SAT TV News

IronNutz will make its debut on Thursday, November 20 at the Ironman Village in Tempe, AZ. IronNutz is a new line of sporting and athletic gear targeting Ironman triathletes, extreme sports enthusiasts and their supporters.

A new Massachusetts based company What R U Nutz? will launch IronNutz targeting niche markets that center on specific recreational, lifestyle and sporting activities. The niche “Nutz” products will be sold under the company’s What R U Nutz? and Life Is Nutz marketing banners with their own unique logos, said William Beers, chief executive officer.

William Beers also said “The genesis of What R U Nutz? came from the extraordinary efforts of three amateur triathletes from Massachusetts, Colorado and California who have raised tens of thousands of dollars for those in need through their respective charities. One day, one of them put his picture on a t-shirt under the moniker ‘What R U Nutz?’ and WRUN was born.”

BET Networks’ American Gangstar is to bring two episodes on its documentary drama series on Thursday, November 20 at 10:00 p.m. American Gangstar is to cover former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and a secret directive Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) as they were authorized to harass and target some of domestic groups and U.S. citizens deemed a racial or political threat by Hoover.

Hoover, The first and most famous director of the FBI, has consolidated his power through a combination of brilliant public relations moves and compromising personal files he kept on politicians who held his fate in their hands.

American Gangstar is executive produced by Nelson George and Frank Sinton along with Mark Rowland and BET Networks’ Brett King - Senior Vice President of Scripted Programming, Sitarah Pendelton - Vice President of Development, Kevin Morrison - Senior Director of Development and Glenda Richardson - Assistant to Sitarah Pendelton.

Discovery Familia will be premiering many new programming in this fall on its Discovery Kids en Espanol on its daytime schedule. A new series Mister Maker will be broadcasted on November 17th, from Monday to Sunday at 11AM, 2PM and 6PM EST aiming teaches, entertains and also to improve children’s creativity.

Apart from Mister Maker, Discovery Familia will also bring a number of additional series that promise to take young viewers to a fun world of exploration and discovery:

Fifi and the Flowertots - celebrates the outdoors and encourages children to lead a healthy lifestyle. Fifi is a mischievous and inquisitive young girl, who inhabits a colorful garden world with her Flowertotfriends.

Fluffy Gardens - is a preschool series featuring an eccentric mix of animal characters that all live in Fluffy Gardens.

Luis Silberwasser, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Discovery Network U.S. Hispanic Group said “We at Discovery Familia are dedicated to teaching kids how to think for themselves and become lifetime learners, by offering them the most hours of Spanish-language preschool programming anywhere. Parents can trust Discovery Familia to deliver a safe, high quality and engaging learning environment, where children learn and conserve their Spanish language,”

Dish Network has announced that it has reached an agreement with INVIDI Technologies and this agreement will allow the satcaster to utilize the INVIDI’s Advatar technology to deliver addressable, targeted national and local television advertising. INVIDI Technologies will deliver this technology to Dish and the satcaster will be first to utilize the services. This is efficient, measurable and accountable to the advertiser while providing precise reach, frequency and separation of the commercial assets.

Michael Kelly, executive vice president for DISH Network said “DISH Network is focused on deliverin relevant and measurable ads to the advertising community and continually looks for technological innovation that will deliver advertisers the best possible value. DISH Networks national footprint, set top box data and INVIDI Advatar technology will provide us with the ability to target any geographic or demographic footprint advertisers are interested in reaching to deliver their message with measurement and accountability.”

DirecTV has launched local HD channels on Thursday, Nov. 6, to its subscribers in the Fort Smith, Arkansas area. DirecTV subscribers in Fort Smith with an H20 or H21 HD receiver or an HR20 or HR21 DIRECTV Plus HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish will receive following broadcast channels in high-definition:

KFSM/CBS

KNWA/NBC and

KFTA/FOX

DirecTV now has added local HD channels in 109 cities and planning to deliver in more cities before the year end.

Amelia River Golf Club has implemented ProLink Solutions Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system and also has plans to participate in ProLink’s exclusive national advertising opportunity. ProLink Solutions is the leader in providing GPS golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising.

Lawrence D. Bain, CEO of ProLink Solutions said “Amelia Island Plantation ranks among the country’s premier golf destinations, and it’s no coincidence the resort chose to install ProLink GPS on all four of its courses, Our system is considered a superior golfer amenity and a must-have management tool, producing added revenue through streams including the advertising program. With so many upscale courses and resorts among our trusted partners, advertisers need not look far for the best way to reach an affluent audience.”

KyLinTV has added Jia Yu Channel and Asia Travel TV in its IPTV programming line-up. KyLinTV launching both these channels targeting Chinese community in North America. The largest Chinese language IPTV platform in US,KyLinTV offers 50 channels from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and the U.S, delivers more than 30,000 hours of Video-On-Demand programming.

Cosmos Discovery owned Jia Yu is a 24-hour Mandarin and Cantonese programming channel featuring the best in Asian entertainment for overseas Chinese audiences.

Asia Travel TV provides travel information and also offers a range of well-crafted travel programs with comprehensive, reliable and interesting information. Asia Travel TV targets residents of Asia and Australia.

Time Warner Cable has announced that it will carry the local CW affiliate owned by LIN TV, WNLO-TV in high-definition on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The cable operator will add WNLO in HD as part of the retransmission deal that LIN and Time Warner.

Outdoor Channel has announced the second year annual Gear Up and Go promotion and runs through Dec. 5. Outdoor Channel viewers and Affiliates can win one of thirty exciting prizes every day in November and December and a grand prize given by network sponsors. The prices include a Suzuki Grand Vitara, a trip to the Silverton Casino Lodge in Las Vegas, a fishing trip and vacation to the Crocodile Bay Resort in Costa Rica, and a Smith & Wesson shotgun.

Denise Conroy-Galley, senior vice president of marketing and research said “Outdoor Channel values its viewers and partners, and this promotion shows our appreciation by offering everyone a chance to gear up and go! and with the help of our advertising partners, we’ve developed a fun and exciting campaign that enables our affiliates to reach valuable outdoor enthusiasts in their communities.”

AT&T and Kangaroo TV have announced that they are ready to launch Video On Demand (VOD) feature on all 500 AT&T Williams bespoke Kangaroo handheld TVs that will be distributed at the event.
The new feature will allow Kangaroo TV viewers to select videos and podcasts in English and Portuguese. Customers preferences and motivations can be gauged with AT&T usage data and will provide according to the customers preferences.

Lloyd Salvage, Vice President, Global Segment Marketing at AT&T said “We have been using Kangaroo TV since 2007; However, we believe that by introducing new VOD capabilities it will help AT&T bring its Grand Prix activation program to a new level while providing additional compelling content to our guests making their Formula One weekend truly special.”