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In a surprising final vote by the fans, Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson beat out Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton for the right to grace the Madden 13 cover later this summer. Nearly 20 million votes were cast throughout the seven week voting process that saw Johnson, a no. 6 seed (yes, they seeded the players for this) beat out 31 other players, including Netwon by a 52%-48% margin. Both players took part in a Times Square ceremony to mark the occasion, and now Johnson now gets to try to survive the infamous Madden curse. The game is scheduled for an August 28 release.

It's a great week for Blu-ray releases highlighted by several titles celebrating Universal's 100th Anniversary. Movies such as The Deer Hunter, The Nutty Professor, The Blues Brothers and Parenthood have been digitally remastered and released in 1080p high definition.

Along with that whole Qwikster thing Netflix ran past the public in September before yanking it back, the concept of renting video games by mail has also been nixed by the entertainment rental giant. CEO Reed Hastings says Netflix has no intentions of challenging GameFly in the game rental biz, knocking down the plan he announced just a few short months ago.

The 2012 American Idol season starts tonight on FOX, with the return of last year's judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Steven Tyler. The two-night/two hour premiere of Season 11 airs from Weds., Jan. 18 through Thurs., Jan 19 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

Going by unique users who connected to Xbox Live between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, Black Ops reigned supreme, followed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Modern Warfare 2, Halo: Reach and Battlefield 3. The first person shooter streak was stopped at #6 with Skyrim, followed by Gears of War 3, FIFA 12, FIFA Soccer 11, and Madden NFL 12 rounding out the top 10.

This year's Super Bowl will be available streaming over the internet, as well as two wild card games and the Pro Bowl. NBC announced the news yesterday which will give viewers access to those games on PCs via NBC.com and NFL.com.

Over the weekend Spike TV hosted its ninth annual "Video Game Awards" (VGA) ceremony, announcing the winners for 2011. The two-hour event was broadcast to over 100 countries and territories around the world.

Regardless of whether Internet service is wired, wireless, or a mobile broadband, there are numerous reasons why it might not perform as well as it should. You can use services online to perform a broadband speed test to see if your connection is as fast as it should be; if it's not, there are a number of things you can do to improve it

The satellite company also posts record number of subscribers in third quarter 2011DirecTV and AT&T have extended their partnership for three years, to provide combined television, broadband and voice services throughout 22 U.S. states.