NBA star, Doug Christie will present the 19th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards to be held on August 31, 2009 at 7 P.M. at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles, California. Doug Christie will debut his comedy play “Christies Un-Cut,” as well as a screenplay he is co-writing with his wife, bestselling author and [...]
Charter Communications has launched two high-definition channels to its subscribers in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Charter has added USA Network HD and Ovation TV HD
Cox Communications has launched Big Ten Network in Arizona and the sports available on Cox’s Sports Package. Cox has added Big Ten Network in standard definition on channel 177 and in high-definition on channel 777. The Big Ten Network is a regional sports network on launched August, 2007 dedicated to the Big Ten Conference and [...]
Current Media has announced that it has appointed Ken Ripley as Executive Vice President of advertising sales and will be based in New York office. Ripley will be assigned with the task of drawing on his cross-media experience to form partnerships with global brands and agencies. Current Media appointed Mark Rosenthal as CEO of the [...]
Kevin Kay, President, Spike TV and Dixie Carter, President of TNA Entertainment have announced that they have signed an agreement to extend the partnership for three more years. This agreement will allow Spike TV to broadcast TNA’s weekly “iMPACT!” show as well as the addition of a new original series of one-hour specials, beginning from [...]
AVP Pro Beach Volleyball has announced that Crocs will be the title sponsor of the AVP Tour through the end of the 2009 season, which ends September 26 in Glendale, Arizona. Crocs will end longstanding partnership with AVP Pro Beach Volleyball this season. Crocs started the partnership with AVP Pro in 2006 and became the [...]
RCN Corporation’s fiber optic-based network solutions provider RCN Metro Optical Networks has received the Carrier Excellence Award for Enterprise Data Value as a result of ATLANTIC-ACM’s industry-wide survey the 2009 Business Connectivity Report Card. ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services in the telecommunications and information industry, gathered more than 3,000 individual [...]
Setanta Sports has announced the live and exclusive broadcast of 2009-10 Barclays Premier League. Setanta Sports will present mid-week and final season games along with its scheduled Saturday and Sunday games in USA. Setanta Sports will also continue its coverage of UEFA Champions League games every match day, with up to 110 matches showing on [...]
ESPN has struck an exclusive deal to broadcast Serie A matches for the 2009-10 season. ESPN will bring three live Serie A matches per week, which will be three top picks from each weekend’s fixtures. The 2009-10 season kicks off on Saturday 22nd August with Siena against European champions AC Milan and on Sunday by [...]
RCN Corporation and TiVo have announced that an agreement was entered to offer co-branded, uniquely configured TiVo High Definition DVRs to RCN subscribers. The TiVo DVR from RCN is expected to be launched in 2010 will deliver customers with a first of its kind video experience by fully integrating RCN’s digital programming and Video on [...]
