Netflix will premiere original series Marvel’s Daredevil on April 10, and will bring back Marco Polo for a ten-episode second season, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos announced at yesterday’s Television Critics Association panel. Other premieres: Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (13 eps on March 6); Ever After High: Spring Unsprung (Feb. 6); Mako Mermaids (Feb. […]
Vimeo signed a multi-series deal with New Form Digital, the production venture from Discovery Communications and producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. NFD will debut original series from YouTube celebs PJ Liguori (619,000 subscribers) and Sawyer Hartman (1.7 million subs) on the video site. Called Oscar’s Hotel and Parallax, each of the ten-episode series will […]
Fandango launched a new movie discovery channel with Hulu yesterday. The streaming service’s subscribers will now have access to original Fandango series FrontRunners, Weekend Ticket, Reel Kids and Mom’s Movie Minute. “We are particularly excited about our deal with Hulu, our first subscription video-on-demand service to offer our original video content,” Fandango Vice President Business […]
Amazon Studios named the 13 pilots to hit Prime Instant Video this month. They include: hour-long dark comedies Cocked and Mad Dogs, war-drama The Man in the High Castle, half-hour docu-series The New Yorker Presents, Civil War themed Point of Honor, and two half-hour comedies Salem Rogers and Down Dog. Six new kids pilots to […]
YouTube celeb Grace Helbig (two million subscribers) will join E! in April 2015 for a new hybrid comedy/talk show. Called The Grace Helbig Project (wt), the show will feature her point-of-view on what’s trending in pop culture as well as interviews with celebrity guests. “Congratulations to E! for giving an internet-obsessed introvert a talk show,” […]
Netflix announced its Smart TV certification program, Netflix Recommended TV, to give consumers suggestions on which web-connected sets provide the best performance for its service. Initial partners include Sony Electronics, LG Electronics, Sharp Electronics, Vizo and Roku TVs. Netflix has yet to outline all requirements to be considered in the program, but two include a […]
Is Yahoo getting into the cable TV business? The Internet company considered scooping up Scripps Networks Interactive after entering into talks to acquire Food Network, a source tells Business Insider. (Scripps had no comment.) While Insider also speculates Yahoo could be eyeing CNN, no talks have been reported with the news net.
Disney will produce short-form shows about Star Wars via its multi-channel network Maker Studios to promote the next film installment of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Bloomberg reports that Maker will employ web celebs popular among viewers who may be new to the Star Wars franchise. The new SW film will hit theaters Dec. 18, […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment says it will release The Interview, but not on its own ad-supported digital platform, Crackle, as was previously reported. The film, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as journalists enlisted by the CIA to assassinate the leader of North Korea, was to be distributed in theaters beginning on Christmas Day. However, […]
As previously reported, DirecTV launched its planned Spanish-language streaming service Yaveo. The service offers subscribers access to programming from the U.S., Latin America and Spain, including movies and TV shows on demand for $7.99 a month. Yaveo will feature content from Univision, Canal 22, Canal Once, Caracol, Nick en Espanol, RCN, TMN, Tr3s and others.
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