Comedy Central is turning fans’ tweets into an improv performance in its new weekly series CC: Social Scene. Comedian Paul Scheer will host the six-episode show, which is presented by Redd’s Apple Ale. Social Scene premiered yesterday on CC.com, CC YouTube channel and across CC’s social platforms.
Despite its $126 million reported loss, Amazon still plans to spend more than $100 million on pilots for original digital series by the end of the year. Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak said the company is seeing more of its Prime members using the service for streaming content, and that’s why they will continue to heavily […]
After many months of speculation, Google finally took the plunge and bought videogame broadcast network Twitch for $1 billion, according to VentureBeat. As previously reported, YouTube recently introduced the Twitch Live Annotations button on gaming vids for users to go into a live play.
FOX Sports announced over the weekend that, for the first time, The Ultimate Fighter will premiere in Spanish and will consist of fighters spanning Latin America. The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter Latin America hits FOX Deportes on Monday, Aug. 25 at 10p. Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will serve as coaches, with 16 […]
Jerry Seinfeld announced a new series of video vignettes motivated by his Crackle series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, called Single Shots. The show will feature two-minute long vids of past Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee guests discussing one topic that includes both never-before-seen footage and previously aired content. The first “shot” premiered yesterday with […]
Amazon’s earnings call revealed the tech giant took a hit during its second quarter, with a wider-than-expected $126 million loss, despite its $19.34 billion in revenue. The company still expects to lose up to $810 million in the next quarter, in part because of its recent spending spree for the new Amazon Fire smartphone (on […]
Otter Media, the joint venture between The Chernin Group and AT&T, are close to purchasing YouTube multi-channel network Fullscreen for a whopping $200 to $300 million. Recode reports that if the deal goes through, Fullscreen’s CEO George Strompolos will continue to run the MCN. The Chernin Group and Comcast led a $30 million investment round […]
Facebook reported $2.91 billion in Q2 revenue during its earnings call yesterday, topping analysts’ $2.8 billion prediction. The results also showed a 61 percent increase in mobile advertising revenue and 62 percent in advertising revenue. The social network tops 1.32 billion monthly active users, up 14 percent from a year ago), and 1.07 billion mobile […]
Apple received a patent for its smartwatch yesterday, which will be called iTime. The watch should hit shelves in October, and will be the first new product launch under CEO Tim Cook since he took over the late Steve Jobs’ position in 2011. The watch will interact with computers, tablets and smartphones, and consumers will […]
FullScreen’s comedic YouTube duo, Fine Bros., introduced the new React channel that will run daily content from its talent from Elders React, Teens React and Kids React series. The trio of series will continue being posted to The Fine Bros’ main channel (9.3 million subs) twice a week. Their company, Fine Bros. Entertainment, is also […]
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