"Kommersant-TV" was released on NTV-Plus.

27 sep 2011, 08:56



       The publishing house "Kommersant" has launched its own TV channel "Kommersant-TV" on platform "NTV-Plus", on September 26. This was reported in the official Twitter Radio "Kommersant FM".
       The channel began broadcasting in the package "Basic", "Basic Plus" and "Light Plus." As reported on the website "NTV-Plus", the channel will be talking about current events in economics, politics, sports, culture and social life. The duration of the news broadcast is 43 minutes.
       The channel broadcasts in Russian. General producer of "Kommersant-TV" is Eugene Revzin, former editor-in-chief of Business FM. Chief editor of the joint editorial office of radio and TV project remained Dmitry Solopov "Kommersant-FM". Earlier it was reported, that in the near future the channel would be launch on the Internet. As "Marker" wrote referring to Dmitry Solopov, in October held a special press conference on the launch of the TV channel.
       The launch of TV channel "Kommersant-TV" became known in February this year. Pilot version of the channel developed by Anton Nosik.
Available now on:
Satellite: Eutelsat W7;
Coding: Viaccess (NTV Plus);
Position: 36,0 ° E;
Polarization: R (right circular);
Transponder: ER14;
Frequency: 11,977 MHz DVB-S;
FEC: 3/4;
Speed: 27.500.

Jewish News One (JN1) channel began broadcasting.

27 sep 2011, 08:00



       The non-stop Jewish News One (JN1) channel began broadcasting on Wednesday, September 21. It is reported EJU news. The opening ceremony was held in Brussels.
       As reported on the page in Facebook, Jewish News One is the first Jewish round-the-clock channel in the English language. The channel is made by analogy with the Qatari Al-Jazeera and the British BBC. News channel is pro-Israeli stance. The logo of the channel shows a Jewish amulet "Hamsa" - symmetrical hand with two thumbs.
       TV studios are located in Brussels, Tel Aviv, New York and Kiev. In the future, the creators of the channel will plan to open a studio in Washington, Paris and London. Currently, broadcasting is available only in English. According to Media Network, they will plan to broadcast the news JN1 in Hebrew, French, Italian, German and Russian.
       Channel owners are the Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoisky and Vadim Rabinovich. They have invested in the development of the channel about $5 million. Kolomoisky and Rabinovich are the President and Vice-President of the European Jewish Union. In 2011 the journal "Correspondent" put Kolomoisky to 13th place in the list of one hundred most influential people of Ukraine. Kolomoisky is one of the richest people of Ukraine and Israel. In 2009, Forbes estimated his fortune at $1.2 billion.

A new series of "Two and a Half Men" attracted a record number of viewers.

22 sep 2011, 10:22



       Episode of "Two and a Half Men" has collected a record number of viewers for series. The Actor Ashton Kutcher made his debut as the new main character. Series called "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" watched about a 27.7 million people, according to the website Contactmusic.
       "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" is the first episode of the ninth season of "Two and a Half Men." It was shown September 19, 2011. For comparison, the first episode of the eighth season watched around 14.6 million viewers.
       Charlie Sheen was fired from the project in March 2011. He was the previous leading man in the series. Studio Warner Bros explained their decision by the fact that the actor had behaved inappropriately and repeatedly broken off the filming. Later it was announced that the show would have a new protagonist, who would play Ashton Kutcher.

63RD PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS WINNERS.

20 sep 2011, 08:33



       The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010 until May 31, 2011, was held on September 18, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. It presented by National ACADEMY of TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES. Fox televised the ceremony within the United States. Actress Jane Lynch hosted the Emmys for the first time. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10. This year's ceremony was watched by 12.4 million people, down 8% from last year's show.        The ceremony received mixed reviews from critics, with many praising the performance of Lynch as the host but criticizing the overall quality of the production, particularly the presenters and the orchestra. The nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced live on Thursday July 14, 2011, at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, California. The nominees were announced by Melissa McCarthy of Mike & Molly and Joshua Jackson of Fringe.        The winners for some of the categories were presented at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony held at Nokia Theatre on September 10. The rest were presented at the main ceremony on September 18. Programs. Outstanding Drama Series - Mad Men (AMC). Outstanding Comedy Series - Modern Family (ABC). Outstanding Miniseries or TV Movie - Downton Abbey (PBS). Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central). Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program - Jeff Probst for Survivor (CBS). Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS). Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - The Amazing Race (CBS). Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) - Futurama – "The Late Philip J. Fry" (Comedy Central). Outstanding Reality Program - Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel). Outstanding Children's Program - A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO).  
Also was named actors and actresses.
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series: Kyle Chandler and  Julianna Margulies. Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series: Jim Parsons and Melissa McCarthy.  Outstanding Lead Performance in a Miniseries or Movie: Barry Pepper and Kate Winslet. Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series: Peter Dinklage and Margo Martindale. Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series: Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen. Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Miniseries or Movie: Guy Pearce and Maggie Smith. Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series: Paul McCrane and Loretta Devine. Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series: Justin Timberlake and Gwyneth Paltrow. 

Tyler Perry is a leader in the rating of the highest-paid show business persons.

15 sep 2011, 07:43



       Actor Tyler Perry has topped the list of show business persons which have the highest incomes, reported Forbes magazine. From May 2010 to May 2011 Perry earned, according to the Forbes, $ 130 million.   Five films and two television shows  brought   incomes  to Perry. This movies with his participation released in theaters over the past two years. According to Forbes, Perry is usually the producer, director and screenwriter of films in which participates.
       In addition to Tyler Perry's, in this list of show business persons with the highest incomes was just one actor - Leonardo Di Caprio, who took 8th place. Films "Inception" and "Shutter Island" in which he starred, brought to DiCaprio 77 million dollars. The only one musician who got into the list of Forbes, was Elton John, earned during the period of $ 100 million, which allowed him to take fourth place.
       The second took place producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Jerry Bruckheimer with 113 million dollars. Below was the director and producer Steven Spielberg, earned from May 2010 to May 2011 109 million dollars.
       The top five rankings producer and presenter of the TV show "American Idol" from 2002 to 2010, Simon Cowell with an income of $ 90 million.
       James Patterson was in sixth place. He earned 84 million dollars. He is author of a series of novels about the action-psychologist Alex Cross. In August 2011, Forbes named James Patterson as the highest-paid writer.
       Also in the Forbes list included: TV host Phil McGraw - $ 80 million (7 th place), radio host Howard Stern - $ 76 million (9th place) and golfer Tiger Woods - $ 75 million (10th place).

Released last song of Amy Winehouse.

14 sep 2011, 16:19



       On YouTube took place the premiere of last studio recording made by Amy Winehouse. The video for the song "Body and Soul", which retro-soul singer has recorded with american singer Tony Bennett, appeared on the video service on September 14, the birthday of Winehouse.

       Work on "Body and Soul" was held in March 2011 in a recording studio Abbey Road in London. The composition was included in the record of Bennett "Duets II", where in addition to a duet with Amy Winehouse, you can also hear the songs together with Lady Gaga, Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin and others.
       Original "Body and Soul" is dated 1930 year. The authors of the songs are Edward Heyman, Robert Saur, Frank Ayton and Johnny Green.
      In addition to the release of the last studio recording of Amy Winehouse, September 14, also took place the establishment of charitable foundation named in honor of the singer, reports Associated Press.
      According to father of singer, Mitch Winehouse, Amy Winehouse Foundation organization will be engaged in helping to young people.
     Amy Winehouse, was found dead in his London home July 23. On Wednesday, September 14, the singer would have turned 28 years old.

Music service Google start to work on the iPhone and iPad.

12 sep 2011, 08:46



       Google has opened access to a music service "Music Beta" for owners of mobile devices running with iOS. Google announced this in its microblog.
       Unlike the devices on Android, which have a separate service Music Beta, now iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will be able to interact with the music service through a browser interface of Google Safari. Are there any plans to release a separate application for iOS? The company did not specify.
       In a browser, users can play music and view lists of tracks, albums and performers, reported TechCrunch. Playback continues even if you close Safari.
      Google introduced own music service  in May at a conference of developers I/O. Until September you could work with Music Beta only with PC and mobile devices based on Android. As the name implies, Music Beta works in beta versions, access to the service performed by invitation and only to the United States.
     Music Beta users can upload to servers of Google up to 20 thousand tracks from their personal collection. Listen to these tracks can be streamed to other computers and mobile devices. Unlike Apple, which has received  rights  from the music labels to launch services iCloud and iTunes Match, Google has not entered into agreements with the agents of music industry to launch Music Beta.

Named The Song of Summer 2011

12 sep 2011, 08:20



       Composition of U.S. pop singer Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" from the album "Teenage Dream" is recognized as The Song of Summer 2011. Track won first place in the appropriate TV channel VH1, which   monitored sales for last 14 weeks, listening and viewing music videos and album charts in Billboard, iTunes, Last.fm, YouTube and VH1.
       Second in the ranking was the British singer Adele with the song "Rolling In The Deep" from one of the most successful CD in 2011 - "21".
        American electronic duet LMFAO  closes the top chart  with the track "Party Rock Anthem" from CD "Sorry for Party Rocking". In a similar ranking Billboard the song won first place. Fully rating VH1 is available on the official site.

"Faust" directed by Alexander Sokurov won the "Golden Lion" in Venice

12 sep 2011, 07:57



       The film "Faust" by Alexander Sokurov won the main prize the "Golden Lion" at Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica), reports Reuters.
       This is last movie by Alexander  Sokurov from part of the historical tetralogy, which includes the "Moloch", "Telets" and "The Sun". The film put the first part of Goethe's tragedy,  the screenplay was written by Yuri Arabov who took part in the creation of three other films.
       "Of course I'm excited: it (the "Golden Lion") is so small. It was a long road I had to go, that it was in my hands. I have to say that I'm happy that I live in the cinema and we all love and can understand each friend" - said Sokurov, receiving the statuette of  Golden Lion. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. According to the agency, the decision to hand the top prize, "Faust," the jury decided unanimously.
      Earlier on Saturday,  film by Sokurov  was awarded of  two other awards: the Ecumenical Jury (SIGNIS) and Future Film Festival Digital Award.
      "Silver Lion" was awarded to Chinese director Cai Shangjun for the film "Ren Shan Ren Hai". The best actors have been recognized Deannie Yip Tik-Han and Michael Fassbender. The Venice Film Festival was held from August 31 to September 10.

GQ magazine has appreciated U2 as the band of the year.

8 sep 2011, 08:08



       Musicians U2 became laureates of the "Men Of The Year" from British GQ magazine in the category "Band Of The Year". Full list of winners is published on the official website GQ.
       Among the merits of U2 GQ mentioned the festival "Glastonbury" in June 2011, and the Tour 360 Degree. This tour was organized in support of the album "No Line on the Horizon". He started in Spain June 30, 2009 and ended in Canada July 30, 2011. The tour became the most lucrative in history, and income from it has exceeded 736 million U.S. dollars.
       In the "Music Man Of The Year" actor Hugh Laurie won the GQ award. He released his debut album "Let Them Talk" at the beginning of May 2011. The disc debuted on the second line of the British hit parade.
      Tinie Tempah rapper was named the best solo performer "Solo Artist Of The Year". At present, this discography of 22 year-old artist has just one studio album released in 2010 "Disc-Overy".
      Writer Of The Year was appreciated The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. His memoirs, entitled "Life", went on sale in October 2010 and became a bestseller.
       In addition, the music band Duran Duran was an honorary award for his contribution to music (Lifetime Achievement).
      The award ceremony took place on the British GQ in London on Tuesday, September 6, 2011.