Satirical original scripted comedy podcast series, 14 Days With Felicity, will debut on October 29. The 14-part podcast series follows Desperate Housewives alum Huffman as she serves her 14-day prison sentence for her role in the 2019 College Admissions Scandal. 14 Days With Felicity is produced by At Will Media & Animal Kingdom and presented by Forever Dog. The […]
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OnePlus and T-Mobile Introduce the New OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren
OnePlus and T-Mobile introduced the new OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren, with T-Mobile the only place in the US to get the phone. T-Mobile also announced plans to cover 200 million people with 5G on 600 MHz before the end of this year, accelerating its 5G rollout and making T-Mobile the country’s first 5G network […]
TVSquared Partners with Ampersand for Attribution Reporting
TV attribution company TVSquared has partnered with audience-based multi-screen TV advertising sales and technology company Ampersand to integrate always-on attribution reporting into Ampersand’s platform. Through Ampersand’s platform, advertisers can now track the influence of TV campaigns on lower-funnel activities, including website traffic and sales. Granular TV insights across different days, dayparts, networks and creatives are tracked in […]
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Facebook’s Cryptocurrency On Hold for US Approval
Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, won’t be available anywhere until it passes muster with US regulators, said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in testimony before the Senate Financial Services Committee hearing. “We want to be clear: Facebook will not be a part of launching the Libra payments system anywhere in the world unless all US regulators approve […]
Food Network Kitchen Goes Live
Food Network Kitchen is live in the US via a partnership with Amazon. The recently announced direct-to-consumer subscription platform is designed to help with meal prep and grocery shopping, boost culinary skills and make cooking a more joyous and convenient experience. It features 25 live and interactive classes each week, and grocery ordering and delivery […]
Amazon Rolls Out News Service; Discovery Goes AVOD Across the Pond
Amazon rolled out its anticipated ad-supported news video service. The new service will be available on Fire TV devices and Fire tablets, and be fueled by content from publishers including Bloomberg, CBS News, Cheddar, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, People, Reuters and Yahoo, among others. Discovery is introducing its ad-funded streaming service Dplay in the UK […]
Nielsen Expands Measurement to Amazon Prime
Nielsen has expanded its measurement capabilities to include Amazon Prime Video within its SVOD Content Ratings solution. “This is a significant milestone for Nielsen, especially considering the upcoming high-profile streaming service launches,” said Brian Fuhrer, SVP Product Leadership, Nielsen. “We think the addition of Amazon Prime Video will allow rights owners an added ability to understand both […]
Ronan Farrow Launching Catch and Kill Podcast
Ronan Farrow is partnering with Pineapple Street Studios for podcast The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow, set to launch next month. The podcast will expand on the reporting in Farrow’s book, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. “Catch and Kill is full of incredibly compelling men and women […]
Marvel and Sirius XM Get Ink Podcast Deal
The Marvel Universe is heating up in the podcast realm. Marvel Entertainment and SiriusXM inked a multiyear deal to create original podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora. Agreement includes multiple podcasts including original scripted series based around established Marvel characters plus unscripted original shows and themed live events slated to bow in 2020. Among characters to […]
Vice News and Spotify Partner for Podcast
Vice News and Spotify are partnering on three original podcast series. Comprising long-form narrative, talk and investigative audio across a breadth of international stories, the shows are: Uncommitted: Iowa 2020 (bows November 12), a 12-ep series that probes the idiosyncratic process and history behind the Iowa Caucuses; an untitled series about the opioid crisis (bows in […]
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