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SpikeTV.com Home Spike TV joins forces with the NBA to present NBA Rookies, a docu-reality series that follows the lives of four of this year's best rookies in the NBA. Every Sunday in June Spike TV brings you guy movies to help you though the week, hosted by our resident movie buffs. Enter the sweepstakes for your chance to win a tricked out car from Spike TV and Sprite. www.spiketv.com

Residential IR TV ChoiceTV Channel Line Up CO Spike TV - With today's men having a wide variety of entertainment and lifestyle interests, Spike TV is the one place they can find all the programming they want presented from their point of view. Disney Channel - Disney is the only "kids and family" network on TV. Access Channel - Channels that are made available for the public, educational and governmental programming at no cost to the town or schools. www.qwest.com /residential/products/tv/channels.html   (4077 words)

SBF Glossary: .tj to TN3270 Specifically what happened is that they wanted to leave the TNN expansions behind and call it ``Spike TV,'' but that was spiked at the last minute. Newton Minow was right when he said that it is a vast wasteland, but he had the consolation of believing that this was the fault of TV executives, rather than a reflection of what people would watch when given a choice. A cable network begun by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in 1983, parent company of AM, FM and TV stations with the call letters WSM, and owner of the Grand Old Opry and Opryland theme park. www.plexoft.com /SBF/T03.html   (4825 words)

USATODAY.com - Spike TV to muscle onto airwaves August 11 Spike TV was to have launched last month, but those plans were scuttled by Lee, who sued the network's parent, Viacom (VIAB), saying he would be mistakenly associated with the newly named channel. Spike TV — the name was chosen to convey a male and irreverent image — will be a rebranding of current channel TNN, which is available in about 86 million homes. Fresh from its legal tussle with film producer Spike Lee over the network's name, Spike TV said Tuesday it would begin under the new banner next month. www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2003-07-22-spike-tv_x.htm   (307 words)

The Smoking Gun: Archive Noting that he had never given consent for the use of his name, Spike (whose given name is Shelton Jackson Lee) is seeking an injunction barring the channel's name change, now scheduled for June 16. To buttress his claim, Lee's New York State Supreme Court filing includes affidavits from celebrity friends like actors Ed Norton and Ossie Davis and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, who claim to have mistakenly believed their pal was affiliated with Spike TV. Hey, if Viacom was renaming the channel Jon TV or Stern TV, then somebody might have a legitimate beef. www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/spikelee1.html   (224 words)

DIRECTV: Pay Per View Movies Spike TV inspires and defines the modern man through programming that appeals to his lifestyle interests. FUEL TV is the first and only 24-hour cable network dedicated to the world of extreme sports. One of the most popular TV networks in prime time, USA features syndicated dramas like "MacGyver," "Knight Rider" and "Murder, She Wrote" in addition to comedy programs, variety specials and exclusive sports coverage. www.directv.com /DTVAPP/see/SportsNetwork_chanDescriptions.jsp   (1674 words)

RU-tv: Channel Lineup WNBC – TV Spike TV FOX – NY Rutgers Preview Channel rutv.rutgers.edu /channellineup.shtml   (35 words)

Spike TV The community and male focused network Spike TV is available on Dish Network for as low as $29.99, allowing you to view of the Top Rated television channel at a cost that is affordable for you. Spike TV recently launched "Check Up or Check Out," partnered with the Men's Health Network, it is an initiative directed at improving the state of men's health. Spike TV Since August 11th 2003, Spike TV, the First Network for Men, has established itself in 87 million U.S. homes as a division of MTV Networks. www.dishnetworkproducts.com /articles/spike-tv.php   (355 words)

Deroy Murdock on Spike Lee & Spike TV on National Review Online ilmmaker Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is suing Viacom over its plans to rename the TNN cable network "Spike TV." Viacom's channel would appeal to American males aged 18 to 34. Spike Lee's civil action is an Oscar-worthy example of the litigation culture that is consuming America like a $500-per-hour tumor. One spike who has complained is Spike Jones Jr., the son of Lindley A. "Spike" Jones, the Swing-era orchestra leader who interwove vivid sound effects with precise, frantically played big-band music. www.nationalreview.com /murdock/murdock062603.asp   (1029 words)

Spike TV Pumped for Manly Debut - Jul 23, 2003 - E! Online News The low-rated cable net eventually recast itself as the National Network, a general entertainment channel, before executives decided on Spike TV after deciding to go after the largely untapped audience of male couch potatoes. Jul 23, 2003, 1:20 PM PT It took a while, but Spike TV is finally ready for action. To celebrate the arrival of its newly revamped self, Spike TV will air Party with Spike, a one-hour premiere party hosted by Busta Rhymes and taped a few months ago at the Playboy Mansion. www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,12202,00.html?tnews   (575 words)

BBC NEWS Entertainment Showbiz Spike sues over channel name Director Spike Lee has sued US media giant Viacom over plans to rename a cable channel Spike TV. Viacom said it was confident that the court would reject Lee's legal claim to "the popular word and name Spike", to allow it to relaunch its TNN channel under the new name. The signatories said they had thought of Lee when they heard about Spike TV and believed he had become affiliated with the network. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2961726.stm   (241 words)

Zap2it - TV news - Spike TV: Manly Image, Girly Logo Instead, the consensus -- among a highly unscientific sampling of TV critics -- is that script Spike TV logo looks like it belongs on a bottle of cologne, not the network that shows "Stripperella." The party actually took place in June, but an injunction by director Spike Lee, who claimed the network was trading on his name to court viewers. One critic asked Hecht to defend the "flowing, kind of wussy script" last month at the TV Critics Association press tour. tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271828421,00.html   (314 words)

Spike TV information and related industry information from Hoover's No, it's not the volleyball channel, but Spike TV does love to turn its cameras on beach bunnies in bikinis. A unit of MTV Networks (part of the Viacom family), Spike TV launched in 2003 and labels itself, "The first network for men." Reaching about 88 million US subscribers, the network had a bumpy start when its first original programs (Stripperella, Gary the Rat) failed to connect with viewers. There are 5 competitors for Spike TV; see more. www.hoovers.com /spike-tv/--ID__138764--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (348 words)

Spike TV - eBaum's World Forum The new TNN was going to change it's format to Spike TV but Spike Lee sued them saying they were cashing in on his notoriety. Speaking of spike tv, mxc and stripperalla rules, so does slamball, i want to play it when i grow up. He did it for publicity also; do you think he cared that a TV channel was about to use his first name as their name? forum.ebaumsworld.com /showthread.php?t=4012   (285 words)

Zap2it - TV news - TNN Hopes 'Spike' Is Golden Starting Monday, June 16, the channel, which began life as The Nashville Network, will leave Music City for good and become Spike TV. TV Gal Lists a Few of Her Favorite Things The cable network, which is in the process of reshaping its lineup to become a destination for male viewers, is also changing its name. tv.zap2it.com /news/tvnewsdaily.html?31045   (291 words)

JS Online: Sports channel surfing catching a new wave Spike TV The first channel dedicated to the career of former journeyman shortstop Spike Owen, with special emphasis on the 1987 season in which the native of Cleburne, Texas, batted.259 with two homers and 48 RBI for the Red Sox. And, now, this year and next, we are getting NBA TV, the NFL Network, College Sports TV, the Football Network, the Tennis Channel, the Ice Channel (figure skating), Fuel (extreme sports) and, of course, Blackbelt TV, for all your martial-arts needs. These are like specialty stores, except, rather than being a shop that sells only refrigerator magnets, these are TV channels that show only curling matches or steeplechase races or javelin symposiums. www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/aug03/159801.asp?format=print   (706 words)

Radio’s Howard Stern to get animated - TV COMEDY - MSNBC.com The male-oriented cable channel Spike TV said Wednesday it has ordered 13 episodes of a new animated series tentatively titled “Howard Stern: The High School Years,” which is aimed for launch in the summer of 2005, a network spokesman said. Spike TV is part of media conglomerate Viacom Inc.’s cable TV channel group. Stern is serving as executive producer of the series, based on his teenage years growing up on New York’s Long Island, but it has not been determined whether the shock jock will lend his voice to his own character, the Spike TV spokesman said. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5750634   (445 words)

Cable meeting reveals strata of obsession In addition to the Catholic channel and God TV, there's a series of digital offerings from TBN -- Trinity Broadcasting Networks, which basically invented the idea of telereligion. You know, the Spike TV owned by MTV, available everywhere. (All the other international channels that were represented there -- gone.) The county's first Asian American channel, ImaginAsian TV, was also there. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/05/DDG0CC27MV1.DTL   (782 words)

The Planet - BLADE The Tv Series. The TV show would suck no doubt they need to avoid it becoming another tacky show that ends up on the sci-fi channel. So this show is coming to spike tv and Im pretty hyped about it, I hope its good and not crap like the crow. Spike says the show will air early 2006 and David Goyer will be the executive producer. www.bluetights.net /theplanet/showthread.php?p=304029   (767 words)

Takeshi's Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In India, a shortened version of the show is aired on Pogo TV channel, with a comedic voiceover of actor and dancer Jaaved Jaffrey. In the UK, a shortened version given a comedic voiceover by Craig Charles has been shown on cable TV channel Challenge since 2002, where fans of the show (as well as those in Japan) are known as "Keshi-heads". On April 22, 2004, Spike TV aired a special edition of the show to start the second season, featuring skateboarder Tony Hawk and snowboarder Tara Dakides. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Takeshi's_Castle   (2500 words)

CableWORLD The rawer-than-Spike TV, testosterone-fueled MavTV is working out (perhaps literally) of executive suite 7 to present its mix of male-oriented programming that is unedited, raw and edgy. Q Television, formerly known as the Triangle TV Network, is pitching its gay network concept in executive suite 10, while PrideVision TV, the Canadian-based service, also is being repped at the show but not staking a claim at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. tv in booth 1823, which is launching as a 24/7 premium service for gays and lesbians on Oct. 1. cableworld.com /cgi/cw/show_mag.cgi?pub=cw&mon=050304&file=whosthe.htm   (1401 words)

Viacom TV Operations and Nielsen Sign Agreement Included in the agreements are the CBS and UPN Television Networks; syndicators King World and Paramount; 12 cable networks BET, CMT, Comedy Channel, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, Noggin, VH1, Showtime, TV Land, SPIKE TV, The Movie Channel and 35 Viacom owned-and-operated television stations across 28 markets. Betsy Frank, EVP of Research and Planning for MTV Networks remarked, “As we continue to focus on measuring our reach with specific audiences in a complex television landscape, the enhancement of the measurement system and the expansion of the sample are critical for the business of Viacom’s cable networks.” NEW YORK, JULY 29, 2003 — Nielsen Media Research announced today multi-year agreements with various television operations of Viacom, Inc for expanded TV audience measurement services involving all Viacom and CBS television businesses. www.nielsenmedia.com /newsreleases/2003/viacomtv.htm   (514 words)

Rugrats Episode Guide (1992) Angelica's favorite TV show is Gilligan's Island (CBS, 1964-67); she was watching it when she was in Spike's doghouse. After visiting a TV studio to see "Captain Blasto", a superhero program that ran on Channel 43 since the 1950's, Chuckie is convinced that he, too, can be a superhero. A few nights ago on the TV cable channel Nickelodoen, there was an episode of the "Rugrats" cartoon show that had potty training as its theme. www.rugratonline.com /rrep1992.htm   (514 words)

Deroy Murdock on Spike Lee & Spike TV on National Review Online ilmmaker Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is suing Viacom over its plans to rename the TNN cable network "Spike TV." Viacom's channel would appeal to American males aged 18 to 34. Lee would have a case if TNN re-christened itself "The Spike Lee Channel." That surely would involve trading on the 46-year-old director's name with neither permission nor compensation. As Lee himself argued in his legal briefs: "The media description of this change of name, as well as comments made to me and my wife, confirmed what was obvious — that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee." www.nationalreview.com /murdock/murdock062603.asp   (981 words)

Cable TV Talk - powered by vBulletin All the basic cable networks: MTV, TV Land, Spike TV, A&E, Fox News Channel, etc. Cable TV Talk Forums are Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.3 Discussion your favorite TV Series from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s! www.cabletvtalk.com   (981 words)

nintendojo ~ a site to see The reason that G4 has floundered in the past is not because of its limited distribution; it’s because its programming is too much like everything on MTV, Spike TV and everything else. These channels are focusing more and more on video games, but they are not exclusively dedicated to games. The channel’s programming made learning about technology entertaining. www.nintendojo.com /editorials/view_item.php?1104864774   (981 words)

News : Channel for men, Spike TV, set to go Channel for men, Spike TV, set to go Posters's Channel for men, Spike TV, set to go Director Spike Lee is seen during a news conference at the 53rd Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin in this Feb. 12, 2003 file photo. rotteneggs.com /r/show/se/2359726.html   (188 words)

www.TexasSports.com CSTV can be found on Direct TV channel 610, or on the Dish Network by calling 1-800-333-DISH. The Sunday Spike Night series begins airing on Sept. 7 and will run for 13 weeks ending on Nov. 23. Texas continues its season on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 11-12 when the team hosts the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational. www.texassports.com /mainpages/vb_pages/2003_04/004_september/vb_091003_30.html   (188 words)

Time to Write a Letter!!! Read it, do it and post about the areas we HAVE covered!!! [Archive] - Frell Me Dead Much as I despise Spike TV in certain respects, they are rather starved for quality programming, and have shown an affection for science fiction in the past. One of them has a section listing TV Programming Director's by state (they are only listed if that company submitted information to said directory). As you are probably the largest independent TV station in the San Francisco Bay area, and since you only been independent for less than 2yrs, may I suggest this television show that is coming up available for syndication this fall? www.watchfarscape.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-31908.html   (11122 words)

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