AwesomenessTV’s half-hour comedy series based on a revival of the character Richie Rich will be exclusively available on Netflix starting in early 2015. The 21-episodes series follows the wealthiest kid in the world after he hits the jackpot when he sells a new green technology. Richie Rich stars Jake Brennan (Dark Skies) and Kiff VandenHeuvel […]
BSkyB continues its streak of investing in American digital companies, plowing $7 million in the multi-channel network Whistle Sports. Since launching in January, Whistle Sports has raised $25 million: prior investors have included former head of Oxygen Media and Nickelodeon, Gerry Laybourne; Clear Channel Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman, and SeventySix Capital. The MCN boasts […]
YouTube may be headed toward a subscription-based ad-free model, according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. At the Code/Mobile conference she discussed the possibility and said, “Right now [YT] is ad-supported, which is great because it has enabled us to scale to a billion users, but there’s going to be a point where people don’t want to […]
YouTube Beauty celeb and entrepreneur Michelle Phan is expected to reel in a whopping $84 million in revenue from her Ipsy subscription service alone, according to ReCode. Founded in 2011, the service has 700,000 subscribers who dish out $10 a month for her Glam Bags – makeup samples and full-sized beauty products curated by Phan […]
Multi-channel networks still prove a hot commodity: European broadcasting company RTL Group is close to acquiring beauty and fashion MCN StyleHaul. Variety reports the deal is expected to close within the next two weeks, with an undisclosed price tag. RTL already owns a stake in the MCN, previously investing $6 million in the company. StyleHaul […]
Amazon is ramping up its OTT game, introducing a Fire TV Stick to compete with Google’s Chromecast and Roku’s streaming stick. Amazon is touting that the $39 device has 50 percent more processing power than Chromecast and six times that of the Roku stick; the device also includes a remote and a voice-enabled search function. […]
AOL debuted the first four episodes of the show Zoe Saldana Presents: My Hero. Executive produced by actress Zoe Saldana, Ellen Rakieten Entertainment and Relativity Television, the show follows celebrities as they honor the important people in their lives. Guests include Maria Menounos, Julianne Hough, Nick Cannon, Additionally, Zaldana hosted a Twitter chat on Friday […]
Citi Private Pass, Live Nation Entertainment and Yahoo announced a new behind-the-scene web series called Backstage with Citi. In the show, Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric will interview artists, with the band Lady Antebellum kicking things off. The next ep will feature O.A.R, which will premiere in early November. Citi is now the official […]
Just when you think he couldn’t top his interview with President Obama, Zach Galifianakis brought on Brad Pitt as his guest in the newest Funny or Die episode of his web talk show, Between Two Ferns. B2F nabbed an Emmy this year, but had not released a new ep since the Obama interview in March. […]
As SnapChat slowly introduces its first advertisements, the photo-disappearing app is not looking to jump into native advertising, says COO Emily White, according to The Wall Street Journal. “We are different than other traditional social networks,” White said at GroupM’s What’s Next conference. SnapChat will give its users “space” from brands, and only include ads […]
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