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There’s more Larry David on the horizon. HBO renewed Curb Your Enthusiasm for a tenth season on the heels of its ninth season finale. Production is set to begin next spring.
There’s more Larry David on the horizon. HBO renewed Curb Your Enthusiasm for a tenth season on the heels of its ninth season finale. Production is set to begin next spring.
It’s official: Disney has finalized an agreement to buy most of 21st Century Fox. The all-stock deal will clock in at $52.4 billion. A slew of new properties are included in the acquisition, including 21st Century Fox’s film titles and studio, and media brands such as National Geographic and FX Networks. The deal grants Disney […]
The FCC voted to repeal its 2015 net neutrality rules, which had mandated that telcos treat all of their web traffic equally. As expected, the repeal passed on a party line vote, with the agency’s three Republican members voting in favor. FCC head Ajit Pai, who joined the agency in 2012 before President Donald Trump […]
Amazon is on the move again, landing the exclusive broadcast rights for the AVP. The partnership provides Amazon Prime Video worldwide distribution rights, excluding China, to the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour tournaments across the country from May to September annually. Beginning with the 2018 AVP Pro Tour Season, Prime Video will deliver live coverage […]
Disney’s $52.4 billion deal to acquire assets from 21st Century Fox could have a big impact on the sports media business: Fox is holding on to Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, but would hand over its 22 regional sports networks, which produce over 5500 live games per year. “We’re going to launch an […]
The Walt Disney Company struck a deal to acquire the bulk of the assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, including the Fox TV studio (The Simpsons, Homeland, This Is Us), FX and Nat Geo networks, and overseas TV service providers Sky of Britain and Star of India. The agreement also gives Disney Fox’s stake […]
The Game Awards proved OP for founder Geoff Keighley, as the honors tripled its viewership last Thursday to over 11.5 million global livestreams, up 202% from 2016’s record-setting performance of 3.8 million livestreams. On social platforms, The Game Awards posted double and triple digit gains in engagement – including on Twitter, where the number of […]
The NBA 2K League moved steps closer to its 2018 not only with the reveal of its logo, which incorporates the colors and shape of the NBA logo and the font of the NBA 2K logo, but also the first monikers and images for its teams. The most recent entity – set to be announced […]