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106-560: The network was originally established in 2001 as HDNet , with investor Mark Cuban as a founding partner. HDNet was originally intended as an exclusively- high-definition network, carrying films and acquired television series, concerts, news programming, and sporting events produced in the format. HDNet's original niche became increasingly redundant as more cable networks established their own HD feeds. In 2012, HDNet sold ownership stakes to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), Creative Artists Agency , and Ryan Seacrest , with Cuban retaining

212-677: A $ 10 million valuation. Cuban proposed a $ 5 million valuation, but never heard back from Kalanick. He was also an investor in Weblogs, Inc. , which was acquired by AOL . In 2005, Cuban invested in Brondell Inc., a San Francisco startup making a high-tech toilet seat called a Swash that works like a bidet but mounts on a standard toilet. "People tend to approach technology the same way, whether it's in front of them, or behind them", Cuban joked. He also invested in Goowy Media Inc.,

318-425: A 10-episode reality series chronicling the daily lives of Eddie Money , his wife Laurie and their five kids. Production for Real Money began in fall 2017 and the series premiered Sunday, April 8, 2018. In June 2018, the series was greenlit for an expanded 12-episode second season with production set to begin in summer 2018 and a premiere in early 2019. Real Money season two premiered on Sunday, May 5, 2019. During

424-734: A 10-year license that allowed Cedar Fair to use the Paramount name in the parks through the 2017 season. On February 7, 2007, CBS sold seven smaller-market stations in Providence, Rhode Island , Austin, Texas , Salt Lake City and West Palm Beach, Florida to Cerberus Capital Management for US$ 185 million. It sold another station, WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin , and its satellite station, WJMN-TV in Escanaba , Michigan , to Liberty Media on February 13, 2007. News reports estimate

530-540: A 25% stake on The WB) and CBS Television Stations contributed its stations as new network affiliates. On May 23, 2006, CBS Corporation sold Paramount Parks to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company . With this acquisition, Cedar Fair became the third-largest theme park operator. On June 30, 2006, Cedar Fair completed its acquisition of Paramount Parks from CBS Corporation in a cash transaction valued at US$ 1.24 billion. The transaction included

636-429: A CBS-Viacom merger for at least two years after the date of the settlement with former CEO Moonves, donating $ 20 million to groups supporting the #MeToo movement as result of his resign. On May 30, 2019, CNBC reported that CBS Corporation and Viacom would explore merger discussions in mid-June 2019. The company's board of directors was revamped with people who are open to a merger and the talks were made possible with

742-447: A San Diego Internet software startup. In April 2006, Sirius Satellite Radio announced that Cuban would host his own weekly radio talk show, Mark Cuban's Radio Maverick . However, the show has not materialized. In July 2006, Cuban financed Sharesleuth.com , a website created by former St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative reporter Christopher Carey to uncover fraud and misinformation in publicly traded companies. Experimenting with

848-496: A bar, disco lessons, and a chain letter . After graduating, Cuban returned to Pittsburgh and took a job with Mellon Bank , where he immersed himself in the study of machines and networking. On July 7, 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas , Texas, where he first found a job as a bartender for a Greenville Avenue bar called Elan and then as a salesperson for Your Business Software, one of the earliest PC software retailers in Dallas. He

954-729: A behind-the-scenes look at the final performance of the longest-running touring show in America. The 90-minute documentary premieres on Memorial Day, May 27, 2019. In 2013, for the first time ever on television, AXS TV broadcast select concert footage from the Stagecoach Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival . In 2014, AXS TV presented the television debut of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , in addition to broadcasting

1060-631: A deal finalized in mid-December 2018. The deal gives the buyer the right to use the Television City name. Programs produced at Television City will continue to be based there as will CBS' international unit headquarters. On September 29, 2016, National Amusements sent a letter to the company and Viacom, encouraging the two companies to merge back into one company. On December 12, the deal was called off. On January 12, 2018, CNBC reported that Viacom had re-entered talks to merge back into CBS Corporation, after AT&T 's purchase of Time Warner

1166-551: A few years after the acquisition. Cuban has repeatedly described himself as very lucky to have sold the company before the dot-com bubble burst. However, he also emphasized that he hedged against the Yahoo! shares he received from the sale and would have lost most of his fortune if he had not done so. Cuban continues to work with Wagner in another venture, 2929 Entertainment , which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and video. On September 24, 2003,

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1272-465: A fictional dramatization based on the 2006 Mahmudiyah killings , written and directed by Brian De Palma . In September 2007, Cuban, in his capacity as owner of Magnolia Pictures, removed disturbing photographs from the concluding moments of the Redacted , citing copyrights/permissions issues. In April 2011, Cuban put Magnolia Pictures and Landmark Theatres up for sale, but said, "If we don't get

1378-490: A front row seat to some of the nation's biggest music festivals as Trunk travels across the country interviewing bands, visiting booths, sampling festival cuisine, and mingling with the attendees. Trunk previously hosted the documentary series Reel to Real on the network in 2016. TRUNKFest with Eddie Trunk premiered on July 1, 2018, with a trip to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally . TRUNKFest was renewed for

1484-465: A lawsuit against Cuban, alleging the franchise was insolvent or in imminent danger of insolvency. In June 2010, Cuban responded in a court filing maintaining Perot is wrongly seeking money to offset some $ 100 million in losses on the Victory Park real estate development. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2011, due in part to Cuban asserting proper management of the team due to its recent victory in

1590-686: A layer-2 decentralized exchange protocol, Injective Protocol and their CEO Eric Chen. Also in late 2021, Cuban purchased the entire town of Mustang, Texas , a 77-acre town in Navarro County. He told the Dallas Morning News that a buddy needed to sell it and, "I don't know what if anything I will do with it." Cuban has been a "shark" investor on the ABC reality program Shark Tank since season two in 2011. As of May 2015, he has invested in 85 deals across 111 Shark Tank episodes, for

1696-632: A majority stake in AXS TV and HDNet Movies. Mark Cuban and AEG will retain interests in the company as minority equity partners, while AEG will also continue to provide additional sales support for the network through its AEG Global Partnerships unit. Television personality Steve Harvey was also brought in as an additional financier and content partner. Anthem's founder and owner Leonard Asper stated that there were no plans to make any major changes to AXS TV's format or programming, or to add programming from other Anthem channels unless they were complementary to

1802-439: A majority stake. The network was then relaunched under its current name—taken from AEG's online ticket platform AXS.com —on July 2, 2012, pivoting to a format based on music and popular culture . In September 2019, Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority stake in AXS TV, with AEG and Cuban retaining minority stakes. As of November 2023, AXS TV is available to approximately 32,000,000 pay television households in

1908-507: A midseason episode, Money revealed his cancer diagnosis. Money died the day after the episode's airing. In August 2018, AXS TV announced a new docu-series profiling the lives and deaths of some of music's most influential artists called The Day The Rock Star Died. Set to premiere on October 2, 2018, the 15-part series examines artists including Tom Petty , Janis Joplin , Jimi Hendrix , Michael Jackson , Elvis Presley and Whitney Houston . The Top Ten Revealed spotlights best-of lists on

2014-632: A minority owner of the New York Mets after owner Fred Wilpon announced in 2011 that he was planning to sell up to a 25% stake in the team. Cuban has wanted to purchase his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates , but was rebuffed by then owner Kevin McClatchy in 2005. CBS Corporation The second incarnation of CBS Corporation (the first being a short-lived rename of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation )

2120-441: A name taken from AEG's ticket sales website AXS.com . With the purchase and rebranding, the channel gradually shifted focus to include a mix of entertainment news, lifestyle, pop culture and in-concert performance events. Alongside the rebranding, Dish Network announced that it would expand the channel's distribution to customers who do not subscribe to an HD tier through a downconverted standard definition feed. The provider moved

2226-415: A new broadcast network, The CW . The network officially debuted on September 18, 2006. The network formally debuted on September 20 with the 2-hour premiere of America's Next Top Model . The network is the result of a merger of The WB (a Warner Bros. holding) and UPN (a CBS Corporation holding). CBS Corporation and Time Warner each owned 50% of the network. Tribune Broadcasting (which previously owned

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2332-467: A new business model for making online journalism financially viable, Cuban disclosed that he would take positions in the shares of companies mentioned in Sharesleuth.com in advance of publication. Business and legal analysts questioned the appropriateness of shorting a stock before making public pronouncements which are likely to result in losses in that stock's value. Cuban insisted that the practice

2438-432: A new entity known as ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ), with Viacom CEO Bob Bakish as president and CEO of the new company and CBS CEO Ianniello as chairman and CEO of CBS and oversee CBS-branded assets. Shari Redstone will also serve as chairwoman of ViacomCBS. On October 29, 2019, National Amusements approved the re-merger deal, to be completed by early December 2019, with the recombined company trading on Nasdaq under

2544-509: A new four-part festival series 80s in the Sand premiering Sunday, April 7, 2019. Hosted by 80s TV and Radio personalities Downtown Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Richard Blade, 80s in the Sand features interviews and performances with artists including Bret Michaels , Sebastian Bach , Taylor Dayne , The English Beat , Wang Chung , ABC , When in Rome , Berlin and more. The series

2650-537: A pair of expensive sneakers. A few years later, he earned money by selling stamps and coins. At age 16, Cuban took advantage of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike by running newspapers from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. Instead of attending high school for his senior year, he enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Pittsburgh , where he joined the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity . After one year at

2756-642: A particular focus on the Rock and Pop genres. Such programming includes documentaries, interviews, panel shows and concerts. AXS has also aired combat sports -related programming, including events broadcast under the AXS TV Fights banner, as well as content from the Anthem-owned Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Invicta Fighting Championships . Original programming on HDNet included news programs such as

2862-475: A second season premiering July 7, 2019. Paul Shaffer sits down with his famous friends and colleagues across the music industry in this weekly interview series. Season one guests include Joe Walsh , Graham Nash , Sammy Hagar , Billy Gibbons , Donald Fagen , Buddy Guy , Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls ( Harry Shearer ) and Smokey Robinson . The series premieres on AXS TV Sunday, September 15 and also aired on Shaffer's SiriusXM radio show. HDNet Movies

2968-522: A strike. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and embarked on a diverse business career that included founding MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com , both of which he sold at substantial profits. Cuban's investments span various industries, from technology and media to sports and entertainment. He has been a prominent figure in the NBA, known for his active involvement with

3074-679: A television partner of the United Football League , primarily airing the league's Saturday night games. The network dropped UFL coverage prior to the 2011 season . Following its July 2012 re-launch, AXS TV continued to air several programs carried over from HDNet, including Dan Rather Reports , MMA events (under the AXS TV Fights banner), movies, and off-network series. However, the channel began to gradually shift its focus towards "music, pop culture and lifestyle-oriented" programming, such as concerts, and general entertainment. As part of its music programming lineup, AXS TV broadcasts

3180-411: A total of $ 19.9 million invested. The actual numbers may vary because the investment happens after the handshake deal on live television, after the due diligence is performed to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in the pitch room. For instance, Hy-Conn, a manufacturer of fire hose adapters, after agreeing to a deal of $ 1.25 million for 100% of the company with Cuban, did not go through with

3286-640: A variety of rock-related themes, covering topics such as best guitar intros, Vietnam anthems and '80s rock ballads. The series debuted in February 2018, with host and executive producer Katie Daryl joined by a rotating panel of experts including Lita Ford , Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler and former Pantera percussionist Vinnie Paul , among others. The series returned for season two in January 2019, and for season 3 in April 2020. The Very VERY Best of

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3392-492: A wide variety of concert events from across the country and around-the-world. This includes a Sunday night concert series featuring performances from artists such as Carrie Underwood , Led Zeppelin , Neil Young and Elton John ; themed artists takeovers, highlighting a variety of bands in day-long blocks that feature music videos, concert performances, interviews and more, with notable takeovers from Slash and Matchbox Twenty ; as well as other live and taped music events such as

3498-629: A year previous with the MTV -produced show causing controversy for game broadcaster CBS . On June 14, 2005, the Viacom board of directors approved the split of the company into two firms. The CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of the companies, to be headed by longtime television executive (and Viacom co-president) Les Moonves , and would include the namesake television network CBS , UPN , Infinity Broadcasting Corporation , Viacom Outdoor , Showtime Networks , and Paramount Television . The split

3604-548: Is Jewish , and grew up in Mount Lebanon , a suburb of Pittsburgh, in a working-class family. His paternal grandfather changed the surname from "Chabenisky" to "Cuban" after his family emigrated from Russia through Ellis Island . His maternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants, according to Mark's brother Brian, though Mark has claimed his maternal grandmother was from Lithuania . Cuban first ventured into business at age 12. He sold garbage bags to pay for

3710-668: Is an American businessman and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), co-owner of 2929 Entertainment , and was one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank . Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , Cuban was involved at a young age in ventures ranging from selling garbage bags to running newspapers during

3816-848: Is an original series featuring Sammy Hagar as he drives across the country to interview and jam with influential artists including Tommy Lee , Bob Weir , Alice Cooper , and Nancy Wilson . The series also presents Hagar's personal experiences and rules of the road, as he tours with his group The Circle. The six-episode first season premiered on AXS TV on January 24, 2016. The series premiered in March 2017 with guests including John Mayer , Melissa Etheridge , Toby Keith , John Mellencamp and Mick Fleetwood and returned for its second half in July 2017 with guests including Don Felder , Styx , Vince Neil , Chad Smith , Shep Gordon , Darryl McDaniels and Adam Levine . AXS TV announced that Rock & Roll Road Trip

3922-518: Is available nationally on Dish , DirecTV , Verizon Fios and AT&T U-verse ; regionally on cable providers such as Charter Spectrum , Service Electric , Suddenlink Communications, Time Warner Spectrum , and SureWest ; and on the streaming service Sling TV . In the Fall of 2006, HDNet became available in Canada on Rogers Cable , Bell Satellite TV and Cogeco Cable ; Shaw Cable began carrying

4028-473: Is legal in view of full disclosure. In April 2007, Cuban partnered with Mascot Books to publish his first children's book, Let's Go, Mavs! . In November 2011, he wrote a 30,000-word e-book , How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It , which he described as "a way to get motivated". In October 2008, Cuban started Bailoutsleuth.com as a grassroots, online portal for oversight over

4134-757: The Los Angeles Times in November 2011 "I don't think the Dodgers franchise is worth twice what the Rangers are worth." However, as the bidding process drew near many speculated that the sale would surpass $ 1.5 billion, with Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reporting on Twitter that at least one bid in the $ 1–1.5 billion range was placed in the initial round of the bidding process. Ultimately, the Dodgers sold for $ 2.15 billion to Guggenheim Baseball Management . Cuban also previously expressed interest in becoming

4240-539: The 2011 NBA Finals . In 2014, the 5th Circuit Court affirmed that decision on appeal. Following his initial defeat, Perot attempted to shut out Mavericks fans from use of the parking lots he controlled near the American Airlines Center . In January 2018, Cuban announced the Mavericks would be accepting Bitcoin as payment for tickets in the following season. On March 4, 2021, Cuban announced

4346-609: The Chicago Cubs and was invited to participate in a second round of bidding along with several other potential ownership groups. Cuban was not selected to participate in the final bidding process in January 2009. In August 2010, Cuban actively bid to buy the Texas Rangers with Jeffrey L. Beck. Cuban stopped bids after 1 a.m., having placed bids totaling almost $ 600 million. He had outbid a competing ownership group led by ex-pitcher and Rangers executive Nolan Ryan , but lost

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4452-585: The Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards tribute to Gregg Allman and The Doors , hosted by Sammy Hagar and the live broadcast of the 2014 Farm Aid music festival that featured performances by Willie Nelson , John Mellencamp , and Dave Matthews . In 2014, AXS TV broadcast the inaugural Alternative Press Music Awards, hosted by Mark Hoppus . The award show returned to AXS TV on July 22, 2015, hosted by Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat of All Time Low and featuring performances from Weezer , Panic! at

4558-611: The HDNet World Report and Dan Rather Reports , a weekly newsmagazine hosted by former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather ; coverage of Space Shuttle launches; and male-oriented series such as Ultimate Trailer Show. HDNet also featured uncensored and unrated shows during late-night hours, such as Art Mann Presents , Bikini Destinations and Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in America . In October 2011, HDNet picked up Goodnight Burbank ,

4664-818: The National Hockey League from 2001 to 2008 and Major League Soccer ; select motor sports events, including Champ Car live broadcasts in 2004, highlights from the NASCAR Busch East Series (later Camping World East Series , K&N Pro Series East , and ARCA Menards Series East ) and races from regional circuits; mixed martial arts , through Cuban's HDNet Fights promotion; the weekly series Inside MMA , which featured highlights and coverage from various MMA promotions; and Indiana University 's Little 500 Bicycle Race. From 2009 to 2011, HDNet also aired weekly programming from professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor , and served as

4770-550: The Paramount Pictures library. Viacom's international presence could also benefit distribution. On March 30, 2018, CBS made an all-stock offer slightly below Viacom's market value and insisting that its existing leadership, including long-time chairman and CEO Les Moonves, oversee the re-combined company. Viacom rejected the offer as being too low, requesting an increase by $ 2.8 billion, and requesting that Bob Bakish be maintained as president and COO under Moonves. It

4876-801: The Pluto TV app. The Big Interview was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered Tuesday, April 16, 2019 with former Journey frontman Steve Perry . The new season line-up also includes Paul Stanley , Cyndi Lauper , Foreigner members Mick Jones and Lou Gramm , REO Speedwagon , Billy Bob Thornton , Carl and Rob Reiner , Travis Tritt , Boz Scaggs , Paul Shaffer , Brian Johnson of AC/DC , Cheap Trick , Chicago members Robert Lamm and Lee Loughnane , Bret Michaels , Alice Cooper , Little Big Town , Bob Costas , David Byrne , America , Bryan Cranston , Jon Anderson of Yes and Doug Gray of The Marshall Tucker Band . Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar Presented by Mercury Insurance

4982-507: The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett . In February 2002, the network originated eight daily hours of high definition content from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City ; this feed was picked up by NBC and aired in 24-hour rotation on the digital signals of NBC's stations. Later on that year, it signed a deal with Paramount Domestic Television to provide high-definition versions of

5088-544: The dot com boom , Broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo! for $ 5.7 billion in Yahoo! stock. The Guinness Book of Records credits Cuban with the "largest single e-commerce transaction" after purchasing a Gulfstream V jet for $ 40 million over the internet in October 1999. Yahoo!'s costly purchase of Broadcast.com is now regarded as one of the worst internet acquisitions of all time. Broadcast.com and Yahoo!'s other broadcasting services were discontinued within

5194-486: The social software and distributed networking industries. He was an owner of IceRocket , a search engine that scours the blogosphere for content. In 2005, Cuban invested $ 1.7 million in file-sharing company RedSwoosh , co-founded by Travis Kalanick , providing much-needed capital to the company after the early 2000s recession . Red Swoosh was acquired by Akamai for $ 19 million in 2007. Kalanick later approached Cuban in 2009 to invest in his next venture Uber at

5300-577: The 20-episode season include Robby Krieger and John Densmore of the Doors , Shania Twain , Eddie Money , Styx , John Mellencamp , The Oak Ridge Boys and Billy Ray Cyrus . The series celebrated its 100th episode on October 2 when it returned for the second half of season six with special guest The Beatles' Ringo Starr , with older episodes now also broadcast in the UK via the BIOgraphy channel found on

5406-490: The 2005 split, but the prior CBS did not own UPN , Showtime , Paramount Television , Paramount Parks , or Simon & Schuster . In March 2005, Viacom contemplated splitting the company into two publicly traded companies, amid issues of the stock price stagnating and clashing corporate cultures between the cable and broadcast divisions, which came to a head with the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy

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5512-599: The 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival and the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, for the second consecutive year. The network's 2015 festival slate included the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (April 17-April 19) for the second consecutive year; the Stagecoach Country Music Festival (April 24-April 26); and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (May 1-May 3) for the third consecutive year. Additionally,

5618-639: The 70s puts the spotlight on the enduring films, series, and pop culture moments that defined the 1970s. The series is executive produced by Katie Daryl who guides a rotating panel of celebrity guests each week including Fred Willard , Morgan Fairchild , Barry Williams , Jimmie Walker , Michael Winslow , Sebastian Bach , Mark Steines , Jaleel White , George Wallace , Anson Williams , Dee Wallace , Todd Bridges , Mindy Cohn , Bob Eubanks , Elisabeth Röhm , David Chokachi and Catherine Bach . The series premiered its first season on Thursday, May 16. Since 2014, AXS TV has broadcast The X Factor UK , with

5724-399: The AXS TV's existing format. Shortly after the purchase, it was announced that Impact! —the weekly flagship program of Anthem-owned Total Nonstop Action Wrestling —would move from minority-owned sister network Pursuit Channel to AXS TV. The sale resulted in the layoff of 40 employees, consisting mainly of redundancies with Anthem staff. AXS TV primarily airs music-oriented series, with

5830-606: The Disco , and Simple Plan among others. Concert specials in 2017 included Queen , Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard , Def Leppard , Jennifer Nettles , Mavis Staples , Robert Plant , Kenny Loggins , and Ringo Starr . AXS TV celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love with a month-long event in August 2017 with concerts honoring the music of The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia and documentaries profiling artists of

5936-492: The Mavericks (with which he won the 2011 NBA Championship as owner), and disputes with the league's management. In his side ventures, Cuban has been involved in philanthropy, political commentary, and reality television. Cuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on July 31, 1958. His father, Norton Cuban, was an automobile upholsterer . Cuban described his mother, Shirley (née Feldman ), as someone with "a different job or different career goal every other week." Cuban

6042-543: The Mavericks would begin accepting Dogecoin as payment for both merchandise as well as tickets to games. In early 2021, he decided to stop playing the National Anthem at Dallas Mavericks games in order to "respect those whose believed the anthem did not represent them." He also supported the movement as far back as late 2020. The NBA responded by requiring every team to play it, citing it as their "long-standing policy". Cuban did not complain, and ended up playing

6148-555: The Paramount library. The channel gradually expanded its carriage to the satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network , as well as the cable providers Charter Communications , Insight Communications , Mediacom , Suddenlink Communications , Verizon FiOS , and AT&T U-verse . On September 4, 2008, Cuban announced that the network had reached an agreement with Comcast to carry both HDNet and HDNet Movies in various markets. The provider began to carry HDNet in many major markets on September 30, 2010. In November 2009, DirecTV became

6254-450: The U.S. government's $ 700 billion "bailout" of financial institutions. It no longer exists as a website. In September 2010, Cuban provided an undisclosed amount of venture capital to store-front analytics company Motionloft. According to the company's CEO Jon Mills, he cold-emailed Cuban on a whim with the business proposition and claimed Cuban quickly responded that he would like to hear more. Mills credited that sentence for launching

6360-598: The United States. The network originally launched as HDNet on September 6, 2001, designed as a high definition -exclusive service under the ownership of HDNet, LLC, which then was co-owned by Mark Cuban , owner of the Dallas Mavericks , and Philip Garvin, owner of Colorado Studios and Mobile TV Group. Originally, the network aired a variety of programming, much of it male-oriented, prominently featuring series, sports events, and concert performances. In December 2001 and January 2002, HDNet aired exclusive HD coverage of

6466-568: The University of Pittsburgh, Cuban transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana , where he graduated from the Kelley School of Business in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in management . He chose Indiana's Kelley School of Business without even visiting the campus because it "had the least expensive tuition of all the business schools on the top 10 list". He had various business ventures during college, including

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6572-577: The Viacom channels to be an "albatross," and while he favored more content for CBS All Access (now Paramount+), he believed that there were better deals for CBS than the Viacom deal, such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate or Sony Pictures . Moonves also considered Bakish a threat as he never wanted an ally of Shari Redstone as a board member of the combined company. Following Moonves' resignation due to sexual harassment allegations, National Amusements agreed in September 2018 to defer any proposal of

6678-522: The acquisition of goods and services. The community for doge is the strongest when it comes to using it as a medium of exchange." After Voyager Digital , a cryptocurrency lender, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2022, Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks were named in a class-action lawsuit that alleged that Voyager Digital was a Ponzi scheme the following month due to Cuban's promotion of Voyager and Voyager's sponsorship with

6784-532: The aim of lowering generic drug prices for end consumers in the U.S. On January 4, 2000, Cuban purchased a majority stake in the NBA 's Dallas Mavericks for $ 285 million from H. Ross Perot Jr. In the 20 years before Cuban bought the team, the Mavericks won only 40% of their games and had a playoff record of 21–32. In the 10 years following, the team won 69% of their regular season games and reached

6890-589: The anthem. On November 28, 2023, The Dallas Morning News reported that Cuban was in the process of selling his share in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson . On December 27, 2023, the NBA approved the sale of a controlling interest of 73% in the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson and Dumont families. Cuban has repeatedly expressed interest in owning a Major League Baseball franchise and has unsuccessfully attempted to purchase at least three franchises. In 2008, he submitted an initial bid of $ 1.3 billion to buy

6996-412: The category came into existence it won the award for outstanding reality program for two consecutive seasons (2012 to 2013), all of these awards came after he joined. As of 2023, Cuban is the richest of all Sharks to appear on the show. He announced in November 2023 that the show's 16th season will be his last. Cuban owns film distributor Magnolia Pictures . Through Magnolia, he financed Redacted ,

7102-549: The channel could air complementary programming for CBS-aired entertainment events such as the Grammy Awards ). In addition to carriage on cable, satellite and telecommunication providers, AXS TV has been added to streaming media providers including Sling TV in October 2016, DirecTV Now when it debuted in November 2016, and Philo when it was launched in November 2017. On September 9, 2019, Canadian company Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that it had acquired

7208-454: The company's largest clients was Perot Systems . The company grew to more than $ 30 million in revenue, and in 1990, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe —then a subsidiary of H&R Block —for $ 6 million (over $ 14.7 million today). He made approximately $ 2 million after taxes on the deal. In 1995, Cuban and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner joined Audionet (founded in 1989 by Chris Jaeb, who retained 10% of

7314-475: The company), combining their mutual interest in Indiana Hoosier college basketball and webcasting . With a single server and an ISDN line, Audionet became Broadcast.com in 1998. By 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees and $ 13.5 million in revenue for the second quarter. In 1999, Broadcast.com helped launch the first live-streamed Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . That year, during

7420-449: The company. In November 2013, several investors questioned Cuban about Mills' representation of a pending acquisition of Motionloft. Cuban denied an acquisition was in place. Mills was terminated as CEO of Motionloft by stockholders on December 1, 2013, and in February 2014 was arrested by the FBI and charged with wire fraud; it was alleged that Mills misrepresented to investors that Motionloft

7526-527: The deal at about US$ 234 million. CBS is swapping the stations and US$ 170 million in cash for 7.59 million shares of CBS common stock held by Liberty Media. On February 26, 2007, CBS began investing in Electric Sheep, which is a virtual world content developer. CBS hired Electric Sheep to develop some projects, including the creation of "The L-Word in Second Life". CBS also shot a commercial within

7632-567: The deal before the Rangers played the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 World Series . In January 2012, Cuban placed an initial bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers , but was eliminated before the second round of bidding. Cuban felt that the value of the Dodgers' TV rights deal drove the price of the franchise too high. He had previously said that he would not be interested in buying the franchise at $ 1 billion, telling

7738-624: The deal due to close in the third quarter of 2008. On July 2 CBS acquired CNET and put it under CBS Interactive . On February 14, 2013, CBS acquired a minority stake in AXS TV in exchange for programming and marketing. On March 26, CBS and Lionsgate entered a 50/50 joint venture to operate the TV Guide Network (TVGN) and TVGuide.com. On May 31, CBS bought the remaining half of TV Guide Digital from Lionsgate . The latter still retained its share of TVGN (later rebranded as Pop) until it

7844-400: The deal. Cuban's top three deals, all with at least $ 1 million invested, are Ten Thirty One Productions , Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race, and BeatBox Beverages . Since Cuban joined the show in 2011, the ratings for Shark Tank have increased , and also during his tenure, the show has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Structured Reality Program (from 2014 to 2017). Before

7950-465: The episodes airing 24 hours after their respective UK broadcasts. The series premiered on Sunday, August 31, 2014, marking the first time that the British series had aired in the U.S. The 11th season notably featured the return of Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini to the judging panel, joining music manager Louis Walsh and pop singer Mel B , making her debut as a full-time judge. Ben Haenow

8056-491: The firm purchased Landmark Theatres , a chain of 58 arthouse movie theaters. The company is also responsible for the updated version of the TV show Star Search , which was broadcast on CBS . 2929 Entertainment released Bubble , a movie directed by Steven Soderbergh , in 2006. Cuban was featured on the cover of Best magazine's November 2003 premiere issue, announcing the arrival of high-definition television . Cuban also

8162-473: The first provider to offer video-on-demand services of HDNet and HDNet Movies. On January 18, 2012, HDNet, LLC entered into a joint venture with entertainment company/promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group , media personality Ryan Seacrest , and talent agency Creative Artists Agency , in which AEG, CAA, and Ryan Seacrest Media would each purchase a share of the network, with Cuban retaining primary ownership. The network rebranded on July 2, 2012, as AXS TV ,

8268-587: The network broadcast footage from the 2015 Rock on the Range (May 15-May 17) and the 2015 Firefly Music Festival (June 19-June 21), for the first time ever. AXS TV's 2016 festival tour included Zac Brown Band's Southern Ground Music & Food Festival (April 16–17), both weekends of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 23–24, April 29-May 1), Monster Energy Carolina Rebellion (May 6–8) and Hangout Festival May 20–22. AXS TV announced

8374-531: The network in April 2007. The network would dropped by Bell and Rogers upon its relaunch as AXS TV. After Anthem purchased AXS TV, the channel became a sister to its domestic channels Fight Network , GameTV , and Game+ . AXS TV has since syndicated some of its original programming to these sister networks. In December of that year, AXS reached a new carriage deal with Bell TV, including its Bell Fibe TV services and over-the-top services Alt TV and Virgin TV. Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958)

8480-446: The network to channel 131 in the spring of 2012, increasing its carriage to at least 14 million Dish Network subscribers upon its relaunch as AXS TV. Through its relationship with AEG, AXS TV also planned to offer special promotions on concerts to Dish Network users who have subscribed to the channel. On February 14, 2013, CBS Corporation took a minority stake in the channel, in exchange for providing content and marketing (suggesting that

8586-461: The network's first scripted half-hour comedy. Originally created for the web, the show starred Hayden Black , Laura Silverman and Dominic Monaghan . HDNet's programming also included off-network reruns of series such as Smallville , Andy Richter Controls the Universe , JAG , Star Trek: Enterprise and Arrested Development . HDNet also aired sporting events, including coverage of

8692-574: The over-the-air television ( CBS and The CW ) broadcasting, television production and distribution , publishing , pay-cable , and recording assets that were previously owned by the first Viacom. It was the world's eighth largest entertainment company in terms of revenue and headquartered at the CBS Building in Midtown Manhattan , New York City . CBS Corporation announced on August 13, 2019, that it would merge with Viacom for

8798-622: The playoffs in each of those seasons except for one. The Mavericks' playoff record with Cuban is 49–57, including their first trip to the NBA Finals in 2006, where they lost to the Miami Heat . NBA team owners historically play more passive roles and watch basketball games from skyboxes; Cuban, however, sits alongside fans while donning team jerseys. Cuban travels in his private airplane—a Gulfstream V —to attend road games. In May 2010, H. Ross Perot Jr. , who retained 5% ownership, filed

8904-624: The premiere of America Salutes You: Guitar Legends II on Sunday, March 31, starring Sammy Hagar, Billy Gibbons , Dave Navarro , Robby Krieger , Stephen Stills , Joe Bonamassa , Orianthi and more. This year marks the second year in a row AXS TV has served as production partner and cable provided for the acclaimed concert. The “Guitar Legends II” concert seeks to raise funds and awareness for charity organizations supporting brain and mental wellness of American veterans and first responders. AXS TV teamed up with Feld Entertainment to produce Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey : The Final Farewell ,

9010-486: The previous year returning. The X Factor UK returned for its fifth season on the network ( 15th overall ) in September 2018 with Simon Cowell joined by new judges One Direction 's Louis Tomlinson , singer-songwriter Robbie Williams and his wife actress and TV presenter Ayda Williams . In October 2017, AXS TV greenlit a new series starring music historian and TV and Radio host Eddie Trunk called TRUNKFest with Eddie Trunk premiering in 2018. The program gives viewers

9116-417: The price and premium we want, we are happy to continue to make money from the properties." Cuban has invested in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin , as well as accepting the particular cryptocurrency as a method of payment for Dallas Mavericks merchandise and tickets since at least early 2021. After being asked by CNBC for his thoughts on the payment method, Cuban responded, "It’s a medium that can be used for

9222-441: The resignation of Moonves, who opposed all attempts for a Viacom merger. The talks had started following rumors of CBS acquiring Starz from Lionsgate. Reports said that CBS and Viacom reportedly set August 8 as an informal deadline for reaching an agreement to recombine the two media companies. As part of the re-merger deal, CBS acquired Viacom for up to $ 15.4 billion. On August 13, 2019, CBS and Viacom agreed to merge into

9328-489: The second time to form ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global ). The merger was completed on December 4. The first incarnation of Viacom was created in 1952 as the television syndication division of CBS and was spun off in 1971. However, in 1999, Viacom acquired its former parent, by this time also named CBS Corporation, formerly Westinghouse Electric . The prior CBS Corporation also owned CMT and The Nashville Network (TNN), which remained Viacom properties after

9434-504: The second-largest owner of radio stations in the United States. In the same year, CBS purchased Australian broadcaster Network 10 . The network was previously in voluntary administration . As of November 2018, CBS Corporation ranked 197th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. CBS Corp. sold Television City to Los Angeles real estate investment company Hackman Capital Partners for $ 750 million in

9540-602: The series was canceled before the full season aired due to poor ratings. In 2018, Cuban was no. 190 on Forbes ' list of "World's Richest People", with a net worth of $ 3.9 billion. Cuban financially supported Grokster in the Supreme Court case MGM v. Grokster . He is also a partner in Synergy Sports Technology , a web-based basketball scouting and video delivery tool used by many NBA teams. Cuban has also assisted ventures in

9646-630: The split, but instead, it dropped approximately 20 percent, while CBS Corporation rose 9 percent, that same year, Paramount Parks became a wholly-owned theme park unit of CBS Corporation. In January 2006, CBS and DIC Entertainment signed a multi-year deal in which DIC bought the Saturday morning airtime as "CBS's Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party". In June 2006, DiC added a production partner AOL's KOL. Thus, this block would be called " KOL's Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party on CBS ". On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. created

9752-578: The team. In February 2022, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using social media . In September 2023, Cuban's MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet was drained by scammers. As a result he had lost about $ 870,000 worth of tokens. In January 2022, Cuban launched the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company , with

9858-411: The time period such as Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin and The Doors . The network also premiered a new documentary about the social phenomenon, eponymously titled Summer of Love , on August 12, 2017. Concert specials premiered in 2018 included: Sammy Hagar , Poison , Santana , Farm Aid , Charlie Daniels , Trace Adkins ' Guitar Legends for Heroes, The 2018 BRIT Awards and more. AXS TV announced

9964-683: The virtual world Second Life to promote its show Two and a Half Men . Another project that Electric Sheep was working on for CBS was a Star Trek -themed area in Second Life. By investing in Electric Sheep, CBS hoped to expand its activity "beyond the living room". On March 20, CBS/CSTV had acquired MaxPreps , an online high school sports network. On April 12, CBS Corporation created the CBS Interactive Audience Network. On May 30, 2007, CBS Interactive bought Last.fm for £140 million. On May 15, 2008, CBS Interactive agreed to buy CNET Networks for $ 1.8 billion, with

10070-520: Was acquired by CBS on March 12, 2019. On July 16, CBS agreed to sell CBS Outdoor International to Platinum Equity for about $ 225 million. The CBS Outdoor division began trading as a separate company on the NYSE under "CBSO" on March 28, 2014. CBS Outdoor would be fully divested from CBS by July into an independent real estate investment trust, renamed as Outfront Media . On November 17, 2017, CBS Corporation sold CBS Radio to Entercom , making that company

10176-466: Was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting , publishing , and television production . It was formed on December 31, 2005, as the legal successor of the original Viacom , following the spin-off of the second incarnation of Viacom ; both CBS Corporation and the second Viacom were controlled by National Amusements , a theater company owned by billionaire Sumner Redstone . CBS Corporation comprised

10282-487: Was co-founder (with Philip Garvin) of AXS TV (formerly HDNet), the first high-definition satellite television network. In February 2004, Cuban announced that he would be working with ABC television to produce a reality television series, The Benefactor . The premise of the six-episode series involved 16 contestants trying to win $ 1 million by participating in various contests, with their performances being judged by Cuban. It premiered on September 13, 2004, but

10388-841: Was filmed at the 80s in the Sand music festival at the Breathless Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Since 2013, Dan Rather has hosted the hour-long original series titled The Big Interview featuring in-depth interviews with a variety of celebrity guests as they join Rather for candid discussions about their lives and careers. Notable guests include Gene Simmons , Weird Al Yankovic , Don Rickles , Wynonna Judd , Jack White , Carlos Santana , Carol Burnett , Alan Alda , and Geddy Lee among others. The Big Interview ' s sixth season premiered on March 13, 2018, with guest Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin . Other interviewees for

10494-416: Was fired less than a year later, after meeting with a client to procure new business instead of opening the store. Cuban co-founded MicroSolutions with support from his previous customers at Your Business Software. Initially, MicroSolutions operated as a systems integrator and software reseller. The company was an early proponent of technologies such as Carbon Copy , Lotus Notes , and CompuServe . One of

10600-549: Was going to be acquired by Cisco . Cuban has gone on record to state that the technology, which at least in part is meant to serve the commercial real estate industry, is "game changing" for tenants. In 2019, Cuban, Ashton Kutcher , Steve Watts and Watts' wife Angela, acquired a 50% stake in Veldskoen Shoes United States business. In 2021, Cuban, Pantera Capital , BlockTower, Hashed, Cadenza Ventures (backed by 100x Group), CMS and QCP Capital backed

10706-589: Was launched in January 2003 as a spin-off of HDNet (now AXS TV). The network features theatrically released films and documentaries , which are presented in high definition and without commercial interruption or editing for content. Programming showcases a wide variety of films including Academy Award winners , action films , scifi films , and westerns . It regularly features special, hosted movie events such as And The Oscar Goes To... Presented by Richard Roeper , Totally 80s Month with Judge Reinhold and Rob Zombie 's 13 Nights of Halloween . HDNet Movies

10812-541: Was planned and Disney 's plan to acquire bulk of 21st Century Fox assets and the heavy competition from companies such as Netflix and Amazon . Shortly afterward, it was reported that the combined company could be a suitor for acquiring the film studio Lionsgate (which handled US distribution and global sales for CBS Films ). A re-merger could benefit CBS's streaming service CBS All Access , as it could potentially have access to content from core Viacom brands such as Comedy Central , MTV , and Nickelodeon , as well as

10918-502: Was renewed for a third season in 2017 and premiered in April 2018 with guests including Dave Grohl , Roger Daltrey , Sarah McLachlan , Bob Weir , Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo . AXS TV announced season four will premiere Sunday, May 5. Guests for the new season include Willie Nelson , Rick Springfield , Guy Fieri , Cheech & Chong , Charlie Daniels , Jimmie Johnson , Robby Krieger , Joe Bonamassa , Jason Bonham and more. AXS TV announced in September 2017 it had greenlit to

11024-505: Was reported these conflicts had resulted from Shari Redstone seeking more control over CBS and its leadership. Eventually, on May 14, 2018, CBS Corporation sued National Amusements and accused Shari Redstone of abusing her voting power and forcing a merger that was not supported by it or Viacom . CBS also accused Redstone of discouraging Verizon Communications from acquiring it, which could have been beneficial to its shareholders. On May 23, 2018, Les Moonves stated that he considered

11130-541: Was structured such that the second Viacom was spun off from the first Viacom, which was renamed CBS Corporation. In a sense, this was a repeat of the 1971 spin-off. However, in this case, CBS retained virtually all of the prior firm's broadcast television assets, including its various syndication companies. With the split, the two companies began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 3, 2006. Investors anticipated Viacom benefiting from

11236-492: Was the winner of this season. The series has continued to air annually on AXS TV, most recently with its third season on the network, the show's 13th season overall, which premiered on August 28, 2016, with Cowell and Walsh, along with the return of judges Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Sherzinger , and presenter Dermot O'Leary , to X Factor UK . The X Factor UK returned for its fourth season on AXS TV, and 14th season overall, on September 3 and 4, 2017 with all four judges from

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