OpenSlateEngagement Data for Comedy channels, based on the engagement metric for the week ending 5/25. Channel/(Engagement)/Monthly Views/Total Subs/SlateScore ElrubiusOMG(9.8) / 60,141,030 / 7,102,034 /847 DrossRotzank(9.6) / 42,738,600 / 3,023,366 /803 JimmyKimmelLive(9.5) / 56,782,200 / 4,196,055 /825 Latenight(9.5) / 146,649,930 / 3,468,464 /810 MrTechnicalDifficult(9.4) / 0 / 2,024,126 /584 RhettandLink2(9.3) / 37,182,180 / 2,121,792 /774 IISuperWomanII(9.3) […]
Netflix may adapt the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer into a 10-ep series. Variety reports that the movie’s original creators, David Wain and Michael Showalter, would executive produce and also bring back some of its original stars such as Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd.
Fullscreen is developing its own version of Hulu and Netflix, according to TubeFilter. The new subscription-based video service would enlist both YouTube and other creators as well as content within and out of the Fullscreen network. There is no word yet on when the service will go live, but the company’s Head of Content Ashley […]
Netflix may be bidding big on its next original series. The streaming service is close to signing a deal to acquire The Crown from Sony Pictures Television, which TechCrunch reports will likely well exceed House of Cards’ $100 million price tag. The historical drama, following Queen Elizabeth II over the course of her reign, is […]
Hulu Plus nabbed exclusive rights to digital studio Vuguru films Play Nice, Crawlspace and The Fuzz. Play Nice, starring 24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub, follows a couple trying to get their son into preschool; Crawlspace centers on a baker moving into his family’s house after his is foreclosed, and The Fuzz depicts a cop partnership between […]
Yesterday, Facebook became a major competitor for music discovery app, Shazam. Facebook’s app can now recognize music and TV shows playing near a user, and will automatically provide what tune may be in the background when a user creates a post. “We want to help people tell better stories,” Facebook’s Product Manager Arteh Selekman told […]
Netflix will soon be available in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg. The streaming service did not say when in 2014 it will launch, but the new additions put it in a total of 50 markets. The streaming service announced foreign revenue in 2013 of $712 million, and $2.8 billion in the U.S.
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Travel Channel and digital network ulive will guarantee a New York Television Festival independent artist a digital series with a $30,000 budget. Other previously-announced 2014 development partners like A+E, Fremantlemedia North America and SundanceTV, will award $25,000 to a participant in the NYTVF 2014 class of Official Artists, but only for a […]
Although the 2015 Oscars are still nine months away, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences premiered a new filmmaking web series, Academy Originals. Screenwriter Tina Gordon Chism talks about her job in the Creative Spark ep, and in Not Much to See, a documentary examines how the blind enjoy movies. A new episode, which […]
YouTube is close to reeling in video gaming streaming service Twitch in a $1 billion deal. Twitch, which claims more than a million users and 45 million site visitors/month, allows gamers to stream live action from consoles like Play Station 4 and Xbox One. However, Google wasn’t the only one to approach the web service: […]
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