Netflix snagged global rights to 6 Years, a film that premiered at the SXSW Film Festival from director Hannah Fidell (A Teacher). Produced by the Duplass Brothers, it stars Taissa Farmiga (Higher Ground) and Ben Rosenfield (Boardwalk Empire) as a young couple in a rocky relationship. Netflix signed a four-film deal with Jay and Mark […]
Web streaming platform Pluto TV signed a content distribution agreement with AOL and Endemol Beyond USA. Pluto will support Endemol videos from musicians Pitbull and Courtney Love; Vine celeb Brittany Furlan, and YouTube creator JkissaMakeup. Endemol shows Fear Factor U.K., Trend Report and Wanderlust will also land on the TV platform. From AOL, Pluto will […]
Amazon and Hulu are duking it out over streaming rights to iconic 1990s TV series Seinfeld. Until now, only limited episodes of the Sony Pictures TV series have been available on Sony web video service Crackle. SPT is looking to sell the rights at a price of more than $500,000 for each of the 172 […]
Disney/ABC struck an expanded deal with Yahoo, which consists of a Yahoo-branded segment to Good Morning America and clips of ABC programs on Yahoo. Yahoo Your Way will feature Yahoo experts – such as style editor Joe Zee, beauty editor Bobbi Brown and food editor Kerry Diamond – in a daily segment on GMA; Tumblr […]
MSNBC will produce two daily videos to appear on Facebook with NowThis, a distributor of digital video under NBCUniversal. The first series, called Sound Off, will focus on breaking news in the morning; while FacePalm will appear at the end of the news cycle with the most shocking events. The vids will appear on MSNBC […]
Snapchat is looking to score partnerships with sports leagues. According to Digiday, the app is working on media-rights deals with the NCAA and Turner so it can feature live sports in the “Our Story” feature. Starting with this weekend’s NCAA Final Four tournament games, Snapchat plans to seal similar deals with other sports nets in […]
Verizon signed a multi-year deal with AwesomenessTV to add more than 200 hours of original content per year through over-the-top (OTT) video. Available only in the U.S., the AwesomenessTV channel will target teens and young millennials with new scripted and unscripted series; DreamWorksTV will include live action and animated short-form content as well as some […]
YouTube celeb Grace Helbig (two million subscribers) will make her E! debut on April 3 and every following Friday at 10:30p ET, in a half-hour hybrid comedy/talker. The Grace Helbig Show will feature her perspective on pop culture as well as interviews with celebrity guests. Helbig created the YT series It’s Grace, the web series […]
Defy Media announced the re-launch of the Smosh Game Alliance on Smosh Games, an extension of its comedy brand Smosh on YouTube (33 million combined subscribers). The fan community will engage the Smosh Games’ six million subs through a combination of member perks, a re-designed YT channel and three new shows: Smosh University (available every […]
HBO’s a la carte streaming service will exclusively premiere on Apple devices as of April 12 for $14.99 a month. Announced at an Apple event in San Francisco yesterday, HBO Now will offer more than 2,000 titles for Apple iPhone, iPad, Apple TV as well as via HBONow.com. “With HBO Now, you will have […]
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