Xfinity is on-board as sponsor for Olympic Channel’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with “Dream Team Week.” All eight original broadcasts will run on eight consecutive nights in primetime starting Monday at 8:30p. Every Dream Team game from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics will feature the original commentary teams that called […]
Friendly faces everywhere! Comedy Central is getting fully on board the South Park train, with an eight-day marathon that will include over 250 nearly back-to-back episodes of the classic animated series from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, all of which lead up to the Season 21 premiere on Wednesday, September 13 at 10p. The wall-to-wall […]
Showtime has scored a royal coup by acquiring a rare Prince concert film, Sign o’ the Times, which will air on American television for the first time in over ten years on Saturday, September 16 at 9p. The film, which was created as a companion to the 1987 double album of the same name by […]
Snapchat has been populating its app with original video content for a while now, courtesy of partners like NBCU. And according to Head of Content Nick Bell, the Snapchat Shows initiative will soon be adding Snapchat’s own content to the mix. At the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Bell said that Snapchat will debut its own […]
As detailed in a new story from Business Insider, Facebook appears to be unifying its consumer hardware products under a single executive. Andrew “Boz” Bosworth has been tapped to oversee the secretive hardware division Building 8, as well as Oculus, Facebook’s virtual reality company. (Facebook confirmed the news to BI yesterday.) BI reports that Building […]
It’s the end of the line for CSN-branded networks, as NBC Sports Regional Networks announced that the five remaining RSNs under the CSN moniker (as well as two under the TCN name) will incorporate “NBC Sports” with each of the networks’ regional designations named as of Oct. 2. Affected channels include CSN Chicago, CSN Northwest […]
FOX Sports is going for two with the BIG3, which will see its championship game take place on Aug. 26. The company extended its media rights agreement with the new league after its inaugural season this year. “We think we have something great with the BIG3 and are thrilled to add another year to our […]
Esports virtual reality platform SLIVER.tv landed $9.8 million in a series A round of equity funding anchored by Danhua Capital, along with Heuristic Capital Partners and ZP Capital. The platform has now generated $17.5 million to date and has carried multiple global esports tournaments in 360º VR by partnering with brands that include ESL One, […]
NCAA Division II conference the Peach Belt is going all in on esports, announcing that it will launch an Esports Championship starting with the 2017-18 academic season. Year one will focus on League of Legends, and see all 12 PBC institutions compete with five-player teams (along with one alternate.) At the end of the regular […]
Starz is developing an action-drama series under working title Black Samurai with Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Series stars Academy Award winner Common (John Wick 2, Suicide Squad, Selma), who also will exec produce under his Freedom Road Productions banner. Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Mitchell Diggs will also exec produce for Wu Films. Based on the Black […]
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