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ABC pulls Time After Time

ABC yanked freshman drama Time After Time from its slate after 5 episodes. The time travel show was averaging .5 among A18-49 and 2.2 million viewers. Taking its place for the next 3 Sundays at 9p will be Match Game.

Facebook with chatty bots

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Facebook is getting ready to go all in on chat bots, according to an unconfirmed report. TechCrunch reports that the social media giant will soon unveil a new class of group bots that can work inside Messenger group chats. The bots will reportedly inform users about real-time news such as ecommerce deliveries, the progress of […]

Congress passes bill to repeal FCC’s ISP privacy regulations

And now it goes to the White House. On a razor-thin 215-205 vote, the U.S. House voted to repeal FCC regulations that prohibited broadband providers from using customer data in ad-targeting without opt-in user consent. The Senate passed the same repeal bill last week, and President Trump is now widely expected to sign it. The […]

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NBC’s Snap judgement

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NBC Olympics continues to mold its coverage of the Winter Games from PyeongChang, announcing a partnership with Snap Inc. to bring unique coverage to Snapchatters in the US next February, including NBC Olympic coverage via daily “Our Stories” and “Publisher Stories” available in Snapchat Discover. In addition, NBC Olympics will work with BuzzFeed to co-produce […]

Hockey’s big truce

Peace at last for USA Hockey and the US Women’s National Team, which announced an agreement that will result in “groundbreaking support” women’s program over the course of the next four years and ensures that the squad will defend its gold medal in the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship starting tomorrow at 7:30p on NHL […]

Blizzard adds juice to Overwatch World Cup

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Blizzard continues to expand its maps, announcing the return of the Overwatch World Cup in 2017, with plans to showcase more countries, games and live events for the tournament. Last year saw over 3 million votes cast to help select their national rosters with competitors from more than 50 countries before South Korea emerged as […]

Michele Morrow’s new game

From anchoring BlizzCon to delivering esports news to covering groundbreaking tournaments to voicing the likes of Hearthstone’s Alleria Windrunner and beyond, esports personality/pillar Michele Morrow continues to serve as a media pioneer as gaming culture flows into the mainstream highway. Morrow’s newest project sees her join Jesse Cox as co-creator/executive producer and actor for a […]

Discovery goes dark

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Discovery Communications held an Upfront event in NYC on Tuesday, and it was good news all around. “As a company, we’re showing some tremendous growth and momentum,” said president and CEO David Zaslav. “Our channels have grown in a meaningful way, our channels are on brand, and we’re doing a great job monetizing our content […]

Amy Poehler goes unscripted

Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions are delving into unscripted TV with The Handmade Project. The competition reality show, which has received a six-episode straight-to-series order by NBC, reunites Poehler with her former Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman. Poehler and Offerman will host the series, which celebrates artisanship and the makers who can […]

Comcast to roll out skinny bundle offerings across its U.S. Footprint

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Comcast’s stripped down broadband TV package, originally launched in 2015 but so far limited to the Boston and Chicago service areas, will roll out across the company’s entire U.S. footprint in Q3 of this year. The company confirmed the roll-out to multiple press outlets. The offering, previously called Xfinity Stream, will be renamed Xfinity Instant […]

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