizon has recently launched more than 90 new channels including 71 high-definition channels to its FiOS TV lineup in Massachusetts. Verizon is now offering more than 500 channels for Massachusetts customers that includes 116 HD channels and also have library of more than 15,000 video-on-demand (VOD) titles each month.
Verizon has recently launched its FiOS TV [...]
BBC Worldwide has announced that BBC America HD will be launched on July 20. This will be high-definition simulcast of BBC America and will debut with an extraordinary week of sci-fi U.S. premieres. BBC America HD will launch with the channel’s popular series that includes:
Torchwood
Doctor Who special
Planet of the Dead
Being Human and
Primeval
BBC America HD [...]
Verizon Communications has announced the launch of Verizon FiOS services in Northern Texas region. Verizon has expanded its fiber-optic network in Allen, Bartonville, Colleyville, Double Oak, Flower Mound, Frisco, Grapevine, Keller, Plano and Watauga areas last year to deliver FiOS services directly to home. FiOS services will be delivered through all-digital fiber-optic network all the [...]
SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily presented 2009 Sports Business Awards on Thursday, May 28th at the New York Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. The awards were presented to recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in the sports industry for 2008.
The second annual Sports Business Awards were presented in 16 categories out of 67 nominees that include:
Athletic [...]
ESPN Network has launched ESPNU HD on August, 2008 coinciding with the start of the College Football season and is now delivering more than 200 HD events that include all of its Live Thursday and Saturday college football games and also exclusive coverage of college basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey and more.
During the [...]
ESPN Media Networks and Disney have announced that an agreement has been signed with Comcast to launch ESPNU and ESPN360.com. Comcast will add ESPNU to its Digital Classic package before the college football season in most of its cable systems. ESPN360.com will be added to Comcast.net and will be available to its high-speed Internet subscribers.
ESPNU [...]