The doctor is in. Dr. Dre will be at the center of Apple’s first original scripted series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The trade pub reports that the legendary rapper will EP and star in Vital Signs, a new semi-autobiographical drama series. According to the report, Apple has commissioned six thirty-minute episodes, which will […]
Will the Cardboard become a distant memory? Numerous reports have recently trickled in about Google’s growing VR ambitions. And while it’s already been reported that Google intends to build a higher end mobile-based VR viewer to compete with the Samsung Gear VR, now there’s a new report from the Wall Street Journal indicating that […]
AT&T has partnered with Fullscreen’s Strategic Content Group to launch AT&T Hello Lab, a sprawling new project. (Fullscreen, a multi-channel media company, is owned by a joint venture of AT&T and The Chernin Group.) A year-long initiative, Hello Lab will involve 10 different content creators as they develop project ideas and distribute content. (For an […]
Hulu and RocketJump are becoming fast friends. Shortly after RocketJump was featured as the subject of a Hulu docu-series, the digital studio – along with Lionsgate – will be bringing a new sci-fi anthology series to the streaming service. Titled Dimension 404 (a play on the web’s “404” page-not-found code), the series will consist of […]
Guten Tag. Amazon Studios will be testing the international waters with Wanted, its first German-language series. German star Matthias Schweighoefer will write, direct, and star. Pantaleon Entertainment (Schweighoefer’s company), Warner Bros. Entertainment, and Warner Bros. International Television Production Deutschland will produce. The series will premiere on Amazon Prime in Germany and Austria in 2017. Having […]
The Grammys are going multi-platform. GRAMMY Live, a wide-ranging initiative featuring live streams, on-demand content, and real-time community engagement, will run before and during the 58th Annual Grammy Awards on Monday, February 15. GRAMMY Live will feature video content, polls, trivia, calls to action, social curation, and group chat across desktop and mobile. This will […]
You know you’re a hot ticket when corporate behemoths start cutting major deals with you – and Snapchat is getting big-time attention from Viacom. The companies have struck a multi-year deal that will allow Viacom to sell advertising for Snapchat, and bundle that advertising into packages with television clients. Meanwhile, two major Viacom networks are […]
Wondering why the trailer for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates occupied the top spot in your Twitter timeline for an entire day? It’s because 20th Century Fox paid Twitter to make it happen. Twitter has begun rolling out First View, a new ad unit that gives marketers exclusive access to the top spot in […]
Looks like Verizon is considering a major acquisition – and they’re using the CEO of their last major acquisition to explore the opportunity. According to Bloomberg, Verizon has tasked AOL CEO Tim Armstrong with looking into a possible acquisition of Yahoo. (The latter company has been enduring some well-documented struggles lately.) The Bloomberg report […]
A big blow for Facebook in the world’s second-most populous nation. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a ruling that will effectively kill Facebook’s plans to launch its Free Basics plan in the country. Free Basics offers free access to certain websites (but not others). The regulatory agency’s new ruling, which doesn’t mention Free […]
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