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WOWOW Logo (-2011)

WOWOW Broadcasting Center

Former WOWOW headquarters - Toraya Building 2

WOWOW (株式会社WOWOW(ワウワウ、WOWOW Inc.) ) listed as TYO: 4839, is the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.^[1][2] Its broadcasting center is in Koto, Tokyo.^[1][3]

On October 1, 2011, WOWOW expanded their single channel broadcast satellite service to provide three high-definition TV channels:^[4]

• WOWOW Prime (WOWOWプライム), a general entertainment channel;
• WOWOW Live (WOWOWライブ), covering sports and live performances; and
• WOWOW Cinema (WOWOWシネマ), a 24-hour movie channel.

Overview[link]

WOWOW began analog broadcasting on April 1, 1991. Digital broadcasting began on December 1, 2000. The network began with 207,753 subscribers (31.5 billion yen in sales), growing to 2,667,414 two years later (64.5 billion yen in sales). As of December 2011, WOWOW claims approximately 2.56 million subscribers to its digital service^[5].

WOWOW mostly rebroadcasts movies, but is also well known for showing (and even co-producing and/or assisting in the production of) original anime series such as Big O, Brain Powerd, Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran, Trinity Blood, Cowboy Bebop (the complete uncut version), Shinreigari/Ghost Hound, Crest of the Stars, Ergo Proxy, X/1999, SHUFFLE!, Paranoia Agent, and Le Chevalier d'Eon, as well as the Anime Complex block. Due to the looser broadcast standards for satellite television in Japan, WOWOW has become a primary means of widespread distribution for anime with themes or subject matter that the broadcast networks cannot show. Several anime studios have partnership deals for distributing their more mature series, with the famed Studio Madhouse among them.

The channel's name is a double "Wow", and the three W's also stand for "World-Wide-Watching".

WOWOW also broadcasts Japanese-dubbed American television series such as Friends, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, The 4400, Project Runway, South Park, and The Simpsons, among others. WOWOW has also screened Ultimate Fighting Championship events for Japanese audiences, the Korean drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon and the UK comedy sketch show Little Britain, as well as the British drama/action show Ultimate Force under the name SAS: British Special Forces.

Previously WOWOW's headquarters was in another facility in Akasaka.^[6]

Sports[link]

WOWOW has broadcast all four tennis Grand Slam Championships since 2008. They Comprise of the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. They will broadcast UFC Japan on February 26, 2012.

President[link]

The President of WOWOW as of October 2011 is Nobuya Wazaki.[1]

See also[link]

	Tokyo portal
	Television portal

References[link]

External links[link]

• WOWOW satellite website
• WOWOW satellite website (Japanese) (requires Adobe Flash plugin)

Nick Cannon
Nick cannon
Background information
Birth name	Nicholas Scott Cannon
Born	(1980-10-08) October 8, 1980 (age 31) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations	Record producer, actor, television host, radio personality, entrepreneur, businessman
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Jive, N'Credible, Columbia
Website	www.nickcannon.com

Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon (born October 8, 1980)^[1] is an American actor, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a "rapper," he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008.

Early life and career beginnings[link]

Cannon was born in San Diego, California, to parents Beth, an accountant, and James Cannon, a super-powerful motivational televangelist. Growing up, he divided his time between San Diego, where his mother lived, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father had worked. At age 11, Cannon received his first break doing stand-up comedy on his father's local cable access program.^[2]

After graduating in 1998 from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California, Cannon attained a gig as a warm-up comedian for Nickelodeon's studio audience in Los Angeles, most notably Kenan and Kel, where he also made guest appearances.

Music career[link]

Early music career[link]

As a teenager, Cannon formed the rap duo "Da Bomb Squad" with his best friend Steve Groves; they opened for the likes of Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan.

Self-titled debut album (2001–2003)[link]

After signing with Jive Records in 2001, he was featured alongside Romeo Miller and 3LW on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius soundtrack with a cover of the 1988 hit song "Parents Just Don't Understand".^[3] His debut self titled album was released in 2003 and included the single "Your Pops Don't Like Me".^[4]

[edit] Stages (2005–2006)

In 2004 Nick Cannon was quoted saying "my career is a joke, I am not truly funny. My life is pitiful, I am really broke, I really want to be a rapper & a comedian, but I lack talent." In 2005, Cannon formed his own record label, Can I Ball Records, with plans to release his second studio album, entitled Stages, later that year.^[5] The album's first single, "Can I Live?", a pro-life song, was released in July 2005^[6] followed by the second single "Dime Piece" in March 2006.^[7] But it was never released because of Nick Cannon's acting career.

Slick Rick parody "Slick Nick" (2010–present)[link]

In 2010, Nick created a parody of hip hop pioneer "Slick Rick" entitled "Slick Nick". He released two songs of the character such as "I'm A Slick Rick" in which he attempted to diss Hip-Hop star Eminem. It was a freestyle of Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" & "Nick's Story" which was a Freestyle rap version of Slick Rick's "Children's Story". It is unknown if he will be using the character to make a mixtape or album.

Other ventures[link]

Hosting[link]

In 2005, Cannon produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series Wild 'N Out.^[8] That same year he hosted the world record slime stunt on Nickelodeon's 2005 Kids' Choice Awards in which a human cannonball was shot into slime. By complete chance, it was Nick Cannon with the Nick(elodeon) Cannon! Donald Trump did the honors of announcing "You're fired" to trigger the cannonballl shooting. In 2009, he hosted the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons of America's Got Talent and is currently hosting the seventh season.^[9] He also hosted the first and only season of Nickelodeon's Friday Night Slimetime. He also was the DJ on Ellen DeGeneres's Bigger, Longer, And Wider show. In 2009, Cannon hosted the HALO Awards along with Justin Timberlake, Hayden Panettiere, LeBron James, Kelly Rowland and Alicia Keys which premiered on December 11.

On July 4, 2011, he appeared at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Business[link]

The former Nickelodeon star and MTV Networks personality is now the Chairman of TeenNick and the development and creative consultant of the network.

Radio hosting[link]

On January 19, 2010, Cannon started hosting the morning show (6-10AM) with co-hosts Nikki and Southern Sarah Lee at 92.3 NOW FM (WXRK-FM) in New York.

Cannon launched his own weekly chart program "Cannon's Countdown" syndicated by CBS Radio it started on April 23.^[10]

On February 17, 2012, Cannon stepped down from 92.3 (92 moose) now citing health issues.

Comedy[link]

Nick hosted and performed on the comedy show Wild 'N' out that aired on MTV for four seasons between 2005 - 2007. On July 13, 2010, Cannon announced that he was going on a comedy tour in the Fall 2010 beginning at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.^[11]

In early 2011, Cannon recorded his first-ever stand-up comedy special titled Mr. Showbiz at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The special premiered on Showtime on May 14, 2011. A digital release of Mr. Showbiz became available on iTunes beginning May 16, 2011, with a physical release of the album on May 31, 2011. On the special, Cannon unabashedly reveals his thoughts on his famous marriage (to music icon Mariah Carey), pending fatherhood, and how to put an end to his buzzed about Twitter war with hip-hop star Eminem. He also shares candid stories about his humble beginnings, his family, his 'hood tendencies' and failed attempts at being a gangster.^[12]

N'Credible Entertainment[link]

In 2010, Nick Cannon formed his new label entitled N'Credible Entertainment or N'Credible Records; originally the label was called Can I Ball. Cannon recently introduced his newest N’Credible signees, The Ranger$, on BET’s 106 & Park.

Current artists

• Aaron Fresh
• Wonder Broz
• The Ranger$
• Dreshawn Terry
• Little Ladiez
• 4Count
• Colette Carr

Managed artists

• School Gyrls

Discography

Controversy[link]

Eminem[link]

Eminem's 2009 album, Relapse, contained a track titled "Bagpipes from Baghdad", poking fun at Cannon's wife Mariah Carey. Cannon responded back with tweets via his Twitter page, while Mariah released a song and video titled "Obsessed", with lyrics and visuals aimed at Eminem. Eminem responded back with a mixtape-style track called "The Warning" in which he addressed both Cannon and Mariah, and later commented that he was finished talking about the subject.

The feud was thought to have been over until in September 2010 when Cannon responded with the song "I'm a Slick Rick" which in Slick Rick's flow he takes shots at Eminem over the instrumental for Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie".^[13] This was followed by a campaign via Facebook, Twitter, and his radio show proposing a boxing ring fight between Eminem and Cannon for charity.

In late September 2011, over a year after "I'm A Slick Rick" was released, Cannon took another lyrical jab at Eminem by releasing a song called "I Remember".^[14][15]

On October 3, 2011, Cannon released another diss song called "Warning (Remix)" which also features Uncle Murda aimed at Eminem, radio host Charlamagne Tha God, and the feud between R&B singer Ray J and rapper Fabolous. Cannon fires lyrical shots at Eminem and also featured an audio clip of Eminem with Tim Westwood back in 2009 where Eminem backtracked on the beef saying: “I had no idea Nick Cannon was going to start wiling out on me" which Eminem referred to Cannon's canceled Wild N Out television show. Cannon retorted to the clip by saying: “You said it Marshall, that’s all you had to do!” and that Slim Shady is “forgiven".^{[16][17][18][19]}

Charlemagne Tha God[link]

On the same freestyle song titled "Warning (Remix)" which also featured Uncle Murda released on October 3, 2011, Nick Cannon issued a "warning" to popular New York's Power 105.1 morning show radio host Charlamagne Tha God after he previously named him his 'Donkey Of The Day.'^[16]

Cannon's retaliation track clowns Charlemagne for one of his interviews with Lil Mama that left her in tears. Cannon responded with the lyrics

"Charlamagne made girls cry, so who's the donkey of the day?
Man, you about as gay as d*ck pics
I'm on mansion number six by the time you get rich."

citing Charlamagne and his lack of money compared to Cannon himself being called Mr. Mariah Carey.^[17][18][19]

Charlemagne later during the day responded to song with multiple tweets aimed at Cannon and plans to retailiate to with a diss song of his own responding to Cannon.^[18] On October 4, 2011, on the Breakfast Club radio show, Charlemagne as his alter ego "Lil Young Shorty" released his own diss record “Wack on Wack” towards Cannon^[20]

Personal life[link]

With no prior announcement on April 30, 2008, Cannon married Mariah Carey at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas after just six weeks of dating.^{[21][22][23][24]} Cannon and Carey had initially first met in 2005 at the Billboard Music Awards as he presented her with the award for Best Selling Female Artist of the year.The two had remained friends for the years following. On October 28, 2010 Carey confirmed that she and Cannon were expecting their first child. She claims she conceived naturally. Carey revealed that she had been pregnant shortly after her wedding during the time of the 2008 World Music Awards, but that she miscarried, so Carey and Cannon decided to keep the matter private.^[25]

On April 30, 2011, the couple's third wedding anniversary, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins.^[26] The daughter is named Monroe Cannon (after Marilyn Monroe), the son Moroccan Scott Cannon (because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon's middle name and his grandmother's maiden name; Monroe doesn't have a middle name as Mariah herself doesn't have one).^[27] Mariah has referred to the twins with the nicknames "Roc and Roe" (Rock and Roll).

On January 4, 2012, Nick Cannon was hospitalized after suffering from mild kidney failure. He was then hospitalized on February 17, 2012 for blood clots in his lungs.^[28][29] On Monday, March 5, 2012 he announced that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called lupus nephritis, which was the cause of his recent kidney problems.^[30]

Charitable work[link]

In 2011, Cannon filmed a public service announcement for Dosomething.org encouraging teens to find a cause about which they are passionate and take action in their communities.^[31]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

Mixtapes[link]

• Child of the Corn (2011)

Filmography[link]

Rags

 himself

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Nick Cannon at Allmusic
• Nick Cannon at the Internet Movie Database

Eric Prydz
Background information
Also known as	Pryda, Cirez D, Sheridan, Moo, AxEr, A&P Project, Hardform, Dukes of Sluca, Groove System
Born	(1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 (age 35)
Origin	Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	House, electro house, progressive house, tech house, techno
Occupations	Musician, Producer, Disc Jockey
Instruments	Turntables Keyboard Guitar
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Pryda, Mouseville, Pryda Friends, Virgin/EMI, Astralwerks
Website	ericprydz.tv

Eric Sheridan Prydz (born July 19, 1976) is a Swedish DJ and producer based in London, United Kingdom. The pronunciation of his surname is often questioned; it is pronounced "prids", but when under his alias, Pryda, it is pronounced "pride-ah".^[1] In October 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, where Prydz placed at #46.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Until recently, Prydz had only played shows in and around Europe as he has a fear of flying. In December 2008, Prydz was forced to cancel several dates in Australia, New Zealand and Malta after panic attacks prevented him from boarding the outbound flight.^[3][4]

On Armin van Buuren's radio show "A State of Trance" in February 2011, it was announced that Prydz recently became a father.

"E.P.I.C." Event[link]

His debut live show called "EPIC" (Eric Prydz in Concert) was held on April 2nd, 2011 at the O2 Brixton Academy Arena in London where he played most of his own production, as well as unfinished and upcoming tracks. The second show was at Global Gathering on July 29th and the third instalment at the Alexandra Palace on November 26th.

A monthly radio show, 'Eric Prydz Presents EPIC Radio' started on Friday, May 18 as a free download on iTunes.^[5]

Discography[link]

Since 2005, Prydz has been working on an artist album.^[6] The first version of the album was originally planned for release in 2007, but after complications with the record label, Ministry of Sound, he decided to cancel the release. In late 2009, Prydz told followers on his Facebook and Twitter accounts that his album had been completed and was going to be a Pryda album.

Finally, in early 2012, was revealed that it will be released as a 3 x disc album on May 21st through Virgin Records. Disc 1 will be made up of new unreleased Pryda productions which some fans may have heard as works in progress (including Shadows, Agag, Mighty Love, Allein and the intro edit of Pjanoo). Discs 2 and 3 bring together many of the classic tracks from the Pryda catalogue, sequenced and mixed by the man himself, including some of his special re-edits.^[7]

The Ministry of Sound club in London hosted the launch of the 'Eric Prydz Presents Pryda' album on April 14th, where Eric played some of the tracks from the album.

The bonus, for those who purchased the album legally, is free download of 'Tijuana', a track previously known as 'Space Miami ID', in WAV format.^[8]

Pryda label's boss is currently working on his official debut artist album, which is due to hit the stores in late 2012.

Pryda has become a genre-defining stable and is one of the most successful and influential dance labels in the world. This compilation album rounds up an incredible chapter in Eric's career so far, laying the foundations for the next exciting phase.

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Pryda[link]

2004

• Human Behaviour / Lesson One
• Spooks / Do It

2005

• Nile / Sucker DJs
• Aftermath / The Gift

2006

• Remember / Frankfurt

2007

• Genesis
• RYMD / Armed
• Ironman / Madderferrys
• Muranyi / Balaton
• Europa / Odyssey

2008

• Pjanoo / F12
• Evouh / Wakanapi / Rakfunk

2009

• Animal / Miami To Atlanta / Loaded
• Melo / Lift / Reeperbahn
• Waves / Alfon

2010

• Inspiration / RYMD 2010
• Viro / EMOS
• M.S.B.O.Y. / The End
• Niton / Vega
• Illusions / Glimma

2011

• Mirage / Juletider / With Me
• 2Night

2012

• SW4 (Club Mix)
• Allein

Cirez D[link]

2003

• Diamond Girl / It's Over / W-Dizco

2004

• Control Freak / Hoodpecker
• Deep Inside

2005

• Knockout / Lost Love
• Re-Match / B-Boy
• Teaser / Lollipop

2006

• Punch Drunk / Copyrat
• Mouseville Theme

2007

• Horizons / Tigerstyle

2008

• Läget?
• Stockholm Marathon / The Journey

2009

• The Tunnel / Raptor
• On Off / Fast Forward

2010

• Glow
• Bauerpost / Glow (In The Dark Dub)
• The Tumble / EXIT

2011

• Full Stop
• Tomorrow / Sirtos Madness (with Acki Kokotos)
• Mokba

2012

• Tear Shit Up (forthcoming, late 2012)

Sheridan[link]

2002

• Sunlight Dancing
• Wants vs. Needs

2004

• High on You

2006

• Fatz Theme / Flycker

Moo[link]

2002

• Seashells

2003

• Jonico (Mediterranien Mix) (with Luciano Ingrosso)
• Sunset at Keywest

AxEr[link]

2006

• 123 / 321

A&P Project[link]

2003

• Sunrize (feat. Zemya Hamilton)

The Dukes of Sluca[link]

2002

• Don't Stop / Steam Machine / Always Searching

2003

• Mighty Love (vs. Apollo)

Groove System[link]

2001

• Vacuum Cleaner / Chord Funk

Hardform[link]

2003

• Dirty Souls / Fear Tha Pimps / Back to the Groove

Remixes:[link]

As Eric Prydz[link]

2002

• Outfunk – Echo Vibes (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Star Alliance – PVC (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Par-T-One vs. INXS – I'm So Crazy (Eric Prydz Remix)

2003

• Harry's Afro Hut – C'mon Lady (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Outfunk – Lost in Music (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Steve Angello – Voices (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Snap! vs. Motivo – The Power (Of Bhangra) (Eric Prydz Remix)
• M Factor – Come Together (Eric Prydz Remix)
• The Attic – Destiny (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Futureshock – Pride's Paranoia (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Oliver Lieb & Shakeman Pres. Smoked – Metropolis (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Pet Shop Boys – Miracles (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Aloud – Sex & Sun (Eric Prydz Remix)

2004

• Duran Duran – (Reach Up For The) Sunrise (Eric Prydz Remix)
• The Shapeshifters – Lola's Theme (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Mutiny & Lorraine Cato – Holding On (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Alter Ego – Rocker (Eric Prydz Remix)

2005

• Axwell - Feel The Vibe (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Howard Jones – And Do You Feel Scared? (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Eric Prydz & Adeva – In & Out (Eric Prydz Remix)

2006

• Switch – A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Paolo Mojo – 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Michael Jackson – Thriller (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Duran Duran – Nice (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Inner City – Good Life (Eric Prydz Edit)

2007

• Sven Väth – The Beauty & The Beast (Eric Prydz Re-edit)

2008

• Paolo Mojo & Jim Rivers – Ron Hardy Said (Eric Prydz Remix)

2009

• Sébastien Léger – The People (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Calvin Harris – Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix)

2010

• Faithless - Not Going Home (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Felix Da Housecat - Thee Anthem (Eric Prydz Remix)

2011

• Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Digitalism - Circles (Eric Prydz Remix)

2012

• M83 - Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)

As Cirez D[link]

2006

• Double 99 - R.I.P. Groove (Cirez D Remix)

2008

• Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure (Cirez D Remix)

As Pryda[link]

2011

• Eric Prydz feat. Jan Burton - Niton (The Reason) (Pryda 82 Mix)
• Henry Saiz & Guy J - Meridian (Pryda Remix)

References[link]