Fox has expanded its Showtime at the Apollo specials into a full-on series, with Steve Harvey onboard as host. “We all had such a blast on the two specials that aired earlier this season that we thought it really deserved being a weekly event,” said Harvey. The show, focused on finding the next great comic […]
What does it mean when you’re on the cusp of hitting 100 million subscribers, yet your subscriber growth still falls short of expectations? It means you’re Netflix. The streaming giant says it will hit the 100-million sub mark this weekend. But the company says it added 1.42 million U.S. subs and 3.53 million international subs […]
Snapchat will reportedly soon roll out a self-serve platform for Snap Ads, the app’s vertical video ad product. For most of the ad format’s existence, media buyers had to purchase Snap ads through a managed service; buyers would send an insertion order, and a Snapchat ads partner would manage and execute the buy. Since January, […]
It’s a double play for the upcoming battle between IBF Heavyweight World Champion Anthony Joshua and former unified world champion Wladimir Klitschko as Matchroom Sport, Klitschko Management Group and K2 Promotions announced that both Showtime and HBO will carry the event on April 29 from Wembley Stadium. Showtime serves as the exclusive US home for […]
The PGA TOUR and Anheuser-Busch locked in an extension that continues Michelob ULTRA’s designation as the “Official Beer Sponsor of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions” through 2020. Michelob ULTRA will maintain “a significant presence” at more than 45 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and Web.com Tour as well as expand […]
WGN America canceled Outsiders, its most watched series, ahead of the drama’s April 25 season 2 finale. The news comes on the heels of the net’s best-ever monthly primetime ratings in March among total viewers and its best month in seven years among A25-54, propelled by its two original scripted shows – Outsiders and Underground. […]
AMC renewed Fear the Walking Dead for a fourth season, ahead of its upcoming season 3 premiere on June 4, with a pair of new showrunners. Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg (Once Upon a Time) will take over showrunning duties beginning with season 4. Additionally, Scott M. Gimple, executive producer and showrunner of The Walking […]
YouTube TV, the Google-owned live TV service that started rolling out earlier this month, comes equipped with unlimited cloud-based DVR storage. But as YouTube recently confirmed to the Wall Street Journal, there’s one limitation, and it could prove to rankle its ad-averse millennial target audience: Subscribers can’t fast-forward past commercials in certain popular shows. There’s […]
Amazon is taking its Film Festival Stars program to lower Manhattan. The rights-holders of any 2017 feature film selections at the Tribeca Film Festival can opt into the program. First introduced at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the program – will grant bonuses of up to $100,000 – in addition to performance-based royalties – in […]
The NCAA is giving a facelift to its recruiting practices after the org’s Division I Council voted for a set of rules changes on Friday, with the changes set to be presented to the NCAA Board of Directors next month for approval Among the overhauls will be a recruiting calendar that allows for an early […]