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NEW YORK, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Spike, LLC (www.travelspike.com), a leading travel marketing and technology company and the owner of the Travel Ad Network® service, an advertising network for the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, today announced that they issued a cease and desist letter to direct competitor Travel Ad Network (TAN) after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,912,781 covering Travel Spike's "Travel Ad...
NEW YORK, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 345 Games, the video gaming arm of COMEDY CENTRAL and Spike TV, announced today the launch of its new video game title "Deadliest Warrior: Legends." Published by Spike Games and developed by Pipeworks Software (a part of Foundation 9 Entertainment), "Deadliest Warrior: Legends" is available for download starting today in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia* for Xbox LIVE Arcade and later this month for PlayStation Network for a...
NEW YORK, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV has ordered a third season of 26 episodes of its highest-rated non-scripted original entertainment series, "Auction Hunters," it was announced today by Sharon Levy, Spike TV's executive vice president, original series and animation. From Brooklyn to Anchorage, from New Orleans to Hawaii, "Auction Hunters" once again follows Allen Haff and Ton Jones as they traverse the country in search of treasure hidden in storage units....
NEW YORK, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV's hit original series, "1000 Ways To Die," will now be showcased in a graphic novel, it was announced today by Sharon Levy, executive vice president, original series, Spike TV, Thom Beers, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer of Original Productions and Ralph Tedesco, Editor-In-Chief, Zenescope Entertainment. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/NY85419LOGO)The first ever graphic novel adaptation of a Spike TV...
NEW YORK, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV has launched an extensive social-media foray for today's Friday, June 10 network premiere of "Guys Choice." The network has teamed with Facebook, GetGlue, GroupMe, Instagram, Shazam and Twitter and will tap into each of its partners' specialties to help drive awareness, tune-in and multi-platform engagement with the show. The event, which taped on Saturday, June 4 at Sony Studios, has already seen a burst of activity, from its...
NEW YORK, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and the Get Schooled Foundation, in partnership with the White House, will present the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge Special on Viacom's cable networks BET, Centric, Comedy Central, MTV2, MTVU, TeenNick and TV Land. The 30-minute special follows the experiences of students at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee, as they win this year's Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, and the...
NEW YORK, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks Entertainment Group's (MTVNE), a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), 345 Games, the video gaming arm of COMEDY CENTRAL and Spike TV, will debut and demo its two new titles at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The new titles, based on the Entertainment Group's franchises and brands, are from COMEDY CENTRAL's hit animated show "Ugly Americans" and Spike TV's successful multi-platform series "Deadliest Warrior." This summer,...
NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This year the only way to get to the front of the line for an early, all access pass to see the biggest games of the future is to watch Spike TV and log on to GameTrailers.com. Today Spike, the #1 network for video game programming, announced its partnership with GameTrailers.com for its largest-ever commitment to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Beginning Monday June 6 at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT, GTTV Presents E3 All Access Live is a...
NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV has declared the leggy "Weapon of Mass Seduction" Stacy Keibler MAN-bassador of the 2011 "Guys Choice" celebration. As Man-bassador, the former WWE-diva-turned "Dancing with the Stars" standout will serve as the official "Guys Choice" spokesperson and digital pre-show host backstage and on the red carpet. Keibler's ravishing beauty, irresistible charm and intelligence make her every guy's dream girl and...
NEW YORK, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV will present comedy icon Jim Carrey with the Funniest M.F. award at this year's "Guys Choice" bash. Funniest M.F. is one of the night's premiere honors as previous winners include fellow standouts Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and most recently, Chris Rock. Taping Saturday, June 4th at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, the fifth annual event premieres Friday, June 10 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. "When considering all the motherf***ers working...
