Spike TV Signs New Multi-Year Production and Talent Deal With Geoff Keighley
Keighley To Develop, Executive Produce And Host Video Game Specials For The Network
First Special "Gillette(R)-EA SPORTS(TM) Champions Of Gaming" Featuring Derek Jeter And Reggie Bush To Premiere On February 18
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The multi-faceted deal encompasses on-camera hosting, producing and Keighley's role as Spike's executive in charge of publisher relations. As part of the deal, Keighley will continue to host and executive produce "GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley," which grew its average audience 33% in 2008, moderate the roundtable talkshow "The Bonus Round" on GameTrailers.com, and act as a producer on the annual Spike "Video Game Awards."
"Geoff is the best host in the game industry and a big reason why Spike is
the number one network for video game programming," said
Spike TV's first video game special shows the world what happens when
video game jocks meet their real life contemporaries. Hosted by Keighley,
"Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Finals" is the culmination of an
online tournament between 350,000 gamers all over the world playing on Xbox
LIVE for the right to match-up with their sports heroes. After months of
battling it out online, one gamer for each of five EA SPORTS games is flown to
the
"The 'Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions Of Gaming Finals' is another example of why Spike is the go-to network for video game programming," said Keighley. "This year we are looking forward to supplementing GameTrailers TV with video game specials and live coverage that celebrates the biggest gaming events of the year."
Spike TV is available in 97.7 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. A unit of
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