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Today is the first day for this new network…Fine Living was axed to make room for this. I’m watching now, and as I suspected, it is like when MTV started getting into lifestyle shows instead of music videos, they launched MTV2 to keep videos on the air. Now Food Network has launched her baby sister…Cooking Channel, for instructional programming rather than competition and travel shows about food, which is where FN seems to be going.

I was disappointed to find when I set up my DVR, that some of the shows are previously aired, so borrowed/bought from other channels, I guess worldwide channels. I suppose I was a bit naive to think they would film a bunch of original shows for a new channel. Lots of international influences now! I kind of like it now that I have my attitude adjusted!

I can tell now, that I will have to get familiar with eyeballing metric measurements, as I usually squirrel away ideas, rather than whole recipes. I bet if there is a recipe database at their website, I can convert too. It is just strange! 200 degree oven never does anything at my house! hahha!

So what do you all think, are you watching?

may be i can have a look

I noticed that Networks like, History CH, Discovery CH, A&E and SY-FI do not give blacks Reality Shows as they do for whites who are not considered famous prior to shows being launched. Examples: Dog, All-Ghost Hunters Shows, American Pickers, Pawn Shop and the list goes on. However they only give show to blacks that are famous prior to show being launched. Example: The TO show, Mike Tyson, James Bubba Stewart and so on. Why is this? Does anyone think that American Networks are being racist by not offering unknown black talent to become famous in the Reality Show world as they clearly do for whites? Below is an example of what I mean.

•Intervention [A&E, Nov. 30, Mondays at 10]
•Hoarders [A&E, Nov. 30, Mondays at 10]
•Pawn Stars [History, Nov. 30, Mondays at 10]
•Britain’s Missing Top Model [BBC America, Dec. 1, Tuesdays at 9]
•Bad Girls Club 4 [Oxygen, Dec. 1, Tuesdays at 10]
•Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares 5 [BBC America, Dec. 2, Wednesdays at 8]
•Dog the Bounty Hunter [A&E, Dec. 2, Wednesdays at 9]
•Steven Seagal: Lawman [A&E, Dec. 2, Wednesdays at 10]
•Launch My Line [Bravo, Dec. 2 at 11, Wednesdays at 10]
•BBQ Pitmasters [TLC, Dec. 3, Thursdays at 10]
•I Survived [BIO, Dec. 6, Sundays at 9]
•Campus PD [G4, Dec. 9, Wednesdays at 11]
•American Ninja Warrior [G4, Dec. 12 and 18 at 6]
•Ghost Intervention [TLC, Dec. 12, Saturdays at 9]
•The Jacksons [A&E, Dec. 13, Sundays at 9]
•Keeping up with the Kardashians [E!, Dec. 13, Sundays at 10]
•Giuliana & Bill (season one) [E!, Dec. 13 at 11, Sundays at 10:30]
•The Sing Off [NBC, Dec. 14, 15, 16, 21 at 8]
•Bank of Hollywood [E!, Dec. 14, Mondays at 10]
•Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal [A&E, Dec. 15, Tuesdays at 9]
•Paranormal State [A&E, Dec. 15, Tuesdays at 10]
•Motor City Motors [Discovery, Dec. 28, Mondays at 10]
•The Real World DC [MTV, Dec. 30, Wednesdays at 10] news

January

•The Squeeze [MSNBC, Jan. 1, Fridays at 10]
•Frank the Entertainer…In a Basement Affair [VH1, Jan. 3, Sundays at 8]
•Platinum Weddings [WEtv, Jan. 3, Sundays at 9]
•Giuliana & Bill (season two) [Style, Jan. 3, Sundays at 9]
•Worst Cooks In America [Food Network, Jan. 3, Sundays at 10]
•Secrets of Aspen [VH1, Jan. 3, Sundays at 10]
•The Bachelor 14 [ABC, Jan. 4, Mondays at 8] news
•Be Good Johnny Weir [Sundance Channel, Jan. 4, Mondays at 10]
•Blood, Sweat & Takeaways [Planet Green, Jan. 4, Mondays at 10]
•The Biggest Loser 9 news [NBC, Jan. 5, Tuesdays at 8]
•Wild Recon [Animal Planet, Jan. 5, Tuesdays at 9]
•Last Restaurant Standing [BBC America, Jan. 5, Tuesdays at 9]
•Man Vs. Wild [Discovery, Jan. 6, Wednesdays at 9]
•Ghost Hunters International [SyFy, Jan. 6, Wednesdays at 9]
•Conviction Kitchen [Planet Green, Jan. 6, Wednesdays at 10]
•Shark Tank [ABC, Jan. 8, Fridays at 9]
•Manhattan Marriage Project with Gino Filippone [TLC, Jan. 8, Fridays at 10]
•Operation Wild [Planet Green, Jan. 8, Fridays at 10]
•Celebrity Rehab 3 [VH1, Jan. 10, Sundays at 10] news
•Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations [Travel Channel, Jan. 11, Mondays at 10]
•Fantasia for Real [VH1, Jan. 11, Mondays at 10]
•Let’s Talk About Pep [VH1, Jan. 11, Mondays at 10:30]
•American Idol 9 [Fox, Jan. 12, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8] news
•Our Little Genius [FOX, Jan. 13 at 9, Wednesdays at 9]
•Little Miss Perfect 2 [WEtv, Jan. 12, Tuesdays at 10]
•High School Reunion 6 [TV Land, Jan. 13, Wednesdays at 10] news
•Solving History with Olly Steeds [Discovery, Jan. 13, Wednesdays at 10]
•The First 48 [A&E, Jan. 14, Thursdays at 9]
•Project Runway 6 [Lifetime, Jan. 14, Thursdays at 10] news
•Carnie Wilson: Unstapled [GSN, Jan. 14, Thursdays at 10]
•Models of the Runway [Lifetime, Jan. 14, Thursdays at 11] news
•Pit Boss [Animal Planet, Jan. 16, Saturdays at 10]
•The Buried Life [MTV, Jan. 18, Mondays at 10]
•Millionaire Matchmaker [Bravo, Jan. 19, Tuesdays at 10]
•Paranormal Cops [A&E, Jan. 19, Tuesdays at 10:30]
•Meteorite Men [Science Channel, Jan. 20, Wednesdays at 9]
•Jeff Probst’s Live for the Moment [CBS, Feb. 28 at 8, one episode]
•Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew 5 [MTV, Jan. 28]
•Taking The Stage [MTV, Jan. 28]
•Kitchen Nightmares [Fox, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 at 9, Fridays at 9 starting Jan. 29] news
•Seducing Cindy [FOX Reality, Jan. 30, Saturdays at 9]
•Four Weddings [TLC, Jan. 30, Saturdays at 10]

February

•RuPaul’s Drag Race 2 [Logo, February 1, Mondays at 9]
•Kell on Earth [Bravo, Feb. 1, Mondays at 10]
•Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts [Planet Green, Feb. 1, Mondays at 10]
•The Michael Vick Project [BET, Feb. 2, Tuesdays at 10]
•Shear Genius 3 [Bravo, Feb. 3 at 11, Wednesdays at 10] news
•Undercover Boss [CBS, Feb. 7 following Super Bowl, Sundays at 9]
•Celebrity Fit Club 7: Boot Camp [VH1, Feb. 8, Mondays at 9]
•Survivor Heroes vs. Villains [CBS, Feb. 11, Thursdays at 8] news
•The Amazing Race 16 [CBS, Feb. 14, Sundays at 8] news
•Prison Wives [Investigation Discovery, Feb. 14 at 8, Wednesdays at 10]
•Bullr

The networks don’t give out reality shows. They choose from shows that are pitched to them by producers. Apparently no one with that kind of clout is pitching shows that feature unknown African Americans. Maybe black power brokers like P Diddy and Spike Lee would rather focus their energy somewhere else. Or maybe they just think reality tv is a big joke.

I have been wondering lately, how the world is changing, each time more profane, sexual stuff on television especially on kids television networks i.e Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, etc..

I remember back throughout the 90s and early 00s watching cartoon network with my younger brother and sister, there was no profanity. But that all changed in Aug-Sept 2001 when cartoon network launched adult swim.

I remember when cartoon network first launched in 1992 the theme was "24 hour cartoons".

It’s the same thing for MTV "music" now it’s these stupid dull reality shows, when actually it’s not reality of the celebrities life.

I liked the old Nickelodeon 1980s-early 00s. Now you see these dull preteen shoes i.e iCarly.
It was better when it showed "You can’t do that on Television", and much more.

The bottom line is I think that Cartoon Network should be the same way as it was 17-12years ago. And make up a separate channel called Adult Swim Network where it would show shows like Family Guy, Cowboy Bebop, Lupin 3rd etc.

I agree,While i love Adult Swim and the majority of its programming, i also feel that there are alot of parents that let their kids watch cartoons before bed and if they woke up in the middle of the night to adult swim they could definitely be in for a shock(or scare).While this could be blamed on parenting,i still think that some people may not know the content of the cartoons that come on when the sun goes down,it would be safer to air them on a separate network.

1. The first cable network to use satellites for transmission of regular TV was _____.
a. ESPN
b. the Disney Channel
c. HBO
d. MTV

2. In 1962, _____ launched Telstar, the first communication satellite capable of receiving, amplifying, and returning signals.
a. the FCC
b. Disney
c. AT10001T
d. HBO

3. Cable companies today should be viewed as ____, not common carriers.
a. utilities
b. public property
c. electronic publishers
d. information purveyors

4. The CNN network was launched by ____.
a. Warner
b. Turner
c. Murdoch
d. Fox

5. Time Warner merged with ____ in 2000.
a. Turner Broadcasting
b. AOL
c. MediaOne
d. DirecTV

6. A bundle of copper-clad aluminum wire is known as _____.
a. fiber-optic cable
b. digital cable
c. uplinking
d. coaxial cable

7. The headend in a cable system does what?
a. receives program signals
b. distributes programming
c. acts as the center of a cable system
d. all of the above

8. CATV stands for _____.
a. community access television
b. community antenna television
c. cable access television
d. cable antenna television

9. The ____ rules state that cable networks must always carry local broadcast stations.
a. syndex
b. broadcast
c. must-carry
d. none of the above

10. A(n) ____ is the amount paid to a community by a company for the right to be the local cable provider.
a. franchise fee
b. bribe
c. incentive
d. contract fee

11. In 1979, the Supreme Court gave cable operators the right to ____.
a. operate as a monopoly
b. charge broadcast stations for bandwidth space
c. bear arms
d. choose their own programming content

12. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
a. cable and telephone companies could enter each other’s markets
b. large media companies merged
c. cable companies could provide Internet service
d. cable systems could opt not to carry broadcast networks

13. Showing programs that are targeted toward one specific demographic is known as ____.
a. broadcasting
b. narrowcasting
c. multicasting
d. democasting

14. The initials DBS stand for ____.
a. digital broadcast signal
b. direct broadcast signal
c. digital broadcast satellites
d. direct broadcast satellites

15. MTV acquired a virtual music-television monopoly by ____.
a. paying record companies for music-video rights
b. making deals with cable operators
c. launching other networks like VH1 and MTV2
d. all of the above

16. Which of the following is NOT a premium channel?
a. HBO
b. Fox
c. Cinemax
d. Showtime

17. What does MSO stand for?
a. multiservice organization
b. multiple-systems operations
c. municipal-system organization
d. multiple-system operator

18. Communities have begun creating publicly owned cable systems in an effort to ____.
a. lower prices
b. increase service
c. foster competition
d. all of the above

19. The largest MSO in the United States is ____.
a. Time Warner
b. AOL
c. Comcast
d. Charter Communications

20. Which of the following is NOT a concern about the future of cable?
a. media companies forming oligopolies
b. the convergence of media
c. less available programming
d. no provision for audience input

You do realise that all of this information is available on the web? I mean, you could have found it out with less key strokes than it took you to put all this information down that nobody on here is going to read. Start with wikipedia, ignore what the articles on there say but read some of the references given in those articles. That will point you in the right direction.

On December 31, Time Warner Cable reached an eleventh-hour agreement to continue carrying Viacom’s cable networks. Does anyone know if the renegotiation finally includes carriage of the three MTV digital suite channels that have been missing on most Time Warner systems? If so, when is the projected launch?

I dont know but I hope so. VH1 Soul and MTV Jams would be nice to watch sometime. I already get MTV Hits with my Time Warner Cable. If they dont add those channels and if u want them they have them on AT&T U-verse.

Bam Margera’s Uncle Don Vito Held Without Bail On Suspicion Of Child Sexual Assault
08.21.2006 3:15 PM EDT

Police spokesperson says Vincent Margera appeared intoxicated; formal charges to be filed Wednesday.
Vincent Margera
Photo: Peter Kramer/ Getty Images

Vincent Margera — better known as Don Vito to viewers of "Viva La Bam" — was arrested in Colorado on Friday and held on suspicion of two counts of sexual assault on a child, according to a spokesperson for Colorado’s Lakewood Police

Department.

Margera, 50, is suspected of inappropriately fondling or groping 12- and 14-year-old girls during separate incidents at a signing event at Woodward Skatepark at the Colorado Mills mall in Lakewood, Colorado, Friday night. Because the incident involves sexual assault on a child, Lakewood Police spokesperson Steve Davis said he was unable to release much information, but said formal charges would be filed on Wednesday. In the meantime, Margera remains behind bars at the Jefferson County Jail, with no bail being offered, according to a jail spokesperson.

Davis said a cell-phone photo of the alleged crime has been taken into evidence and that the allegation that Margera inappropriately fondled or groped the girls was corroborated by enough witnesses for police to make the arrest. The authorities were tipped off to the alleged crime when someone other than the two juveniles called in to report it, Davis said, declining to elaborate on who made the call. In addition, Davis said Margera, who appeared intoxicated — results from a blood test are not yet available — allegedly made some "very ugly" remarks to the two female officers who arrested him.

The elder Margera, often the butt of pranks pulled by nephew Bam on the MTV series "Viva La Bam," was frequently portrayed as mumbling unintelligibly and being quick-to-anger on the show. A spokesperson for the Margera family could not be reached for comment at press time.

Bam, a professional skateboarder, was not with his uncle during the signing, according to reports. Vincent Margera had come to Colorado to film promotional spots for the Web site ManiaTV.com, which broke news on the arrest. A spokesperson for ManiaTV said Margera had also been in town all week shooting material for "Don Vito TV," a reality show the online TV network is planning to launch.

"When he was finished working for us, he had another deal to sign autographs at the skate park, so we drove him over there and dropped him off and the next thing you know we got a call from [a 'Viva La Bam' staffer/producer] saying [Margera had been arrested]," ManiaTV spokesperson Jason Damata said.

One of the Web site’s reporters, Rob Talbert, spoke to Margera in jail over the weekend, according to a press release issued by Damata. Talbert described a "very serious and somber" Margera saying he signed autographs and took pictures with fans at the skate park, and 45 minutes after it ended was approached by police officers who asked him about the incident, which he denied.

"I then asked Don if he did it. He was very adamant about denying the allegations against him," Talbert stated in the press release. "He said that if he molested [the girl], why would the mother stand there and take pictures of him doing it? He then said that this is the kind of thing people like him have to watch out for. He said people are always trying to pick fights with him so they can sue him and this is the same sort of thing."

According to the press release, Margera asked Talbert if he remembered that when taking pictures with fans during the ManiaTV shoots, Margera would put his hands around guy’s necks like he was strangling them and drape his arm around girls’ shoulders and put his hand in front of their breast so it looked like he was grabbing them. Talbert said Margera would ask how old women were before he took pictures with them during the ManiaTV shoots.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1538973/20060821/index.jhtml?headlines=true

oh my f god!!!!! i love bam!!!!!! i cant believe that happened!!!! but dont worry bam, ur still sexy

SHELLY PALMER probes several issues surrounding digital rights. What are your rights as Digital Citizens of the United States? Do we have a national broadband policy? What is it? What should it be? Read about digital deficiency and how it may jeopardize our status as a “super power.”

MICROSOFT’s “white space” device failed for a third time and now the FCC refuses to continue testing it. The device was intended to show that white space spectrum could bring Internet access to mobile devices without interfering with television signals. The tech industry is behind the initiative but Microsoft’s repeated failures have not been helping the cause.

YAHOO is launching Shine, a new site targeted at women in the 25 to 54 age bracket. Shine will offer content focused on parenting, relationships, food, beauty and more including exclusive content from Hearst, Rodale, Conde Nast and Time Inc. Shine will allow Yahoo sell advertising targeted directly to women, an online demographic it believes is currently under-served. It launches today.

SONY will launch PIX, a linear movie channel on AT&T’s forthcoming MediaFlo mobile TV service. PIX will feature classic movies from Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems and Sony Classics. It will focus on familiar movies so that viewers can miss the beginning and stop watching whenever they feel like it. Sony Pictures Television will also announce a new mobile Jeopardy game for handheld users.

MICROSOFT has signed a deal with Hollywood producer and talent manager Peter Safran to create original video content for the Xbox. Safran and Company will create scripted shows that run under ten minutes and focus on genres that are popular with the Xbox audience. The ad-supported shows are expected to begin this fall, starting with Xbox exclusivity before expanding into other distribution channels. A company spokesperson said the deal is “the first of many.”

MTV NETWORKS will become the first Viacom property to embrace mobile ad-supported distribution. The network will place clips on mobile destination Mywaves.

AFTRA and SAG will negotiate with the AMPTP separately.

IAC won a court decision that will allow it to split into 5 companies.

NEWSPAPERS saw print ad revenue drop 9.4% in 2007, the biggest decline since at least 1950.

Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

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Amason.com launched a video download service last thursday ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online tv and movie business. The service dubbed Amazon unbox will offer thousands of television shows movies and other vieos from more than 30 studios and networks the company said in a statement tv shows will cost 1.99 per episode and most movies will go for 7.99 to 14.99 movies can also be rented for 3.99 Amazon unbox will offer shows from CBS Fox Mtv Nickelodeon PBS BBC A&E and many other participationg networks. Paramount 20th century fox song pictures universal studios warner bros lionsgate and MGM are among the major movie studios that have signed with Amazon.com Inc. Walt Disney pictures whose biggest shareholder is Apple Computer Inc. CEO steve jobs has not signed on. Amazon’s service comes just days ahead if the expected launch of a movie download service at Apple’s iTunes music store.

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What is it? It’s it! What is it? It’s my thousandth video on this channel! But, you ask, what IS it? As I said, it is a surprise. What is the surprise? Why, my dear friend, the surprise is…

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RB2: Spinal Tap “Cups and Cakes”, Expert Drums, FC/5G*, 18375

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“Cups and Cakes” by Spinal Tap, released as a DLC single for the Rock Band series of video games on 8/4/2009 as part of the Spinal Tap’s TAP TEN Pack, and played by S1ckH4nds in Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 on Expert DRUMS (see that? Drums! Ha ha, screw you, copy/paste error!) in Local Band Quickplay mode on 8/7/2009.

Final score was 18,375 with a 143 note streak and 100% of notes hit as a full combo for five gold stars. This is actually my second FC of this song; I FCed it once earlier than this while I was attempting to get it down, and realized I forgot to hit record on the Pinnacle. FAIL.

So, this is a milestone for me; this is my thousandth video on this channel, and it’s only my second drum FC on expert ever. What do they have in common? Both of my drum FCs have no pedal. Seriously, that’s the only thing that messes me up! I have no third limb independence whatsoever. (That’s kind of why I like the cheat in GHWT and GHSH that has autokick.) Seriously, though… 1000 videos! What the ? Proof positive I have waaaay too much time on my hands…

…or, had, anyway. As some of you already know, with the upcoming launch of the Rock Band Network, the amount of DLC available for 360 owners is going to skyrocket in the next few months. And now, I’m pleased to announce, I’ll be contributing to that growth! I’ve become an author for startup RBN developer RockGamer Studios ( http://www.rockgamerstudios.com ), and I look forward to bringing you fun, interesting, and unique bass charts in a different method than I have been for the past year and a half; by actually charting them myself. Please check out our website for announcements on artists and songs, and if you’re an artist interested in getting your songs on Rock Band, be sure to contact us. We have a full team of dedicated, trained professionals ready to help you rock the world!

Also be sure to follow us on Twitter for all the latest news and announcements:
http://twitter.com/RG_Studios

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My HD recording device is currently out of commission. I hope to be back up and running with a new Hauppauge in the weeks to come, and hopefully in the meantime the quality from this Pinnacle device isn’t too terrible. Thanks for your patience!

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I’m giving away codes for pepsirockband.com all summer long, so nab yourself some free DLC while you can.

Copyright notice: This song has been officially licensed by Harmonix and MTV Studios for playback and use in the videogames Rock Band and Rock Band 2. Please see the following page for more details – http://www.rockband.com/dlc

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(http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/study-women-gamers-outnumber-men-in-25-34-age-group/68821/?biz=1 A new study from the Consumer Electronics ociation indicates that there are many more women gamers in the 25-34 demographic than males, largely because of the popularity of the casual games market, with card games like solitaire (pictured) and puzzle games like Tetris. The CEA study found that 65 percent of women in the 25-34 age bracket play video games, while only 35 percent of men in that group said that they play video games. Apparently, the key factor involved with these findings is the increasing popularity of casual games, especially among women. “Women were found to be slightly less likely than men in the 25-34 bracket to play traditional console games on systems like the PlayStation 2 or Xbox, while they gravitated more heavily towards simple types of games like Tetris or other puzzle games and card games like solitaire. “Xbox Live Arcade already offers a number of simpler titles that may appeal to the casual crowd and Arcade’s library is expected to grow throughout the year. When Sony launches its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network Platform service, there’s a good chance that they will offer casual titles for download as well.
“we want G4 to be “TV for the Xbox/YouTube/iPod generation
“Spike attracts a significantly older and more female (believe it or not) audience than does G4
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“we are a business and not a “public service.”
“don’t hold 100% to this definition or growth will be tough to come by.
“SciFi now has professional wrestling, Bravo has reality shows, MTV has very little “music.” Heck, even Discovery has Cash Cab and American Chopper.
“Bottom line, we will likely have programming that won’t fit perfectly…but we’ll attempt to keep it minimally “young guy” in its appeal (vs. older guy or female appeal). But occasionally, we will find acquired programming that fits well like Heroes and Lost…in the end, we need to cover a lot of hours and shows like these allow us to do so in a way that fits our brand…
“Now critics will surely point to COPS, Cheaters and Totally Outrageous Behavior and question these choices…but all bring a guaranteed rating that is critical as we continue to build and evolve the network…COPS is the highest rated show on G4 now…
“But, I’d like to point out that we still have far more videogame programming each and every day than any other network…however, we need to stay in business if we are to continue to provide programming like AOTS, daily X-Play (in primetime no less!), Cinematech, Cinematech NE, live E3 coverage, daily coverage from the Tokyo Game Show, GDC, Comicon, 5.5 hours of Halo3 coverage, the Major League Gaming Tour and, lastly, we recently brought Electric Playground back to anchor our exclusive offerings at G4TV.com. I’d also like to point out that Code Monkeys, our very first originally developed show, is about, of all things, videogames.
“For that matter, while we may not be TechTV anymore…we still cover more tech in AOTS than any other show on TV and we expanded our live coverage from CES to two days this year. While other networks did live “hits” on the iPhone launch, we dedicated an entire night to covering this piece of tech introduction.
(http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/newsletters/proginsider/index.jsp G4 Acquires The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters:
Cable net G4, the growing destination for young men, has secured the exclusive cable rights from New Line Television for The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. The documentary, which follows two men in their quest to achieve the world’s highest score on arcade classic “Donkey Kong,” premieres on G4 on June 1, 2008.

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