The 2017 NBA Draft gave ESPN a rise, as coverage notched a 2.7 metered market rating on Thursday for a 13% uptick over 2016. That number also marks the third-highest rated NBA Draft on the network. On the digital front, the event set several streaming records, drawing an average minute streaming audience of 135,200 viewers, […]
Following similar moves by CBS and NBC, Fox is throwing its own premiere week party. The net will launch the majority of its fall lineup – the Tuesday-Sunday schedules – the week of September 25. One early launch is Seth MacFarlane space comedy Orville, debuting Sunday, September 10, with two airings before the official beginning […]
Jermaine Fowler (Superior Donuts) has joined the cast of first-time writer/director Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You, which centers on the travails of a black telemarketer. Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi of Significant Productions are producing alongside Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, and Kelly Williams.
YouTube just stepped up its VR game. At Vidcon, the Google-owned video giant announced the debut of VR180, a new 180-degree VR video format. In addition to Google’s own Daydream and Cardboard viewers, the videos will be compatible with Sony PlayStation VR headsets. Unlike 360-degree videos, 180-degree vids don’t feature any imagery behind the viewer. […]
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. has been getting more aggressive when it comes to acquisitions. According to reports, its latest purchase is Zenly, a French startup focused on social mapping. Snap will reportedly use the company to power Snap Map, a recently launched feature that allows users to share their locations. The news was first reported […]
With a Thursday Night Football in its arsenal, Amazon is looking to charge advertisers $2.8 million for ad packages that include 30-second spots during the games it will stream to its Prime customers, according to Reuters. Amazon takes over from Twitter, which carried the package last season and is able to sell 10 30-second spots […]
World Archery and NBC Sports Group partnered up for a four-year media rights agreement that hands the network exclusive rights to televise and stream the federation’s international archery events to audiences in the US. The agreement runs through 2020, covering four Hyundai Archery World Cup seasons, and World Archery Championships in Mexico City in 2017 […]
A big cast shift at NBC’s Taken, where six cast members are exiting as the show retools for its second season. Gaius Charles, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Irby, Jose Pablo Cantillo, and James Landry Hébertwill are all out, and Greg Plageman will be taking over as showrunner for the series, after Alexander Cary […]
Travel Channel has greenlit an 18-ep half-hour series for Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods), The Zimmern List. Production begins in late June in Portland, ME and Boston. “Andrew is the ultimate resource and ‘friend-in the-know’ for where to eat in great cities across the country,” said Courtney White, senior vice president, programming, Travel Channel, Food Network […]
Virgin Mobile hopes to change the dynamics of the U.S. mobile phone market by connecting with Apple phone users. Virgin will give people with an iPhone one year of unlimited talk, text and data for just $1 if they purchased their phone from either the Apple Store or the company’s website. Meanwhile, Virgin Mobile will […]
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