The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play on Android mobile devices, offering Android users access to series and films on Apple TV+, along with – just in time for Major League Soccer’s 2025 season – MLS Season Pass. Users don’t need an existing Apple ID to subscribe to Apple TV+, but can sign up through the app and pay for the subscription through Google Play.

Comcast’s DEI efforts are being investigated by the FCC, on the grounds they might violate equal opportunity laws. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, saying the commission wants to ensure Comcast’s companies are not “promoting invidious forms of discrimination.” Responded a spokesperson for the media giant, “We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and will be cooperating with the FCC to answer their questions. For decades, our company has been built on a foundation of integrity and respect for all of our employees and customers.”

How did Kanye West’s Super Bowl ad, promoting a website that sold swastika T-shirts, get past executives at the local stations where it aired? Turns out before the game, the website featured a selection of non-branded clothing. But after the spot aired, the content on the website was swapped for the offensive T-shirt. Shopify later made West’s yeezy.com store “unavailable.” “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform,” said the ecommerce platform in a statement. “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms, so we removed them.”

Watching the clock: American TikTok users averaged 107 minutes per day on the app in January, according to Guggenheim. YouTube users were a not-terribly-close second with 87 minutes per day, while Facebook users averaged 63 minutes per day per user.
Guggenheim analyst Michael Morris noted that TikTok’s average got a lift from “superusers,” with 47% of daily users scrolling the app for at least 61 minutes per day.

Media mogul John Malone has a memoir coming out September 2. Born to be Wired: Lessons from a Lifetime Transforming Television, Wiring America for the Internet, and Growing Formula One, Discovery, Sirius XM, and the Atlanta Braves follows the now-84-year-old’s role in the launching of some of cable’s first networks, massive media mergers, and more. “Over a lifetime of business deals, the most valuable currency has been relationships,” said Malone. “This book is about the people who changed my thinking, the hard-won lessons that nearly broke me, and strategies that helped me navigate chaos and carve my own path to success.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing NBCUniversal for defamation over how he was depicted in Peacock’s “Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy.” When the doc came out on January 14, Combs was in jail over accusations of sex trafficking, kidnapping and more. The lawsuit alleges the film “maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Combs is a ‘monster’ and ‘an embodiment of Lucifer’ with ‘a lot of similarities’ to Jeffrey Epstein.”

Outdoor Sportsman Group has launched FAST channel Game & Fish. Programming is drawn from the libraries of Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, World Fishing Network, and MyOutdoorTV. Tagline: “The Sporting Lifestyle.”

“Celtics City” kicks off Monday, March 3 at 9p on HBO, with new episodes debuting weekly through April 28. The docuseries follows the NBA’s Boston Celtics from its founding as one of the league’s original teams, to its 2024 championship.

The long-awaited sixth and final season of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is set to start Tuesday, April 8. Season five launched back in September of 2022.

Harry King TV has launched Harry King Unscripted with new format “Curiosity,” starring comedian Henning Wehn and antiques expert Raj Bisram. The show is set in a shop that buys and sells outlandish collectibles and curiosities.

Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”) is directing his first documentary, ”What They Found,” for BBC Two and iPlayer. The film, slated to premiere in April, uses archival footage and first-hand testimonies to tell the story of two members of the British Army’s Film and Photographic Unit who accompanied the troops liberating Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War.

Amin Joseph (“Snowfall”) has joined the cast of “The Greatest,” a limited series following Muhammad Ali’s life and career. Michael B. Jordan is executive producing.

Secuoya Studios and BlackBox Multimedia are teaming to coproduce a series for UK and Spanish streamers and broadcasters from the studio´s Madrid facilities. Secuoya plans to produce 30% of the studio’s content catalog in languages other than Spanish.

yes Studios’ “Your Honor” is set to be adapted for Chinese audiences, the fruit of a recently signed license deal between yes Studios and Hong Kong-based Ladder Ideas Limited. This will be the 10th time the format has been adapted, following the US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, India and Russia, and will be the first-ever Israeli drama to be remade in Chinese.

Canada’s Sphere Media landed the first commission for its original kids’ factual series “Burps, Butts and Bones” (w/t). TVO Kids has ordered 26 episodes of the hybrid live-action/animation series.

Amuz Distribution has been renamed as Just For Entertainment Distribution, and integrated into the recently rebranded Just For Entertainment following the company’s June acquisition of the Just For Laughs portfolio.

Raven Goodwin, Amber Riley and K. Michelle reprise their roles for “Single Black Female 3: The Final Chapter,” premiering Saturday, March 22 at 8p on Lifetime. Joining the trio for the new original movie is Porsha Williams (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”).

“Heretic” will make its streaming debut exclusively on Max in the US on Friday, March 7, with its linear debut the following day at 8p on HBO. The film follows two young missionaries who are forced to prove their faith when they are ensnared in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

Also headed to Max is Max Original film “The Parenting,” on Thursday, March 13. The comedy centers on a young couple whose meet-the-parents trip puts them in the path of a 400-year-old poltergeist.

A comedy special featuring Andrew Schulz drops Tuesday, March 4 on Netflix. “Life” follows the comic’s journey of trying to start a family.

UTR Sports has become a USTA Connect partner, joining a network of tennis entities in the sharing and utilization of information and data for growth in all areas of the game. USTA Connect is used to integrate tennis facilities, software providers, industry associations, retailers, and manufacturers. For the first time, match results from a wide range of tournaments and leagues on the UTR Sports platform will be provided to the USTA.

Tencent has obtained the exclusive new media broadcasting rights for Wimbledon in China. Tencent will bring the 2025-2027 Championships to Chinese fans through its digital media and social platforms, including Tencent Video, Tencent Sports, WeChat, Tencent News, qq.com, and QQ.

“The Drew Barrymore Show” has increased 17% in total viewers year-over-year, to 1.34 million, making it the fastest growing show in first-run syndication, according to data from Nielsen. The talker is also up 29% among W18-49.

Endemol Shine Boomdog has named writer, director and showrunner Jaime Escallon-Buraglia as its new Head of Unscripted Development. Escallon-Buraglia most recently served as showrunner for Endemol Shine Boomdog’s “Los 50” for Telemundo.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has promoted Tony Lamerato from VP of Sports Revenue and Sponsorships, to leader of all revenue strategy and business development efforts across Scripps’ more than 60 local television stations, effective February 17.

Today’s Trivia Question
On “This Is Us” (2016-22), where did Randall’s biological parents meet? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.)