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 ….
Classic Paramount films to become broadband games
According to Variety, Paramount has set up a contract to produce film-themed games to Swedish-based company Accedo Broadband, that will be downloaded on-demand to TVs across Asia. The first two game titles in the deal will be based on the films Top Gun and Saturday Night Fever. According to Paramount, this will be the first ….
BBC America’s Primeval episode synopses
Since unexplained anomalies began ripping holes in the fabric of time, Professor Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) and his team have been facing off against savage creatures of the past in modern day. But now mankind faces its deadliest threat – a creature that’s never before walked the earth. Just as dangerous is the traitor in ….
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 ….
Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV premiere dates
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the first weekly television series from Lucasfilm Animation, premieres on Cartoon Network Friday, October 3, 2008 at 9 p.m. (ET, PT) with a special one-hour presentation that anchors the Network’s all-new night of fantasy, action and adventure. New series The Secret Saturdays and the current hit Ben 10: Alien Force ….
The Crash TV series widget
The Crash TV series premieres exclusively on Starz, on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Starring an ensemble cast led by film icon Dennis Hopper, the series looks at the way different lives intersect and collide in the melting pot of LA, and will be quite different from the movie portrayal. From the ….
Season One of Eli Stone on DVD today
One of this season’s most intriguing and original new series is coming to DVD for the first time from Walt Disney Studios. Eli Stone: The Complete First Season debuts on DVD September 2, 2008 in a four-disc DVD featuring extended episodes, deleted scenes and behind the scenes revelations about the critically-acclaimed freshman series. The jury’s ….
Fringe and Terminator shows will stream to college campuses on premiere days
Fox is planning to stream the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Fringe, along with the season premiere of action series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, online at the same time they screen on TV, according to a report by Variety. This is said to be the first time a major network has decided to ….
Marvel characters to get anime treatment
As part of the company’s aggressive strategy to grow the exposure of its character franchises in international markets, Marvel is partnering with Madhouse (Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D), one of the top Japanese animation studios in the world, to create brand new characters inspired by the Marvel Universe for the Japanese market. Working closely with ….
MTV to offer exclusive on-demand content on Amazon
MTV Networks will use Amazon’s CreateSpace DVD on Demand technology to make popular MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and VH1 shows – including “Newport Harbor,” “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” “Drake & Josh” and “Hey Arnold!”, available on Amazon.com. All of these newly released DVDs will initially be available exclusively on Amazon.com, and today marks the ….
Fast and Furious trailer and guess what sexy chica is coming back to Lost
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return for Justin Lin’s Fast and Furious, along with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, all alumni from the original Fast and the Furious. The first trailer premiered this past weekend, while I watched Death Race (Yes, I watched it). Fitting time for the trailer to break, with Diesel’s sci-fi flick ….
Year’s best TV DVDs to be honored
The best TV DVD titles of the past year will be honored at the fifth annual TV DVD Awards Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. The awards will honor the best TV DVD releases that came to market between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008, focusing on the entire DVD ….
Sidney Lumet and I Spy now on iTunes
Image Entertainment has expanded its digital distribution business by making films and television programming available on the iTunes Store. A wide assortment of Image programming is available on iTunes for purchase or rent, including feature films, episodic television, stand-up comedy specials, music and special interest programs. Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity and Jim Gaffigan: Beyond ….
Chilean TV series to premiere on U.S. cable net
Sorpresa, a fast-growing Spanish-language children’s net, will launch popular live-action Chilean teen TV series, Karku, for U.S. Hispanic tween and teen audiences on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET. The premiere is part of the network’s back-to-school celebration. Set in metropolitan Santiago, Chile, Karku is the first TV series for kids produced in Latin America ….