Tag archive: Ellen DeGeneres

Robin Williams is a funny guy, and once you get him going, he won't stop. This clip is from Ellen a few weeks back. In it, Ellen DeGeneres asks Williams about the future and he immediately brings up the iPhone 4S and Siri. After a quick impression, he explains how a French Siri should talk. There are worse ways to spend a minute, check it out and then LIVE YOUR LIFE! If you haven't had enough of Robin Williams getting geeky, check… Read More

Struggling Internet portal and ad network AOL is turning to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to boost traffic and bring its original content to a wider audience: the company has just announced a deal that will see the show's Web site promoting AOL.com content “on a daily basis.” The Ellen DeGeneres Show's key demographic is women ages 25 to 54, which AOL sees as key to growing its online audience—and AOL is offering a ton of… Read More

Wonder why the Nook is completely sold out until 2010—we’ll tell you—it’s because Ellen DeGeneres rounded up a bunch of them to give away [for FREE] to her studio audience. Ellen DeGeneres announced on her show today—right after dancing with a giant elf shoe named “Big Booty”—that she will be giving her entire studio audience a B&N Nook, a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot, a Powermat wireless charger, Nokia Booklet 3G netbook, and a Palm Pixi to… Read More

In its bid to expand beyond the universe of user-generated video, Google's online video sharing service YouTube has expanded its deal with Time Warner to bring programming clips from a variety of the company's cable television networks to YouTube. Time Warner networks CNN and HBO already post shorts and clips to the site, but the expanded deal will include additional material from CNN, as well as content from Cartoon Network and… Read More

Folks were wondering what Amazon's forthcoming Internet-based video-on-demand service might mean for the deal the company had struck with TiVo and its existing Unbox service. Well, wonder no more: Amazon and TiVo have announced a new partnership called Product Purchase that will enable consumers to buy products from Amazon using their TiVo remote by way of onscreen links that will appear in selected programming. The first shows slated… Read More

AOL today previewed five new programs which will debut on the online network mainly this fall. These programs are being developed in conjunction with media entertainment companies such as Mark Burnett, DreamWorks Animation, Endemol, Madison Road Entertainment, Stone & Co and Telepictures. Here's a breakdown of the new programming as detailed by AOL in a press release: “Ye Olde Shrek the Third Royal Tournament”… Read More

Get ready women for a new XM satellite radio channel devoted specifically to you. Take Five, the satellite radio company announced today, will be beaming into satellite radios nationwide in October. Take Five will feature daily satellite radio broadcasts of the