Ryan Seacrest in Foretells Dominate VH1 Soul Network (Exclusive)

Ryan Seacrest gets much nearer to adding their own cable network to his media empire.our editor recommendsIce Cube, Ryan Seacrest Settling 'New Year's Eve' Plans (Exclusive)Ryan Seacrest Isn't Any. 1 on THR's Reality Energy ListJustin Bieber, Beyonce, Ryan Seacrest, Shakira Lead Social Networking Movement for AfricaRyan Seacrest Brokers Obvious Funnel, Relativity Media Partnership The multihyphenate, together with entertainment giant AEG, is within foretells potentially take overMTV Systems internet VH1 Soul, based on sources near to the situation. Talks have been in a professional stage, associates say, however the deal-being brokered by CAA-isn't done and may still break apart. Seacrest's reps rejected to comment. This news comes nearly annually following the Hollywood Reporter first reported that Seacrest was joining using the two companies to produce a network, referred to then like a music, popular culture and lifestyle-oriented funnel.It might likely pull additional programming from AEG's worldwide concert and live venue assets (such as the Staples Center, L.A. Live and London's The 02), andwould 't be seen as an direct competitor to NBCUniversal cable network E!, where Seacrest has already established a lengthy-term deal. VH1 Soul, a spinoff of MTV Systems' VH1 funnel, is a touch-viewed digital satellite and cable network targeted at fans of soul and R&B, based on the Viacom website. The choice to rebrand a previously established funnel instead of make an effort to secure distribution associations with satellite and cable companies to have an entirely new internet is really a shrewd one out of today's progressively crowded landscape. (Though if The famous host oprah Winfrey's recent viewership worries at OWN --formerly Discovery Health-- are any suggestion, the first kind is almost not a sure factor.) Within an April profile, Seacrest told THR that any network deal made wouldn't lead to "a Ryan Seacrest funnel," the way in which Winfrey's is top quality OWN. "It won't be top quality with my title or my face, which lots of people is going to be happy about," he quipped at that time. Rather, this next thing sometimes appears more like a business enterprise for any guy whose budding empire already includes his decade-lengthy hosting gig on Fox's The American Idol Show, E! News, his On Air with Ryan Seacrest radio program and creating the Maintaining using the Kardashian franchise. Captured, THR named him "the brand new king of reality TV." If your deal shuts, Seacrest would function as an important partner, offering his creating abilities, his connections to talent and potentially some on-air contributions, though sources the role is not yet been totally fleshed out. Seacrest's annual pre-tax earnings already exceed $55 million because of his many projects and alluring rolodex, departing executive types for example NBCUniversal leader Steve Burke to wax on about his talents. "It's rare to locate somebody that performs exceptionally well both before and behind your camera, but that certainly is applicable to Ryan," Burke told THR captured. Email: Lacey.Rose@thr.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Ryan Seacrest