E!
| E! Entertainment Television | |
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| Launched | July 31, 1987 as Movietime, June 1, 1990 as E! (U.S.) December 2, 2002 (Germany) |
| Owned by | Comcast (under Comcast Entertainment Group) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Formerly called | Movie Time (1987–1990) |
| Sister channel(s) | Style Network Golf Channel Versus G4 |
| Website | http://www.eonline.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (US) |
Channel 236 Channel 1236 (VOD) |
| Dish Network (US) |
Channel 114 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) |
Channel 151 |
| SKY Italia (Italy) |
Channel 124 |
| Foxtel Digital (Australia) |
Channel 121 |
| Austar Digital (Australia) |
Channel 121 |
| SelecTV (Australia) |
Channel 45 |
| SKY Network Television (New Zealand) |
Channel 011 |
| DStv (Southern Africa) |
Channel 124 |
| CanalSat (France) |
Channel 29 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 36 |
| Astro Nusantara (Indonesia) |
Channel 46 |
| Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 713 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) |
Channel 32 |
| NOVA (Greece) |
Channel 210 |
| Digiturk (Turkey) |
Channel 9 |
| TotalTV (Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia) |
Channel 17 (Serbia) |
| Dialogtv (Sri Lanka & Canada) |
Channel 19 |
| SKY Brasil (Brasil) |
Channel 33 |
| TVCabo (Portugal) |
Channel 75 |
| Net Digital (Brasil) |
Channel 84 |
| Tring Digital (Albania) |
Channel 30 |
| yes (Israel) |
Channel 26 |
| Orbit Showtime (Arab World) |
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| Indovision (Indonesia) |
Channel 242 |
| Dolce (Romania) |
Channel 144 |
| Cable | |
| First Media (Indonesia) |
Channel 70 |
| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 501 |
| Virgin Media (United Kingdom) |
Channel 156 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) |
Channel 441 |
| HOT (Israel) |
Channel 31 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand) |
Channel 11 |
| UPC (Netherlands) |
Channel 115 |
| UPC Austria | Channel 148 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 54 |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-Verse (US) |
Channel 134 (SD) Channel 1134 (HD) |
| Now TV (Hong Kong) |
Channel 531 |
| Vodafone Casa TV (Portugal) |
Channel 102 |
| Internet television | |
| PLDT My DSL (Watchpad) (Philippines) |
Channel 1012 |
E! Entertainment Television, or more simply referred to as E!, is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. The network has been wholly owned by Comcast since November 2006.
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History
E! Entertainment Television was founded by Larry Namer and Alan Mruvka.[1][2]
Mruvka created and founded Movietime Channel Inc now known as "E! Entertainment Television" with partner Larry Namer in 1984.[2] He said the inspiration to create Movietime Channel came while attending a Hollywood AFI seminar about selling screenplays to studios, but instead listened to the studio executives complain about the high cost of advertising a movie.[6] It was then that Mruvka set out to raise seven million dollars to start the network. After three years of not raising any money, a chance meeting on a flight to New York led him to the investment banking company of Mabon Nugent. The investment banking company put a consortium together and raised Mruvka 2.3 million dollars. Mruvka took the money, set up shop in Hollywood and on July 31, 1987, Mruvka and Namer launched Movietime. The network began operation, showing interviews with stars, behind the scenes and movie trailers and charging the studios to show them, a business similar to what MTV did with music and intended for the same demographic.[6][7] Once on the air, Mruvka raised an additional 200 million dollars within the next twelve months.[8] The investment consortium included Time Inc., Warner Communications, Cox, Comcast and HBO. HBO was named managing partner in 1989 hiring former MTV executive Jarl Mohn as president and CEO. On June 1, 1990, under his direction Movietime was renamed E! Entertainment Television. Inc.[6][9][10][11]
While with E!, Mruvka oversaw production of over 20,000 hours of programming while guiding the channel to the fastest growth of a start-up of a cable network in television history. The network launched on July 31, 1987 as MovieTime, a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews [3]. Early Movietime hosts included Greg Kinnear, Paula Abdul, Katie Wagner, Julie Moran, Suzanne Kay (daughter of Diahann Carroll), Mark DeCarlo, Sam Rubin and Richard Blade. Three years later, in June 1990, Movietime was renamed E! Entertainment Television to emphasize its widening coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, daily Hollywood gossip, and fashion.
Controlling ownership was originally held by six cable companies, HBO, Warner Brothers, and various founding shareholders. In 1989, after Time-Life bought Warner Brothers to fend off a takeover bid by Paramount, the new Time-Warner company held four of the eight major ownership positions and took over management control of Movietime and renamed the network E! Entertainment Television. In 1997, Comcast, one of the minority partners, teamed up with The Walt Disney Company to buy the channel after Time-Warner had exercised their put agreement. In November 2006, Comcast acquired Disney’s 39.5% share of E! for $1.23 billion to gain full ownership of the network as part of a broader programming carriage agreement between Disney/ABC and Comcast.
E! has an audience reach of 88 million cable and satellite viewers in the U.S. and 600 million homes internationally. E!’s sister networks are Style Network and G4, along with Comcast’s sports network Versus and Golf Channel. In the case of Versus, E! staff produce that network’s Sports Soup, while the Orlando-based Golf Channel features no crossovers with E! at all due to incompatible audiences and operations.
Personalities
Current
- Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest host award shows and E! News.
- Ken Baker is E!'s executive news editor.
- Ted Casablanca interviews various celebrities and has The Awful Truth column online.
- Jason Kennedy is a correspondent and fill-in host for E! News and the Daily 10.
- Ashlan Gorse is a correspondent and fill-in host for E! News and the Daily 10.
- Chelsea Handler hosts Chelsea Lately.
- Ben Lyons is E!'s film critic.
- Sal Masekela co-hosts the Daily 10.
- Kendra Wilkinson is the star of Kendra
- Holly Madison is the star of Holly's World
- Catt Sadler co-hosts the Daily 10.
- Kristina Guerrero is a correspondent for E! News and a fill-in host for the Daily 10.
- Kristin Dos Santos hosts all events for television programming along with her online column, Watch With Kristin.
- Marc Malkin provides breaking news and commentary various network programs, particularly E! News, along with his online column and videoblog, both titled Planet Gossip.
- Joel McHale hosts The Soup.
- "Michael Yo" is a celebrity correspondent for the Daily 10.
- Joan Rivers hosted Fashion Police.
Former
- Anna Nicole Smith starred in the reality series The Anna Nicole Show.[4]
E! HD
The network launched their HD simulcast on December 8, 2008, like the rest of E!'s sister lifestyle and sports networks, in 1080i format. Currently only some filmed content and limited series are carried in high definition.
E! Online
E! Online is the online arm of E!, featuring live updates on Hollywood. Kristin Dos Santos runs the 'Watch with Kristin' blog, which features spoilers, scoops and exclusives on TV shows. While other columnists include Ted Casablanca, who is in charge of breaking the latest celebrity news and Marc Malkin.
Programming
See also
- List of DirecTV channels
- List of Dish Network channels
- ReelzChannel (has same concept as original Movie Time)
References
- ↑ Slide, Anthony (1991). The television industry: a historical dictionary (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. pp. 94. ISBN 0313256349. OCLC 9780313256349. http://books.google.com/books?id=z4EYAAAAIAAJ&q=alan-mruvka&dq=alan-mruvka.
- ↑ Dougherty, Philip H. (July 30, 1987). "Advertising; Promoting Movies Via Cable". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/business/advertising-promoting-movies-via-cable.html. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DD173CF930A35755C0A966958260&sec=&spon=
- ↑ http://www.eonline.com/on/personalities/index.jsp E! Television Personalities
^ a b Slide, Anthony (1991). The television industry: a historical dictionary (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Press. pp. 94. ISBN 0313256349. OCLC 9780313256349.
(1) "Alan Mruvka Credits". hollywood.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24. (2) a b c d Dougherty, Philip H. (July 30, 1987). "Advertising; Promoting Movies Via Cable". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-24. (3) "Performing Arts". Television/Radio Age (Television Editorial Corp.) 34: page 35. 1987. ISSN 0040-277X. (4) Fries, Amy (2009). Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers. Capital Books. pp. 103, 104. ISBN 1933102691. OCLC 9781933102696. (5) Box Office Magazine, July 1990
External links
- Wikinews interview with Michael Musto about the art of celebrity journalism
- Official website
- E! Online International Official Site
- E! – UK TV Listings and Schedules
- E! – Latin America Official Site (In Spanish)
- E! Career Opportunities listed on EntertainmentCareers.Net
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