Tag: MTV

It has happened before and it will undoubtedly happen again: the movie suits are trying to figure out the whole "video game" thing. This time, it's mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer ('Gone in 60 Seconds,' 'The Rock') who's giving it a try. Bruckheimer and MTV have just announced a new joint venture, Jerry Bruckheimer Games, following 17 months of rumors and speculation (apparently, it took that ...

MTV is hopping on the Twitter bandwagon, and will soon be relying upon the microblogging service as an integral part of what the cable network is billing as the spiritual successor to 'Total Request Live' (TRL). 'The Alexa Chung Show' will be broadcast live during the all-important after-school time slot and will feature many of the same ingredients as TRL -- fan interaction, live performances, ...

After years of negotiations, rumors, and quite probably begging, the Beatles catalog will finally be available for digital download -- but not on iTunes, and we're sure Steve Jobs is none too happy (despite numerous teaser announcements and rumors, the Beatles still aren't on Apple's online music store, or anywhere else online, for that matter). So if not Apple with its iTunes Store, then who's ...

MTV's dopey-yet-addictive 'The Hills' is one of those shows that's best watched with other people -- you need them around to constantly diss the 'characters' onscreen and just generally complain about how contrived and stupid the whole thing is. Sadly, some of us end up getting our weekly half-hour 'Hills' fix by ourselves, so we kind of just have to sit there in silent shame (for watching such ...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and MTV are joining forces (again) to launch a new reality mini show thats being pitched as "the 'Real World' with more computers." 'Engine Room' is a show that gathers young creative types from around the world, sticks them in an apartment in Brooklyn, and makes them create digital art using HP PCs. Episodes will run only five to seven minutes each and will air both on mtvU ...

Alright, this is getting a little silly. First it was Gibson claiming that Rock Band and Guitar Hero violated a patent covering "simulating a musical performance," and now Konami is suing Harmonix, Viacom, and MTV Game because Rock Band allegedly violates a similar set of patents covering "simulated musical instruments" and "musical rhythm-based matching games." Filed in good ol' Marshall, the ...

While the name Bruckheimer may not inspire much confidence in those who prefer their movies to have deep meanings and thought-provoking storylines, you have to admit that the guy has made some of the greatest action movies of all time. ('Top Gun,' despite all its cheese, ranks up there pretty high on most peoples' lists.) So, it's with mixed thoughts that many will take the news of Bruckheimer ...

MTV Networks, the company behind MTV (obviously), VH1, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, CMT, Spike, and The N, has announced plans to offer every episode of 'South Park', ever, online, for free. Are you done dancing for joy yet? We'll wait. So here's the deal. SouthParkStudios.com, which currently hosts a small video clip collection as well as some downloadable extras, will include every clip of ...

Reports are emerging this morning that MTV is on the brink of abandoning URGE, the company's iTunes-challenging service that was launched in partnership with Microsoft just over a year ago. Turns out Microsoft betrayed that partnership a few months later with the release of the Zune Marketplace, an online store optimized to work with Microsoft's iPod-wannabe, the Zune. MTV, playing the part of ...