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England Settles For Draw After Costly Blunder

June 14, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Goalkeeper Robert Green may be the most despised man in England after making a terrible mistake in the Group C opener, USA vs England. Steven Gerrard claimed an early lead for England, taking advantage of a momentary defensive breakdown to easily touch the ball past US keeper Tim Howard in the 4th minute. The US team rallied and fought hard to stay in the match. Their perseverance paid off just before halftime, when Clint Dempsey skillfully maneuvered past Gerrard outside the box and took a shot. Dempsey’s shot, taken from distance in the 40th minute, should’ve been easily scooped up […]

Get Ready For Some “True Blood” Twitters Along With The Shivers

June 11, 2010 StayTuned Staff

HBO has launched a new True Blood Twitter Microsite that will allow True Blood fans to have live conversations with other viewers while watching new episodes of Season 3 every Sunday. Fans visiting www.bloodcopy.com will find a True Blood-centric destination where they can share favorite moments, view popular topics, win prizes and more. Weekly “hosts” will be tweeting during each episode, initiating conversations, interacting with fans and facilitating giveaways. During this Sunday’s season premiere, fans will have the chance to win Ultimate Truebie prize packs and unlock virtual badges by tweeting while they watch. Surprise hosts for future episodes will […]

Weeklong Discovery Channel 25th anniversary celebration starts Sunday

June 11, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From Discovery: During the week of June 13, Discovery will commemorate its first 25 years by hosting celebrations on air, online and in the heart of communities around the globe. On June 17, 1985, John Hendricks launched Discovery Channel to 156,000 subscribers; today, the network reaches more than 100 million subscribers in the U.S. alone and globally, Discovery Communications has more than 100 networks in over 180 countries, touching 1.5 billion subscribers. From Sunday, June 13 through Saturday, June 19 at 9PM ET/PT, Discovery Channel’s 25th Anniversary Week features a look back at the people, places and events that have […]

World Cup studio shows on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC

June 11, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz ESPN details its studio programming schedule for the World Cup, including a few technological elements in its production. From ESPN: 85 Hours of 2010 FIFA World Cup Studio Programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to present more than 85 hours of studio programming during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa beginning Thursday, June 10. World Cup Live, the daily news, highlights and analysis program, and World Cup PrimeTime, the new nightly program featuring condensed versions of the day’s matches, will anchor the schedule. ESPN is covering its seventh FIFA […]

FOX launches new “Glee” Superfan experience online

June 10, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

From FOX: With New Directions’ journey to Sectionals now complete, are you mourning the end of Glee‘s first season? Now you can be a GLEEk all summer by catching encore episodes every Thursday (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) beginning June 10 on FOX and by visiting the all-new Glee Superfan online experience exclusively at www.fox.com/glee/gleesuperfan/. The new Superfan experience allows GLEEks to watch full-length episodes while concurrently monitoring the live Glee Twitter feed, exploring the official Facebook page, playing interactive Glee games and sharing video with fellow fans. At their fingertips, visitors have easy access to insider content relevant to the Glee […]

Fox Soccer Channel in-studio show highlights World Cup coverage

June 9, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Starting June 10, Fox Soccer Channel will include among its hundreds of hours of World Cup programming a daily in-studio show called Ticket to South Africa, which will air at 4:30pm ET throughout the soccer competition, after the final whistle blows each matchday. The 4:30pm airings are live, and are repeated throughout the evening. The program presents daily previews and recaps of World Cup action, plus live reports from FSC’s correspondents in South Africa. Richard Keys of Britain’s Sky Sports hosts the one-hour show, which features analysis from Andy Gray, also of Sky Sports. Additional in-studio experts include former U.S. […]

VOD Spotlight: “Dear John” sparks more interest in author’s book adaptations

June 9, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Author Nicholas Sparks has hit it big in Hollywood ever since his best-selling novel The Notebook was made into a successful film in 2004. Two of his other books, Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember, had previously been filmed, but The Notebook really helped cue movie audiences in to the Nicholas Sparks style of romantic drama. That was followed by the 2008 adaptation of Nights in Rodanthe, and this year’s The Last Song. That style has also continued with this year’s movie version of Sparks’ Dear John. It’s a romantic drama about a soldier (Channing Tatum) who […]

ESPN2 and ESPN Classic to reair all 64 World Cup matches

June 8, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz The first live match of the World Cup hasn’t aired yet, and we’re already talking about reruns! Since a lot of the matches air live in the mornings and afternoons, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic will reair matches in the evenings. And ESPN3.com will archive matches available for viewing on demand. Here’s the complete release from ESPN: 166 Hours of 2010 FIFA World Cup Match Re-airs on ESPN Classic and ESPN2 All 64 Matches to be Archived on ESPN3.com and Available for Replay Through End of Year ESPN Classic and ESPN2 will combine to re-air all 64 matches […]

24-hour Countdown to Kickoff for World Cup on ESPN2

June 8, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz ESPN2 is devoting all of its programming to the World Cup on June 10-11, gearing up for the kickoff match on June 11. Here’s the complete info from ESPN: ESPN2’s 24-Hour Countdown to Kickoff for 2010 FIFA World Cup June 10-11 Preview Show Featuring Former World Cup Stars Shaun Bartlett, Ruud Gullit, Jürgen Klinsmann and Alexi Lalas; Celebration Concert; MLS Match; and More ESPN will kick off its month long coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a 24-hour soccer-themed “Countdown to Kickoff” programming block on ESPN2 beginning Thursday, June 10 at 10 a.m. ET, and […]

ESPN Digital Media brings multiplatform coverage of the World Cup

June 8, 2010 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan Berenz ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup doesn’t stop at the TV. The Worldwide Leader has everything from mobile apps, games, tweets, text alerts, podcasts and more on its various digital platforms. Here’s the complete release from ESPN: ESPN Digital Media to Bring Unprecedented Coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to Multiple Platforms ESPN is ramping up its biggest overhaul of multiplatform coverage ever with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Across all digital platforms – online, mobile, social media, fantasy, games and digital audio – ESPN will dedicate a full month of 24/7 news, analysis, […]