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Amazon signs Viacom for Prime instant streaming

Posted by John Ball Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment, Movies,

Good news for everyone owning a Kindle Fire and subscribed to Amazon Prime (as well as owners of any other media streaming device with Prime compatibility,) as Amazon has announced that it will now offer its subscribers increased instant streaming of videos to supported devices. The press release states that users will be able to stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo.

All of this is made possible due to Amazon recently making a deal with Viacom, bringing the total number of available streaming offerings to over 15,000, all of which are supported on over 300 devices. Between Netflix, the Redbox-Verizon deal, and Amazon Prime, the streaming video subscription space is heating up!

TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (12/2)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, Showtime, Medium, Renewals,

Dexter and Lumen

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

RENEWALS

Aarti Party (Food Network) – Season 2
Adventure Time (Cartoon) – Season 3
Auction Hunters (Spike) – Season 2
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) – Renewed through 2012-13
Cupcake Wars (Food Network) – Season 2
Dexter (Showtime) – Season 6
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (Syfy) – Season 2
Funny or Die Presents (HBO) – Season 2
Ghost Hunters International (Syfy) – Season 3

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TV Talk: Coal Miners Reality Show, Incredible Hulk Reboot

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, MTV, Oprah Winfrey Show, Rumors,

Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno -Ladies -- get ready for some green chest action on ABC. The network is teaming up with Marvel to bring back a new version of The Incredible Hulk. (Mark Ruffalo is scheduled to play the character on the big screen in The Avengers.)

-Prepare for more television coverage of miners. Spike TV has been developing Coal -- a show about miners in West Virginia -- for over a year now. The program from the Deadliest Catch producers will debut in April.

-Barbara Walters has reportedly named the cast of Jersey Shore one of the most fascinating subjects of 2010. Barbara's annual special will air on December 9. Season 3 of Jersey Shore will then premiere on January 6.

-Speaking of Baba Wawa, the ABC personality has nabbed journalism's most coveted interview: the one with Oprah Winfrey. That discussion about Oprah's final season will air just before Barbara's Most Fascinating special.

TV Talk: Oprah Lands Oksana Grigorieva, Anderson Cooper Gets Own Talk Show

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Daytime, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, HBO, Syndication, Oprah Winfrey Show, Gossip,

-Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson’s ex, has chosen to give Oprah Winfrey her very first interview. It’s not known yet when that sit-down will air. (Let’s just hope it doesn’t involve singing as well.)

-According to an annual survey from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), HBO’s True Blood has the most gay characters on television. ABC tops major networks with 11 characters overall, while CBS came in last with only one.

-Anderson Cooper, who has filled in for Regis Philbin many times, is planning to launch his own daytime talk show in Fall 2011. The news anchor will also continue his evening duties with CNN.

-Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior—a show that pits historical fighters against each other—is being adapted for the big screen. The details surrounding Paramount’s project have not been revealed.

TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (8/19)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, Syndication, Cancellations, Renewals,

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

EXTENSIONS

The Antonio Treatment (HGTV) - Additional 13 episodes ordered
Are We There Yet? (TBS) - Additional 90 episodes ordered
Minute to Win It (NBC) - Additional 24 episodes ordered

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Comic Con International 2010: The Webcomics Section

Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Reviews, Independent,

Copper Book Bravo to a bunch of webcomics guys for pooling their resources and creating a newspaper supplement reminiscent of the Sunday funnies to promote strips that are on the internet. The Webcomics Section debuted at the San Diego con in 2009 and its return in 2010 was a welcome sight. I grabbed one the second I saw it and picked up a couple more to pass out to friends.

Contributing creators included Kazu Kibuishi (Copper), Bill Barnes and Paul Southworth (Not Invented Here), Bobby Crosby and Sarah Ellerton (Dreamless), Jonathan Rosenberg (Scenes From A Multiverse), Jorge Cham (Piled Higher And Deeper), Barnes and Gene Ambaum (Unshelved), Zach Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal), Katie Shanahan (Shrub Monkeys), Benny Powell and Twinkle Planet Studios (Wayward Sons), Spike (Templar, Arizona), Howard Tayler (Schlock Mercenary), Christopher Baldwin (Spacetrawler), Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), David Malki (Wondermark) and David Willis (Shortpacked!).