Online comedy video hub My Damn Channel rebranded to Omnivision Entertainment on Friday, to include branded entertainment and talent initiatives under its umbrella. First step: signing up YouTube viral vid What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners star Sara Mari Forsberg (10 million views since March). Under the deal, Omnivision will manage Forsberg’s existing YT channels […]
Today, Google is introducing a campaign to promote YouTube creators with ads appearing across its properties, TV spots, print and out-of-home signs. AdAge reports the promotion is the first time YouTube has turned to the traditional TV screen, and will highlight beauty, fashion and cooking creators Michelle Phan, Bethany Mota and Rosanna Pansino. The […]
Academy Award winning directors Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) and Discovery Communications are teaming up to create a new digital studio called New Form. The studio will produce scripted and unscripted series to be distributed across Discovery and partner platforms. Kathleen Grace, former head of creative at YouTube Space LA, will join […]
Microsoft is expanding its plans for the Halo franchise beyond the expected live-action TV show being produced by Steven Spielberg for Xbox One. Now, Xbox Entertainment Studios, filmmaker Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free Productions (Battlestar Galactica) and 343 Industries are creating a different web series for Halo. The Wrap reports the companies are possibly looking […]
Amazon officially entered the over-the-top TV competition alongside Roku, Google and Apple yesterday with its own web-streaming device called the Fire TV. Priced at $99, the device will feature Amazon Instant Video and Prime Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and apps like Watch ESPN, Showtime Anytime, Pandora and Vevo. Fire TV also includes voice recognition […]
AwesomenessTV acquired YouTube multi-channel network Big Frame for $15 million yesterday. Big Frame has more than 300 talent-run channels, 39 million YT subscribers and 3.4 billion views, which will translate to 80 million subscribers and a billion views a month for both the companies.
While rumors are fluttering about DirecTV and Dish possibly joining forces, the former has gone ahead and created a whole new sport. Big Knockout Boxing, which has just been sanctioned by the state of Nevada, is a combat sport that features competitors facing off in an area called The Pit for shorter rounds than conventional […]
Vevo viewership went up exponentially last year over the year prior. According to the company’s CEO, Rio Caraeff, Vevo users watched 55 billion music videos on Vevo, a 33 percent uptick from 2012. The Miley Cyrus video for “Wrecking Ball” alone racked up 371 million views worldwide in 2013.The New York Postreports that […]
AOL is launching its first-ever long-form original series. Connected, a popular documentary-style international series is being adapted for American audiences, focusing on five New Yorkers who film their lives for six months. Family, sexual orientation, wealth and income, gender, and marital status are all themes in the show, which will be available for free and […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game on American soil this season Sunday night but a slew of the team’s fans weren’t able to watch their beloved ballplayers lose, thanks to a standoff between DirecTV and the Dodgers. The Hollywood Reporter says that Time Warner Cable is asking major cable and satellite distributors […]
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