The Huffington Post’s online video channel, HuffPost Live, will soon debut on cable TV: not as it’s own channel, but as a programming daypart on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV. Huffington Post has been trying to get its own cable TV channel for several months, according to a NY Times report, but in the meantime it’s inked a deal to air on AXS TV on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “(It’s) a way to get on now,” explained HuffPost Live co-creator Roy Sekoff.

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When we interviewed Mark Cuban in May about HDNet and Bikini Barbershop it was right before the network transformed to AXS TV. Over the summer, the change took place and now AXS TV is all about live programming. While popular shows like Dan Rather Reports remain the network's mission is all about bringing the best and most interesting live music and more to cable. AXS is also working with Mobovivo, a second screen...

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Mark Cuban has been investing in the TV business since he began his career as a tech entrepreneur when he became a billionaire through the sale of broadcast.com to Yahoo!. Over a decade later he continues to invest in the space, most recently with Flingo one of the social TV companies we write about often.

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We uncovered Flingo back in November of last year, a company cofounded by Bit-Torrent cofounder Ashwin Navin. Back then the company was focused on building connected TV apps for a wide range of television and entertainment clients. At CES in January the company made some big social announcements around their platform with launch partner A+E Networks. This February the company raised $7 million and today they've announced...

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