Also back on FX: Louie. The Louis C.K. observational comedy will have a seven-episode season five, slated for a spring 2015 premiere. The series scored five Emmy nods, including best comedy. “Louie’s fourth season was once again groundbreaking. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking – always thought provoking,” said Landgraf.
Netflix kicked off the week of tech company’s earning reports by revealing that the service surpassed 50.02 million subscribers (from 48.35 subs in Q1). The U.S. alone accounted for 36.24 million customers, with international subs topping 12.8 million (an increase of 78 percent from the year prior). As analysts predicted, the company hit $1.34 billion […]
Yahoo struck a deal with The Weinstein Company to premiere the new drama One Chance on Yahoo Screen for free a week before the theatrical release. The movie is from The Devil Wears Prada director David Frankel, and follows an amateur opera singer rising to fame after being chosen by Simon Cowell for Britain’s Got […]
Fullscreen announced its first interactive social festival, called InTour, featuring the MCN’s creators such as YouTube celeb JennXPenn (1.3 million followers) and Connor Franta (2.9 million). The event will also include Vine stars like Alx James, Brent Rivera and others. Kevin Lyman and 4Fini, behind music fest the Warped Tour, are on board as producers.. […]
5 MINUTES WITH… The Cynopsis Digital’s Video Forum in San Francisco is fast approaching, and to gear up for the August 6 event, we’re getting some pre-show intel from participants. Steve Goldbloom hosts PBS Digital Studios’ mockumentary pop culture series Everything But the News, and will give the closing keynote. Join us at http://www.cynopsis.com/event/digital-video-summit/. […]
Microsoft’s bad news kept rolling in yesterday after Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella announced plans to cut 18,000 jobs in the next 12 months, with Xbox Entertainment Studios getting the boot shortly after. Head of Microsoft’s Xbox division and Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer confirmed that it will shut down the studio in the coming months, […]
True Blood actress Deborah Ann Woll’s next gig will be in Marvel’s upcoming Netflix series. As the HBO series ends this year, Woll will play the character “Karen Page” and the love interest to Daredevil’s (Charlie Cox) alter ego “Matt Murdock.” The series will hit the streaming service next year. Additionally, Netflix cast June Diane […]
Conde Nast Entertainment launched the new digital video hub The Scene yesterday. Previewed at this year’s Digital NewFronts, The Scene will premiere the second season of Glamour’s The Single Life starring YouTube’s Taryn Southern, Teen Vogue’s Strictly Ballet, Wired’s Teen Technorati and weekly videos from BuzzFeed. Procter & Gamble’s Gillette Deodorant is sponsoring the debut […]
AOL’s new behind-the-scenes digital creator series Follow Me will debut on July 29. Mashable reports the first two episodes of the ten-eps will first hit the AOL Originals home page and then its YouTube page 24 hours later. The show will feature Brittani Louise Taylor (1.1 million subs), the filmmaking team behind 5 Second Films, […]
Hearst unveiled new fitness and lifestyle channel CosmoBody for mobile and online platforms yesterday, at a price point of $9.95 per month. The Cosmo edit staff curates content for the channel, with programs like Get in the Mood with Yoga and videos offering dating, food and fashion tips. The Video Ink reports Hearst is planning […]
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