So hopefully you’ve been enjoying all the great Maverick’s Month programming here on DOC, but all good things must eventually come to their end and we at DOC are ready to hit you with another month crammed with as many great films as it’s eponymous city has people (give or take a few million). The city in question is New York and all September long we’ll be bringing you New York Stories. A month long salute to not only the place that gave us Punk Rock and Andy Warhol but the brave men and women who helped rebuild the city from the rubble of 9/11. I hope you’ll tune in.

?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†The Documentary Channel website is getting quite the face lift this week,?Ǭ† along with?Ǭ†some great new features.?Ǭ†

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The homepage itself has undergone some?Ǭ†obvious aesthetic changes, including a preview?Ǭ†section of this month’s?Ǭ†special programming.?Ǭ†Our Screening Room has been completely revamped and now carries over fifteen pages of promos and previews of documentaries for your viewing pleasure.?Ǭ†

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?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ† A new search engine has been installed to help you find what you’re looking for by category, title, and director. Very shortly you will be able to download our very own Doc Podcasts to your computer or iPod.?Ǭ†

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?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ†?Ǭ† So browse around for awhile.?Ǭ† Hit the Screening Room. Watch a few documentary clips.?Ǭ† Hit the forum and let us know what you think about the new site, about politics, or your new documentary project.?Ǭ† We’ll respond to pretty much any post, really, no matter what the subject.?Ǭ† Wanna talk about grandma’s cookie recipe? Okay. Your new puppy? You got it.

Well guys and gals we’re in our second week of the Documentary Channel iPod giveway…60 gigs of shiny iPod goodness loaded with today’s top documentaries. Tonight’s film to watch is “Back To Everest” showing at 10 pm & 1 am Eastern Standard Time. Simply watch for the black Acura logo to appear at the bottom of the screen and text in the contest number for your chance to win!

Go to www.documentarychannel.com/ipod for more details.

So, if you’re interested in winning that iPod(and we know you are) check out Ray Davies:The World Through My Window tonight on Doc at 10:10pm EST and 2:15am EST. Tomorow night you’ll get another chance with David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 at 9:30pm EST and again at 1:15 EST. And aside from trying to win an iPod, if your’e a Kinks or Bowie fan (and again, we know you are) you should be watching these documentaries anyway.

Here at the Documentary Channel office we have been wracking our brains to find a way to reward you, the faithful viewers. We already know how much you love documentaries and if you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re like us then you love free stuff almost as much.?Ǭ† So we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve decided to combine the two and provide you with a slew of free documentaries.?Ǭ† Now what, you might ask, could be better than that??Ǭ† How about watching these?Ǭ†free documentaries on your shiny new 60-gigabyte free video iPod??Ǭ†?Ǭ†By watching the Acura showcase programs on the Doc Channel?Ǭ†you can enter to win the?Ǭ†iPod in question preloaded with docs. Just look for the blinking black Acura logo at the bottom of the screen and text in the contest number.?Ǭ† And if you?Ǭ†take a brief survey you can quadruple your chances to win. So check out www.documentarychannel.com/ipod for more info (where we’ve conveniently included the schedule of showcase programs so you’ll know exactly when to watch?Ǭ†and text your?Ǭ†hearts out).?Ǭ†