Wilson said Soul Pancake has evolved into a media-production company that is launching a YouTube channel and creating programming for Oprah Winfrey's TV network.
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In March, they added BBC Alba, the Gaelic channel which is a digital TV channel broadcasting Gaelic programming daily from 17:00-23:30, in case you want to brush up on your Gaelic.
He adds that he meets daily with several partners to make changes to the channel's programming and relishes not having the "bloat of a major TV network" involved in the production process.
For the past three seasons, the NFL has struggled to persuade major cable operators to include its channel in their basic programming packages.
Weekly winners have been frequent guests during the channel's daytime programming.
Nintendo TVii intends to streamline the experience further, casting aside your cable box remote for built-in channel guides and DVR programming (coffee table's starting to look pretty sparse, eh?).
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Schonfeld claims he fulfilled his end of the deal--assembling executives to run the channel, designing a programming plan, hustling up investors--"only to have her freeze him out, " the lawsuit says.
For instance, those going to the Nickelodeon channel slot will see alternative choices for children's programming such as The Disney Channel, ABC Family, Cartoon Network, PBS Sprout, The Hub and Boomerang.
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It doesn't look like the channel's beyond reality programming altogether, with its first two shows being a cooking competition named Knife Fight and its other being a celebrity-based travel show named The Getaway.
Michael Cascio, senior vice president of production for the channel, said the abundance of programming just makes sense.
To get people to watch the first color programming on its NBC channel, RCA also had to manufacture color TV sets.
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Ofcom also suggested the BBC could launch its own subscription channel to boost revenue for quality programming without having to raise the licence fee across the board.
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Showtime Networks and National Geographic Channel are two of the initial TV programming partners.
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On stage before the Television Critics Association Saturday, the FX chief articulated what has become a growing challenge for him and other network executives: the explosion of original programming across the thousand-channel TV universe.
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Upon its debut in 2012, the new channel will feature animated and live action programming that blends Disney's unparalleled storytelling and beloved characters with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills.
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The performer will become part owner of the network, and with her production company, Nuyorican Productions, will promote, produce and appear in new content for the channel, as well as collaborating on programming strategy, marketing and distribution to grow its overall business.
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Disney already controls two cable properties: the Disney Channel, which airs mostly kid-oriented programming, and ESPN.
Its nifty software notices a viewer's preferences and builds that particular viewer a personal television channel by plucking material from NetChannel's programming partners.
W. Scripps ' (nyse: SSP - news - people ) HGTV or the vast amounts of home-improvement programming on PBS, the Learning Channel and The Walt Disney Co.
In 1993 ESPN was searching for filler programming to launch a second major sports channel.
The city also runs online the full slate of live and taped programming that appears on its CitiCable TV channel.
In September, the network's U.K. affiliate plans to launch a new channel called MTV Flux, which will base its programming on stuff viewers submit.
Cable operators could switch to a la carte programming but if consumers responded by dumping every cable channel but ESPN, Comedy Central and NFL football, the cost of Internet access would likely go up.
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Channel Seven, the Olympics broadcaster, will drop all its normal programming for the 16 days of competition and switch to continuous coverage of the games.
When producing a show for a cable or network channel, Hurwitz confessed that you have to make "flat" programming -- stuff that'll satisfy a huge, huge demographic.
He also believes the cable giants will come to see the NFL Network as a must-have as the channel broadens it mobile access and expands its content to include original programming.
Such a move would likely make many more customers consider subscribing to the channel, as currently those who are most likely to love HBO programming, Game of Thrones, Girls, etc. are the least likely to still have a cable subscription.
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So whether you're in the mood for sports, prime time, movies, kids programming or whatever happens to be playing on your favorite channel, you're a tap away from watching it on your TV -- or directly on the iPad if you have a TiVo Stream.
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