The VR market is growing a little more slowly than some expected, but that doesn’t mean it’s not growing. A new analysis from ABI Research projects that the global VR market will likely be worth more than $60 billion by 2021. ABI finds that there are currently more than 460 companies operating within the VR […]
As the sports industry turns its attention to Augusta this week with The Masters on ESPN and CBS, Golf Channel is continuing its own run of wins, announcing last week that the network had notched its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year viewership growth. Now, with The Masters in its sights, the network will look to […]
A pair of tight Final Four contests have now pushed coverage of the 2017 NCAA Tournament to rank as the second most-watched in 23 years, with the entire event now averaging 10.4 million viewers, up 14% from last year and the second-highest average viewership through the Final Four since 1994. Additionally, NCAA March Madness Live […]
Former Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke has started filming for Lifetime’s Dance Moms. Burke replaces choreographer Abby Lee Miller, who announced via an angry Instagram post on Sunday that she’d quit the show after 7 seasons. Miller is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last year in a bankruptcy fraud case, but insisted it […]
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is “on track for a full recovery” after suffering a mild heart attack, but is taking a leave of absence until the end of May. “Pilot season and the Upfront isn’t the best environment to achieve that recovery,” noted Geller in a note to staff. With CBS’s NYC May17 event […]
Palmer Luckey is leaving Oculus, the Facebook-owned VR company that he founded in 2012. Luckey’s future at Oculus had been a bit up in the air since September, when it was revealed that he’d secretly funded a right-leaning group that created controversial anti-Hillary Clinton memes. The revelation immediately created some turmoil at the company; according […]
Twitter users, feel free to be a little more long-winded in your responses. The social service announced that user names in replies will no longer be factored into a tweet’s 140-character limit – even if the response is to more than one user. And instead of seeing usernames within the text of a reply tweet, […]
CBS is once again warming up for spring’s annual golf outing, detailing plans for coverage of The Masters for the 62nd consecutive year from Augusta National Golf Club. The network’s coverage begins with the third round starting April 8 at 3p, with final round play shown on Sunday at 2p. In addition, highlights of early-round […]
UEFA is preparing to dive deep into esports and video games, and is now inviting proposals for categories that include: Official football simulation game and associated Esports rights; Official football management games; and Football related casual games and associated Esports rights. UEFA appointed TEAM Marketing AG to serve as its exclusive marketing agency for the […]
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is opening a pop-up library of President Donald Trump’s tweets. The library, opening in New York City in June, “will be so tremendous that you’ll get tired of the tremendousness, so it will then close a few days later,” said Comedy Central in a press release. “Sad!”
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