Netflix ordered a new animated series based on comedy from Bill Burr, called F is for Family. Co-created by Burr and Vince Vaughn, the deal with Gaumont International Television and Wild West Television consists of six half-hour episodes, to debut in 2015. Burr will voice the patriarch of a 1970s family; he’ll be assisted by […]
Multi-channel network Mondo Media struck a deal with Fusion to create a new sketch comedy series – Like, Share, Die – to premiere in December. Fusion ordered 20 15-minute episodes, which will include a mix of comedic pieces, original Mondo programming (such as Dick Figures and Happy Tree Friends) as well as new content from […]
Nielsen and Adobe Systems are partnering to build a cross-platform system to measure viewership of digital videos across all Internet-connected platforms. Nielsen Digital Content Ratings will integrate Nielsen’s digital audience measurement products with Adobe Analytics and the Adobe Primetime platform for “currency grade content metrics,” said the companies. Among those participating in the digital ratings […]
Yahoo may be purchasing BrightRoll. If the deal is completed, it could be worth $500 million to $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. The tech giant’s Q3 revenue increased one percent from the same period a year ago – up $1.09 billion or 52 cents per share – breaking analyst predictions of $1.04 billion on 30 […]
Google and Lionsgate launched a new digital series based on The Hunger Games called District Voices. Each of the five episodes features segments from a different YT creator such as iJustine, Jimmy Wong or Derek Muller. Their work will be presented as programming from Capitol TV, the fictional government-run station in the Hunger Games universe. […]
The New York Television Festival is taking place this week for its tenth year, and Cynopsis spoke to Founder and Executive Director Terence Gray for a preview. The big buzzword right now is “storytelling.” How does it affect what we see on TV today, in comparison to when NYTVF was founded in 2005? Since we […]
Pop Sugar announced its first scripted series, called Seriously Distracted. Starring Amy Sedaris, the online comedy will debut on Oct. 21 with eight episodes that follow Sedaris’ character, who runs a New York publicity firm called LeGrand PR. The office is packed with employees distracted by their pop culture obsessions (think Tinder, James Franco and […]
Vice Media will roll out local-language edition of its YouTube and web news channel in seven countries in the next few months. Vice will launch in Spain, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy and Mexico with video-focused newsrooms. The millennial-focused company announced the expansion after receiving $500 million in funding from A+E Networks and venture-capital firm […]
CBS joined HBO and announced that it will begin selling web video subscriptions, called CBS All Access, for $6 a month without a pay-TV provider. The service will allow viewers to watch almost any show it airs, live or on demand and for multiple devices. Unlike HBO, all of these programs are technically available to […]
Fans of Central Perk, get excited: Netflix is bringing all ten seasons – 236 episodes – of Friends to the service on Jan. 1, 2015. This is the first time the series has been on any streaming service.
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