ManiaTV!
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Founded by Drew Massey in October of 2004, ManiaTV! is a streaming Internet television network found at maniatv.com.
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Broadcasting live 24/7, ManiaTV!, based in Denver, Colorado, is the world's first Internet-based television network [citation needed]. ManiaTV! streams a mix of music, short films, action sports, video games, cartoons, old television segments,and news with a twist via live hosts dubbed "CyberJockeys" (CJ's for short). Viewers are encouraged to influence what gets aired by participating in the network through real-time web-cams, chat, submitting their own shows, short films, dedications, and requests. In addition to the live video feed, ManiaTV! also offers several pages of on demand video clips and recently launched a MYTV platform that allows viewers to create and share their own Internet TV Channel.
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Easily the most high profile of all ManiaTV! programming, Tom Green Live stars comedian Tom Green in the self-proclaimed world's first live Internet call-in talk-show. The show, primarily funded by ManiaTV!, is broadcast straight from Green's own living room in Hollywood, California and features celebrity guests, viewer phone calls and live music on occasion. Shortly after the debut of Tom Green Live in June of 2006, ManiaTV!'s web-site traffic nearly tripled. [1] Green does the show without pay as a way of maintaining "creative Control."[citation needed]
Other programming includes Wake The Hell Up!, Too Short For Hollywood, Flipside, The Daily Independent, Retroactive, The Hit List, Ten80, Circular, Shiny and New, Wassup! and Freakshow.
