Television

CEA launches DTV transition contest on YouTube

The Consumer Electronics Association recently launched a contest on YouTube to reward consumers who help friends and family transition to digital television (DTV). The Digital TV: Convert Now! contest encourages the YouTube community to help family and friends prepare for February 17, 2009, when all full-power TV stations in the U.S. will transition to digital. ….

New details on J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film

Tomorrow’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a cover portrait of Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine from the new Star Trek movie, and contains a selection of newly released photos from the film, some of which have been getting some play on the web already, making “Trekkies” and sci-fi fans like myself, even more excited about ….

Details on Swamp Devil

Filmmaker David Winning (Andromeda, Stargate: Atlantis, Blood Ties) directed the Canadian feature film Swamp Devil, starring Bruce Dern which premiered on Sci Fi last Sunday. The film previously won the Best Foreign Feature film award at this year’s Big Island Film Festival in Waikoloa, Hawaii and the director was also honoured there with a Special ….

CSI Season Eight on DVD this week

This tuesday, October 14th, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will release the eighth season of the hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on DVD. The fast-paced drama is about a passionate team of forensic investigators trained to solve crimes the old-fashioned way – by examining the evidence. To celebrate the release of the ….

TV drama Crash first episode online for free in advance of premiere date

Starz new original series based on the Oscar-winning film Crash, premieres on October 17, 2008. In advance of the upcoming premiere, producers of the TV drama have posted the entire first episode online, at the show’s official website. Not an extended trailer, the entire premiere episode. Crash is a provocative new 13-episode drama series premiering ….

Schoolhouse Rock on DVD tomorrow

Rediscover the infectious music, witty lyrics and colorful animation from the Emmy-winning animated series that rocked America for more than a decade, when Schoolhouse Rock! The Election Collection hits DVD tomorrow, September 23, 2008 from Walt Disney Studios. Rather timely release with a historic presidential election in front of us. For me, the DVD brought ….

The X-Files: I Want To Believe Blu-ray to have web enhanced features

The truth is finally out there on DVD and Blu-ray! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents The X-Files: I Want To Believe, a gripping feature film based on the global phenomenon that descends onto DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) on December 2nd. Marking the Studio’s first foray into BD-Live, The X-Files: I Want To Believe ….

Coca-Cola Quantum of Solace marketing campaign launches, plus Alicia Keyes singing Bond theme song

That was quick. I just read the press release about this partnership a few days ago, and there you go. Commercial done! It really looks good, too. Coca-Cola is launching a global TV campaign in conjunction with the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, featuring music by White Stripes frontman Jack White. The TV ….

McG, MySpace and Warner Bros. launching new streaming TV series

MySpace announced that a content partnership to bring the new original digital series Sorority Forever, created by McG (director of Terminator Salvation) and the producers of the hit Internet series Prom Queen, from TheWB.com to MySpaceTV. Sorority Forever will be hosted on its own custom hub on MySpaceTV, with episodes of the series premiering at ….

NFL teams with Adobe to deliver Sunday Night Football live on the web

The NFL and Adobe announced that Adobe Flash technology will deliver live online video streaming of NBC Sunday Night Football games on NFL.com and NBCSports.com. For the first time, full-length NFL games will be widely available in the U.S. over the Internet. Named Sunday Night Football Extra, the high-quality streaming video delivered with Adobe Flash ….