ION Media Networks, Inc.
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ION Television to Provide Broadcast Premieres for Multiple Blockbuster Theatrical Releases [Press Release]
Business Wire | 11 days 21 hours 32 minutes ago
ION Television has finalized multiple film agreements that provide the Network with the broadcast premiere rights to four new titles. The agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) provides ION Television with the broadcast premiere rights to the Academy Award-winning feature film “March of the Penguins.” In addition, ION Television has inked a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Distribution (NBCU) for the broadcast premiere rights to the theatrical releases “The Retur...
Ion Television Breaks a Guinness World Record by Creating World's 'Largest Moving Box' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 65 days 17 hours 23 minutes ago
...Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast...group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has launched the digital TV brands qubo...
Mystery, Betrayal and Terrifying Secrets Are Unleashed When ION Television s Durham County Launches Its Second Season in January 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 22 hours 2 minutes ago
The lesson that “love hurts” is well learned by the characters who inhabit the eerie suburb of Durham County when the original scripted primetime series launches its second season on ION Television in January, 2010. The series, which debuted this fall, returns to the bleak and disturbing landscape of an alienated suburbia with a new star villain – Michelle Forbes, known for her intense portrayals on the hit HBO series “True Blood” and “In Treatment” this year.
Fifth Annual New York Television Festival Announces Awards [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 42 days 11 hours 53 minutes ago
...Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast...group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has launched the digital TV brands Qubo...
ION Television Attempt To Break Guinness World Record for 'Largest Moving Box' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 68 days 22 hours 23 minutes ago
...Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast...group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has launched the digital TV brands qubo...
With Standard Adopted, Broadcasters Poised to Bring Mobile DTV to American Consumers [Press Release]
Business Wire | 23 days 55 minutes ago
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a voluntary association of more than 800 broadcast stations, today announced it is “All Systems Go” for a new era of television service on mobile devices. With Thursday’s adoption of a final mobile digital television (Mobile DTV) broadcast standard by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), U.S. broadcasters are poised to roll out an array of digital program services that will be available to consumers on devices ranging from in-car screens to...
Energizer Powers Search for America's Most Advanced "Rock Band(TM)" [Press Release]
MarketWire | 24 days 16 hours 28 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/14/09 -- With its cross-generation appeal, "Rock Band(TM)" has given consumers of all ages a new way to interact with and perform the music they love. And on Nov. 3, one lucky "Rock Band" band will show their new found skills, performing live in New York City. The winning band will rock out for 20 straight hours at the Energizer "Advance Into Overdrive" event at the MTV store in Times Square.
Audi Reveals the Purely Electric e-tron [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 54 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
FRANKFURT, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi presents the highlight of the IAA 2009: the e-tron, a high-performance sports car with a purely electric drive system. Four motors - two each at the front and rear axles - drive the wheels, making the concept car a true quattro. Producing 230 kW (313 hp) and 4,500 Nm (3,319.03 lb-ft) of torque, the two-seater accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (0 - 62.14 mph) in 4.8 seconds, and from 60 to 120 km/h (37.28 - 74.56 mph) in 4.1 seconds. The lithium-ion batter...
EETimes.com - Verizon to OEMs: Get the heat out
Electronic Engineering Times (Asia) | 9 days 21 hours 11 minutes ago
The move represents a second step for the service provider with $100 billion in annual revenues. In January it mandated any replacement equipment should show a 20 percent gain in power efficiency.
2010 Mercedes Benz S400 Hybrid: Top notch - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 8 days 3 hours 12 minutes ago
That nifty little bit allowed Mercedes to take an existing sedan and make it a "mild" hybrid without the battery intruding into the interior or the trunk by as much as a millimeter. The battery, in fact, fits under the hood, where the more mainstream one would sit in a non-hybrid car. Check out the slide show and look in the upper left when you see the picture of the engine. That is where the battery is and you can see the cover of it in another picture.
Thin-and-Light Gateway EC Series Notebooks Deliver Long Battery Life and Distinctive Style [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 25 minutes ago
The new Gateway EC Series notebook PCs debut today in two of the most popular sizes for today’s busy computer users – 15.6-inch mainstream size for productivity maximizers and the 11.6-inch ultraportable size for road warriors – both delivering up to eight hours of battery life(1).
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TVNewsCheck - World Series Powers Fox To Ratings Win
TVNewsCheck | 4 days 1 hour 51 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Series gave the Fox network world-class ratings last week as the New York Yankees squared off against the Philadelphia Phillies in four much-watched games.
TVNewsCheck - Another Banner Week For CBS
TVNewsCheck | 18 days 12 hours 21 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — If television's weekly list of the most popular programs is starting to get monotonous by the fourth week of the new TV season, that's OK by CBS.
Nissan Supports Electric Vehicle & Infrastructure Deployment Project [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 94 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...establish the charging networks in key markets." ...specifically for a lithium-ion battery-powered chassis...infiniti.com. For media needs and b-roll, please...charger.com ECOtality, Inc. , headquartered in Scottsdale...information about ECOtality, Inc., please visit www...
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Company Overview
| Company: | ION Media Networks, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Television Station Groups |
| Website: | http://www.ionmedia.tv |
You might say this TV company is looking to charge up its audience. ION Media Networks is a leading television broadcaster anchored by its ION Television network and its portfolio of about 60 UHF stations located throughout the country. The broadcast network, which reaches more than 95 million US homes, airs mostly of syndicated series, movies and specials. It also offers several hours of paid programming each day. ION Television is distributed by cable and satellite systems in addition to the company's owned and operated TV outlets. ION Media was founded as Paxson Communications in 1991 and is controlled by hedge fund operator Citadel Investment Group. It filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
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| Fiscal Year-End | December |