Turner Sports is doubling down on VR initiatives, locking in a deal with Intel for a multiyear partnership that will make Intel the exclusive provider of virtual reality content for key matchups for the NBA on TNT using Intel True VR technology, beginning with NBA All-Star 2018 in Los Angeles. Additionally, Intel is partnering with […]
Discover is enrolling with the Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Network, inking a deal to become the official credit card of the 14-school conference. The agreement, executed in conjunction with FOX Sports, includes the first ever presenting sponsorship of the Big Ten Football Championship Game televised on the FOX broadcast network and will […]
ABC set Sunday, March 11 at 8p as the premiere date for its revival of American Idol. Host Ryan Seacrest announced the news yesterday on Live with Kelly and Ryan.
Chris Jericho, six-time WWE world champion and lead singer of Fozzy, will unmask some of the world’s greatest mysteries on Travel Channel in The Legend of…with Chris Jericho. Premiering November 17 at 11p, the special investigates the legend of Butch Cassidy and the facts behind his most brazen heist in Castle Gate, Utah.
Gandalf and Frodo may be heading to Amazon Video. Variety reports that Amazon Studios has been in early conversations with Warner Bros. Television and J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate, with the goal of landing a series adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. And according to the report, CEO Jeff Bezos has taken an unusual step: He […]
Chip-maker Broadcom wants to absorb one of its biggest competitors – and it’s willing to spend a whole lot of money to make that happen. The company announced an unsolicited pitch to acquire Qualcomm, offering to spend close to $105 billion. (The deal would amount to about $130 billion when factoring in the debt that […]
NBC Olympics locked in cable channel assignments for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games this February from PyeongChang, South Korea, leveraging cable channels NBCSN, CNBC, and USA Network to carry more than 450 hours of coverage overall. NBCSN will serve as the cable home of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, picking up the bulk of the programming […]
Sunday brought the bounty to CBS, which saw the NFL on CBS score a 15% spike in rating over last year’s Week 9 coverage, averaging an overnight household rating/share of 11.8/23 in the metered markets. The marks the franchise’s highest rating of the 2017 season with an average metered markets overnight HH rating/share of 14.2/26, […]
As allegations of sexual harassment mounted against Kevin Spacey, including behavior on the set of House of Cards, Netflix issued a statement saying it would “not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey,” who stars in and executive produces the series. The sixth and final season of the […]
ABC is tacking on 2 more episodes to the ninth and final season of The Middle, for a total of 24. The comedy airs its 200th episode on Tuesday, December 5.