With The International 7 action beginning to boil, plans for the next season of Dota 2 play have already been cemented by Valve. The slate will see ESL One Hamburg receive an upgrade and the event will now serve as a Major from Oct. 26-29 with a prize pool swelling from $250,000 to $1,000,000. The […]
Amid the rise of experiential activation, particularly in esports, RedPeg Marketing continues to work from the trenches, activating at over 1,500 events overall each year with clients that include the likes of GEICO, Warner Bros, Ubisoft, and Square Enix in the gaming and esports space. With authenticity serving as the key activation ingredient to successful […]
Nick Cannon will host of Nickelodeon’s Lip Sync Battle Shorties. The spinoff of sister network Spike’s series will launch with 10 episodes in early 2018; Halloween and holiday specials are set to air later this year. Joining Cannon to provide commentary on each performance is 14-year-old social media star JoJo Siwa. “I’ve been a product […]
The Windy City is home base for new six-ep WE tv unscripted series Love Blows, about a Chicago-based matchmaking service LuvBizChicago, run by a dysfunctional (but loving) family. Premiering Friday, August 25 at 10p, the show will air after Million Dollar Matchmaker, starring Patti Stanger, and is exec-produced by Stanger, who also appears in the […]
In its ongoing efforts to combat extremist content (and appease nervous advertisers), YouTube announced some new updates. For one, it will soon place videos that don’t technically violate its community guidelines – but have nonetheless been flagged by users for hate speech – in what YouTube is calling “a limited state.” Such videos will be […]
Sony Pictures Television Networks has reached a deal to acquire a 95% stake in Funimation Productions, an anime distribution company based in the U.S. Sony will spend $143 million; the deal values the whole company at about $150 million. Funimation, which was founded in 1994, holds distribution rights to a slew of anime titles, including […]
Turner Sports and the PGA of America are giving an overhaul for the slate of digital products for the 2017 PGA Championship with a focus on broadened video integration and responsive optimization for mobile viewing. With the tournament spanning August 10-13, golf fans will now have access to four times the amount of produced video […]
CBS Sports Network locked in its talent roster for the upcoming college football season, which will showcase games featuring teams from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West, along with Army and Navy football. The season culminates with two bowl games, including the AutoNation Cure Bowl on Dec. 16 and the Nova […]
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Job of the Week VP, PRODUCTION AMC STUDIO LA 10+ yrs exp managing day-to-day production on assigned scripted series. Creative prob solver, great communicator. Exp wking with crews & tax incentives across the country & across the world. Provide leadership & oversight of physical production of scripted series and specials. Deliver compelling programming that meets creative […]