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HBO's 'The Shop: Uninterrupted' Returns Oct. 25

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:58:37 +0000

HBO will premiere a new episode of its sports/entertainment talk series The Shop: Uninterrupted this Friday (Oct. 25.)

The new installment of the LeBron James/Maverick Carter-hosted series will feature such guests as California Governor Gavin Newsom, Diddy, Rich Paul, DeMar DeRozan, Rick Rubin, Bill Hader, Jerrod Carmichael and Paul Rivera.

The HBO series offers unfiltered conversation and debate from the biggest names in sports and entertainment, according to the network.

INTX 2016: Revolt Sets `After Hours Event’ Monday Night

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 13 May 2016 18:00:00 +0000

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Revolt TV will mark its first appearance on the INTX convention floor by hosting an “after hours event” on Monday.

The Sean “Diddy” Combs-founded music channel, launched in October 2013 as one of four multicultural-themed networks launched as part of the requirements of the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger, will hold its after hours event at The Royale Hotel at 9:30 p.m. and will feature a performance by hip hop artist T-Pain, said network officials.

If you are attending INTX in Boston and would like to attend the Revolt “After Dark Event,” please contact Chloe@revolt.tv to RSVP.

Also Monday, the network will feature on air host Hannah Rad DJ’ing on the turntables at its booth at 5 p.m.

“Revolt has always seen the value of participating at INTX,” said James Brown, Revolt executive vice president of content distribution, talent and marketing group. “Following another year of distribution growth gains, this was the perfect time for Revolt to join the INTX floor and further our conversations with additional partners.”

Suddenlink, Discovery Reach Carriage Deal

Mike Farrell — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:15:00 +0000

Suddenlink Communications has agreed to a long-term multi-platform carriage deal with Discovery Communications for the programmer’s 13 U.S. networks, the cable operator’s latest deal in the wake of its blackout of more than 20 Viacom channels.

As part of the new multi-year, multi-platform agreement, Suddenlink TV customers will have continued access to Discovery’s U.S. networks and VOD content including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, The Hub Network (to become Discovery Family Channel on Oct. 13), American Heroes Channel, Discovery Fit & Health (to become Discovery Life Channel on Jan.15), Discovery en Español, Discovery Familia, Velocity and Destination America. Suddenlink customers will be able to access authenticated Discovery programming inside and outside the home, in the near future.

“Investing in and providing viewers with compelling, must-have content remains Discovery’s top priority, and we are thrilled to have reached an agreement with Suddenlink to ensure that their customers continue to have access to that content across our unparalleled family of networks for many years to come,” said Discovery president of domestic distribution Eric Phillips in a statement. “Discovery has been committed to helping viewers satisfy their curiosity for nearly 30 years, and this renewed agreement with Suddenlink reflects the continued strength of our viewership and programming.”

The deal comes days after Suddenlink and Viacom could not reach a carriage agreement concerning that programmer’s 24 cable networks. The Viacom channels went dark to Suddenlink customers on Oct. 1.

In the meantime Suddenlink has replaced the Viacom nets with about 20 additional channels, and since the blackout has reached carriage deals with Revolt TV, The Blaze, CBS and others.

“We’re very excited about this agreement with Discovery,” Suddenlink senior vice president and chief programming officer Kathy Payne said in a statement. “Discovery’s channels offer a wide range of interesting and educational content that provides great entertainment for diverse age groups. We’re especially pleased that we’ll be able to soon deliver Discovery’s unique branded content to our customers on a variety of devices.”