For the first time in a decade, Freaks and Geeks creator Judd Apatow will return to the small screen. His new sitcom, Love, will be distributed on Netflix, with a two-season commitment for ten episodes in 2016 and 12 in 2017. “Judd Apatow has a unique comedic voice that manages to be delightful, insightful and […]
WIGS creators and filmmakers Jon Avnet, Jake Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia launched a new premium content production company called Indigenous Media. Fresh from its latest investment in Believe Entertainment Group, ITV is the newest investor in the venture along with communications group WPP and others. “Shortly after the launch of WIGS, [WPP’s GroupM Entertainment Global […]
YouTube and Maker Studios star PewDiePie joined MLG.tv to exclusively air his podcast BroKen. The Swedish web celeb, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, will debut new episodes on his own channel at mlg.tv/pewdiepie, and viewers can use @MLG and the hashtag #BroKen to interact with the stream or chat feature on the channel. MLG.tv […]
Premium video is moving more toward programmatic, according to the fifth annual 2014 U.S. State Of the Video Industry report from Adap.tv. The study found that of the 350 media and marketing professionals surveyed, more than half of publishers said their premium inventory is for sale on programmatic platforms. “Once associated as a method toward […]
Following announcements from Sony, Verizon and Dish, Direct TV CEO Mike White said the company is creating an online video service to launch by the end of this year. However, DirecTV’s service will vary from the three others in that it will specifically target Hispanics. The service is expected to offer fewer channels and niche […]
5 MINUTES WITH… Cynopsis sat down with Senior Vice President of Digital Sales Jeremy Levine of Live Nation, the digital publisher and producer. In April, Live Nation struck a major deal with Yahoo to stream a live concert every day; most recently, LN launched its own programmatic solution and bought DIY ticket seller Eventjoy. How […]
With Sony’s announcement of a deal with Viacom and its expected web TV service, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam shared more details of his company’s similar plan. McAdam hinted at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference that the streaming service would be available mid-2015, and will offer users “the Big Four for sure,” as well as digital […]
YouTube is expected to hit $1.13 billion in video advertising revenue this year, a 39 percent increase from the year prior, according eMarketer. However, YT may not improve its market share in the U.S. in the next three years, since most of its videos are too short and user-generated to monetize. Jefferies & Co. recently […]
Sony’s streaming service is one step closer to launch: Viacom signed a licensing deal with Sony to provide live and on-demand programming from 22 cable networks, including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central. Sony originally announced a cloud-based TV service a year ago, and that it would begin testing it through PlayStation consoles, Bravia smart TVs […]
British-based TV company ITV has invested in the digital company Believe Entertainment Group. As part of the deal, ITV will provide its U.S. production resources, international distribution and talent to BEG’s projects. BEG is known for its original animated Xbox series The LeBrons, the series In the Booth with DJ Tiesto, and Hulu game show […]
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