AT&T formally pulled the plug on its Root Sports brand in the Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions, converting the RSNs to the AT&T SportsNet brand, “We have always brought an authentic and personal level of coverage to all of our teams, because as fans, we also know the history and feel the rivalries,” said […]
The nominations are in for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, and NBC’s Saturday Night Live and freshman HBO series Westworld grabbed the most noms with 22 each. FX limited series Feud: Bette And Joan and Netflix best drama series nominee Stranger Things tied for the second most noms with 18 apiece. HBO’s Veep rounded out […]
The nominations are in for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, and NBC’s Saturday Night Live and freshman HBO series Westworld grabbed the most noms with 22 each. FX limited series Feud: Bette And Joan and Netflix best drama series nominee Stranger Things tied for the second most noms with 18 apiece. HBO’s Veep rounded out […]
Wowza. A according to a new study led by Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne, the net value of Netflix’s current content slate stands at $11 billion. That’s more than a number of linear TV giants, including Time Warner ($10 billion), Viacom ($4.9 billion), Discovery Communications ($2.4 billion), and others. Yet Netflix may not be getting […]
Bloomberg reports that Facebook is working on a low-cost standalone VR headset, to be released by Oculus sometime in 2018. (Well, low-cost by VR standards: It’ll sell for $200.) The headset, which won’t require a high-end computer or mobile phone, appears to be separate from the higher-end standalone headset project that Facebook announced earlier this […]
FanDuel and DraftKings are calling off their merger, announcing plans to drop out of their proposed plan to combine the two companies. Last month saw with FTC state that it would block the agreement, noting that the united entity would control 90% of the market. In a statement, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said that “we […]
FOX Sports revealed its lineup of talent for the new college football season, with play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson and analyst Joel Klatt returning for their third season together in the booth as the company’s lead college football voices, where they will be joined by Jenny Taft. Also teaming for microphone duties will be play-by-play announcer […]
Six months after leaving NBC’s Today and MSNBC, Tamron Hall is partnering with Weinstein Television for a new daytime talker she will host and exec produce. Former NBC Domestic Television Distribution president Barry Wallach is consulting on the project. “I’ve been working towards developing a talk show for a long time, but needed to make […]
Toni Collette (United States of Tara) and her new production company, Vocab Films, have partnered with RadicalMedia to develop Julia Dahl’s “Invisible City,” a psychological thriller set in Brooklyn’s ultra orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. Colette, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer.
Apple is known for being extremely protective of its customers’ data. But, in the interest of doing business in China, the tech giant is giving up some control. In order to comply with a new Chinese cybersecurity law, Apple as agreed to begin storing all data for Chinese customers with a government-owned company. Apple itself […]