Adobe is finally getting ready to put Flash out of its misery. The software giant says it will stop supporting and updating Flash Player by 2020; sites that run the software will no longer work at that time. Flash usage has declined dramatically in the past few years, in large part due to slow […]
Jordan Spieth continues to drive viewership numbers, as NBC Sports Group’s coverage of The 146th Open wrapped up with a Total Audience Delivery of 4.97 million average viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital, with a 3.2 U.S. household rating according to Nielsen Fast Nationals. The TAD number marks a rise of 1% over last […]
ESPN and family formalized its college football talent lineup for the new season, revamping the ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 pregame, halftime and postgame commentator lineup to include named such as Booger McFarland, Jesse Palmer and Chip Kelly as analysts. McFarland will team up with Mack Brown on ABC, with Kevin Negandhi hosting the three-man network […]
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Job of the Week DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC CONTENT & NEWS PARTNERSHIPS CNBC Englewood Cliffs NJ Drive pioneering growth initiatives & partnerships for CNBC Bus. Day, Events, & Digital. 5+yrs exp at a news organization or other major media enterprise. Full info/apply HERECynopsisJOBS Good morning. It’s Tuesday July 25, 2017 and […]
ABC is keeping its Family together. Having already closed deals with the actors playing parents on Modern Family, studio 20th Century Fox Television inked contracts that will keep kids Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez around for 2 more years, too. Production on season 9 starts next month.
MTV will air An Inconvenient Special, focused on climate change, on Wednesday, August at 7:30p. Al Gore hosts the town hall forum in connection with his upcoming film, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Viacom Networks takes its part with “An Inconvenient Week” the week of July 31, offering social, digital and on-air support across […]
In some ways, Google parent Alphabet Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations in Q2. The tech giant took in $26.01 billion in revenue; analysts had predicted $25.64 billion. And the company finished the quarter with an earnings-per-share of $5.01, as compared to Wall Street’s projection of $4.46. The bad news for Alphabet: The company’s profits took […]
Microsoft says that the next version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset will come equipped with AI features. According to Microsoft Research EVP Harry Shum, the headset will include a chip that can perform complex AI computations; the goal is to improve the headset’s hand-tracking and object-recognition capabilities.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is preparing to park at NBC Sports after his racing career wraps up, announcing a multi-year deal with the company beginning in 2018. There, he will “be utilized in a number of capacities on NBC’s NASCAR coverage” in addition to be given opportunities in the company’s media businesses, including movies, television, podcasts, […]