Nancy Dubuc is stepping down as president and CEO of A+E Networks, effective April 16. Abbe Raven, chairman emeritus and former CEO of A+E Networks, will return as acting chair until a replacement is named. “Anyone who knows me well knows I am an entrepreneur, creator, rebel and disruptor at heart,” said Dubuc. “After 20 […]
Anna Paquin (True Blood) will star in upcoming Pop TV limited series Flack, as a publicity maven who’s an expert at her job but a self-saboteur in her personal life. Dramedy is executive produced by Jimmy Mulville (Episodes) and Helen Williams of Hat Trick Productions, and Paquin, Cerise Hallam Larkin, Stephen Moyer and Mark Larkin […]
Technology, holidays and music are three focus points for Disney Channels this Upfront season in a bid to connect advertising dots and dollars across the kids and family portfolio and other Disney ABC properties. “For so many Disney Channel Original Movies, it’s the music that makes them sticky and relevant,” Rita Ferro, president of ad […]
Nickelodeon and IMAX Corp. launched SlimeZone, the network’s first multi-player social VR experiences. Created in the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, SlimeZone – which allows up to six players to play games, watch cartoons and slime friends – debuts at IMAX VR Centres in LA, NY and Toronto; Shanghai, Bangkok and Manchester, UK, are up soon.
Tonight will see the first stop for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship as the First Four begin play, opening the door for Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ coverage over the next three weeks. Programming will include NCAA March Madness Confidential, offering exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to seven NCAA Tournament teams: Auburn, Clemson, Loyola-Chicago, Nevada, […]
The PGA TOUR and SiriusXM reached a four-year extension to their broadcasting agreement, which will continue extensive tournament coverage on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio for subscribers nationwide through 2021.“PGA TOUR coverage is a very important part of our sports programming lineup, and we are very pleased to extend our long-term relationship with the TOUR to […]
For the first time, news anchor rivals Jose Díaz-Balart of Noticias Telemundo and Univision Noticias’ Jorge Ramos will appear together for a newscast interview. The heavyweights will discuss the present and future of the Latino community, the impact of the Trump presidency, journalism, activism, and Ramos’s new book, Stranger, tonight at 6:30p on Telemundo. “This […]
ABC postponed indefinitely an episode of black-ish over creative differences with creator Kenya Barris. “Neither ABC nor I were happy with the direction of the episode and mutually agreed not to air it,” said Barris. The episode, which was supposed to air February 27, covered political and social issues like the rights of athletes to […]
With the countdown clock officially under 100 days and promotion now turning up the volume, FOX Sports went full throttle with its World Cup campaign last week, not only unveiling its original theme song “Where Angels Fear to Tread,” but also camped at SXSW throughout the weekend, launched a “100 Most Memorable FIFA World Cup […]
Virginia, Villanova, Kansas and Xavier landed the four top seeds in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament with play locked in to begin tomorrow as the First Four tip off out of Dayton on truTV. Radford/LIU Brooklyn open play at 6:40p, followed by UCLA/St. Bonaventure at 9:10p. We’ll dive deeper in tomorrow’s edition.