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In the News (Mon 23 Nov 09)

  
  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   (1009 words)

  
 Spike TV
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.
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.
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.
www.dishnetworkproducts.com /articles/spike-tv.php   (355 words)

  
 Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide
Spike TV held their Video Game Awards show Friday night and I'm sure you've all been hanging on the edge of your seats for us to print the winners list.
Spike TV has announced that people might actually be watching the 2006 Video Game Awards on December 13th, if only for two minutes.
Spike TV has really pulled out all the stops on a recent episode of their show Game Head.
www.kotaku.com /gaming/spike-tv   (1678 words)

  
 Spike Tv
Spike TV targets its programming primarily at male viewers, marketed the first television network for men...
Spike TV Spike TV is the new name of the TNN cable network (originally The Nashville Network, later The National Network or The New TNN).
However, Spike TV may be taken off the air in Canada due to the pre-existing Men TV network there, which had already been granted exclusive rights to the all-for-men programming format by the CRTC.
www.tv-sets.com /Spike_Tv.htm   (160 words)

  
 Blade TV Series | Spike TV
Spike TV has officially announced that they won’t be picking up the show for a second season.
Spike TV has had information on their new Scream Awards up on their website for awhile, but since it’s taking place October 10th, I figured it was a little too far out to mention it previously.
It sounds like Spike TV knows that there’s a good amount of support out there for the show and want to give us a way of telling them how badly we want it to come back next season.
www.bladetvseries.com /category/spike-tv   (2348 words)

  
 FindLaw's Writ - Hilden: Spike Lee v. Spike TV
Spike Lee is a renowned filmmaker whose body of work includes the landmark features "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X," as well as the acclaimed civil rights documentary "4 Little Girls." His is a household name.
Column continues below ↓ To be fair, Hecht is also quoted, in the same article, as saying he wanted to convey that Spike TV would be "cool," and "aggressive,"" as in, "to spike a volleyball." But clearly, Spike Lee's image was among the connotations Hecht wanted "Spike TV" to conjure up.
Consider an ad that said "Spike Lee would never watch Spike TV." It wouldn't be an endorsement, of course, but it would still lead to a right of publicity claim.
writ.news.findlaw.com /hilden/20030609.html   (1888 words)

  
 Spike TV Announces Blade TV Series
Spike TV is set to bring Blade, one of Hollywood's most successful theatrical franchises, to television.
Produced by New Line Television, Blade premieres on Spike TV in June 2006.
Spike TV's Blade focuses on Marvel's eponymous immortal warrior of the same name fighting a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race.
www.movieweb.com /tv/news/82/10482.php   (546 words)

  
 Tito Ortiz-Ken Shamrock III Draws Knockout Ratings For Spike TV
Among the ratings highlights include: Spike TV drew more Men 18-34 (1.6 million), than anything on television (broadcast or cable) on Tuesday, October 10 The fight in the 8-10pm timeslot for Spike TV was up +722% with Men 18-34, +942% M18-24, and +652% M 25-34 versus a year ago.
The 9:30-9:45 quarter hour drew a 9.7 rating with M25-34 and an 8.0 M18-34 The previous most watched UFC fight was 2.8 million on June 24 for the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 3.
Largest one-day tally of unique visitors to spiketv.com in network history - 117,000 Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 90 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/10-11-2006/0004450050&EDATE=WED+Oct+11+2006,+07:33+PM   (368 words)

  
 Xbox.com | Movies & TV Shows - Spike TV
Spike is an entertainment brand dedicated to men.
Hosts Joe Elmore and Mike Galley reveal the secrets to building complete engines and cars. Horsepower TV delivers a mix of tips, tricks, and shortcuts for GM, Ford, and Mopar street machines, plus they hit the road covering America's hottest street, pro mod, and outlaw races.
Emmy-Award-winning actor and Golden Globe nominee John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg star in Spike's new original scripted series, The Kill Point, an eight-hour event focusing on two men as they square off during a bank heist gone horribly wrong and the hostage negotiations that ensue.
www.xbox.com /en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv/spiketv.htm   (781 words)

  
 Spike TV Highlights - February 2005 - processengineeringsurvival.com
Spike TV has the ultimate pre-game Super Bowl extravaganza featuring some of the most beautiful women and exotic locations around the world.
In this 30-minute special, Spike TV gives guys the lowdown on when to start, when to stop and what to do in between a relationship.
Spike TV's acclaimed original comedic series, is described as a wacky combination of "Fear Factor," "Jackass," "Iron Chef," with a touch of "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Using the actual footage from one of the most popular primetime Japanese reality game shows, Takeshi's Castle, MXC is re-written to create an entirely new comedic storyline.
processengineeringsurvival.com /content/view/1996/2   (4225 words)

  
 Joe Schmo - Matt Kennedy Gould - Spike TV @ Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, ...
and Spike TV's 'Joe Schmo' Matt Kennedy Gould didn't have a clue
• 'Joe Schmo' producers "in talks" with Spike TV for a second season of 'Joe Schmo'
All site content is © 2000-2007 Reality TV World and may not be republished or reproduced without Reality TV World's expressed written permission.
www.realitytvworld.com /joeschmo   (995 words)

  
 Spike TV
TNN was renamed Spike TV in 2003 with its new focus, despite a brief lawsuit by filmmaker Spike Lee.
On January 18, 2005, Spike TV debuted The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), an original reality show based around the sport of Mixed Martial Arts which proved to be a surprise hit and was subsequently extended for two more seasons.
Spike TV beat out NBC Universal and Turner Broadcasting for the lucrative deal (worth up to $80 million, although most of the two network systems had previously aired some or all of the original trilogy films).
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Spike_TV.php   (1904 words)

  
 Spike TV - Kotaku
Spike TV held their Video Game Awards show Friday night and I'm sure you've all been hanging on the edge of your seats for us to print the winners list.
Spike TV has announced that people might actually be watching the 2006 Video Game Awards on December 13th, if only for two minutes.
Spike TV has really pulled out all the stops on a recent episode of their show Game Head.
tags.kotaku.com /gaming/spike-tv   (3280 words)

  
 2005 Spike TV Video Game Awards - Review
Spike TV needs many things, but to play the game isn’t one of them.
Given how many times, and how often, Netjak has hammered Spike TV for their video game nonsense; any site that gives us regular kudos was bound to lose in Spike’s eyes.
However, so long as Spike TV is guided by their three base instincts — violence, sex, and ratings, this show is going to be a fetid joke upon the entire video gaming community.
www.netjak.com /review.php/1069   (5152 words)

  
  Spike (network) at AllExperts
TNN was renamed Spike TV in 2003 with its new focus, despite a brief lawsuit by filmmaker Spike Lee.
On January 18, 2005, Spike TV debuted The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), an original reality show based around the sport of Mixed Martial Arts which proved to be a surprise hit and was subsequently extended for two more seasons.
Spike beat out NBC Universal and Turner Broadcasting for the lucrative deal (worth up to $80 million, although most of the two network systems had previously aired some or all of the original trilogy films).
en.allexperts.com /e/s/sp/spike_(network).htm   (2058 words)

  
 Spike TV Information
Spike TV is an American cable network that caters to a young male demographic.
TNN was renamed Spike TV in 2003 with its new focus, despite a brief lawsuit by filmmaker Spike Lee.
Spike TV beat out NBC Universal and Turner Broadcasting for the lucrative deal (worth up to $80 million, although most of the two network systems had previously aired some or all of the original trilogy films).
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Spike_TV   (1934 words)

  
 Spike TV - Know Your Audience   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Spike TV, which totes itself as a network for men, is the perfect example of the power of knowing your audience and giving them what they want.
The creators of Spike TV saw an opportunity in the television industry to create a network marketed toward a huge, almost completely neglected demographic of men.
Spike TV no doubt was faced with the challenge of providing quality service to both Sci-Fi fans and Demolition Derby junkies.
www.work-at-home-topics.com /marketing/marketing-articles-172.htm   (567 words)

  
 CNN.com - Summer: A man's, man's, gay man's TV world - Aug. 13, 2003
Red-blooded American males are being wooed by the new Spike TV, a sort of cable-network kegger boasting all the things young men are thought to crave, among them: girls, cars, crazy stunts and girls.
And in waging turf battles, too, as Spike TV was reminded by filmmaker-guy Spike Lee when he disputed its right to use the same name as his.
As of this week, Spike TV is officially Spike TV, boasting such fare as a celebrity-car show called "Ride with Funkmaster Flex" and "Stripperella," a cartoon starring Pamela Anderson.
cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/13/apontv.gaysandguys.ap/index.html   (820 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lee wins temporary halt to Spike TV   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A Manhattan judge on Thursday granted Lee's petition and ordered Viacom Inc. to stop using Spike TV as the new name for its TNN network, pending a trial on the issue.
Spike Lee sued Viacom to prevent TNN from becoming Spike TV.
Lee spikes Spike TV NaN/NaN/NaN NaN:NaN PM Spike Lee sued Viacom to prevent TNN from becoming Spike TV.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2003-06-13-spike-tv_x.htm   (383 words)

  
 TNN To Change Its Name To Spike TV
Added Herb Scannell, President, Nickelodeon, TV Land and Spike TV, "When we decided use our near 65% male audience skew and become the first network for men, we knew we needed a name that was a strong statement of what this brand will be.
Spike TV is going to be a great addition to our portfolio of channels and will laser in on its target male demo and serve them the way Nickelodeon serves kids and TV Land serves classic TV lovers."
Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 86 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks.
www.writenews.com /2003/042503_tnn_spike.htm   (383 words)

  
 Electronic Arts Presents: The Spike TV EA Awards Show! - Gaming Age
While a slightly more respectable outing this year, it's obvious that Spike TV has learned little from its critical reception in 2003, making a clear statement that this will not be the channel to usher in video game awards as a serious form of appreciation for excellence in game design.
When Spike TV originally announced they'd coaxed Snoop Dogg into hosting, they created the first and last moment of ignorant hope for a successful turnaround in the show's second outing.
In all honesty, Spike TV might as well have renamed their presentation "Spike TV Presents the Electronic Arts Awards Show," as the mammoth publisher dominated most of the awards with their releases.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv3&pagenum=1   (963 words)

  
 Heavy Editing: Spike TV Vies to Make Gaming Telegenic Electronic Gaming Business - Find Articles
To Spike TV producer Scott Fishman, watching somebody else play video games on TV is worse than being consigned to a day in the video editing bay.
In some ways, Spike TV and g-net are asking these companies to do things other media companies will not, release their intellectual property to be used in contexts that are not always in keeping with the game, such as overdubbing game play with comedic dialogue.
Viacomowned Spike TV is focused on that exact demo and since re-branding itself as a men's channel several months ago has enjoyed some traction with series like Average Joe and a cartoon starring Pam Anderson as a superhero stripper (?!).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PJQ/is_16_1/ai_110317811   (901 words)

  
 Variety.com - Spike unveils macho makeover
Spike TV will air racy cop drama "The Shield" uncut -- the first step in a manly makeover of the men's network.
Spike's already working overtime to find the follow-up to "Blade." Exec VP of original series Pancho Mansfield, whom Herzog enlisted to establish Spike's scripted biz, is developing more than a dozen shows from such heavy hitters as Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and Denis Leary (Daily Variety, Nov. 17).
Spike also will launch two more tentpole events -- one by the end of the year -- in addition to the return of "The Video Game Awards" next year.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117939765.html?categoryid=14&cs=1   (722 words)

  
 MotoWorld On Spike TV - MotorcycleUSA.com
The move from ESPN2 to Spike TV, effective Saturday, January 3, 2004, scraps the "suit and tie" host, the desk, and studio, as MotoWorld hits the road in a different direction.
Spike TV, America's network for men, is available in 86 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks.
MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV2, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, and Spike TV, as well as The Digital Suite from MTV Networks, a package of thirteen digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks.
www.motorcycle-usa.com /Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=227&Page=1   (450 words)

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