Just over a week ago, Nielsen unveiled its annual list of trends and data sets for sport in 2016 as part of the annual Nielsen Year in Sports Media Report, examining the engagement with the Olympics, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, Indycar, UFC, soccer, golf, college sports and hockey. Nielsen Sports also broke out the […]
Surprise! An unexpected winner emerged in bidding competition for the Champions League TV rights, with Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Sports snagging a three year-deal, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Spanish-language rights were awarded to Univision. The agreement kicks in next year with UEFA telling Turner that it likely also partner with “a non-traditional media company” like […]
History picked up Six for a second season. The military drama is currently the #1 new cable series of the year in total viewers based on Live+SD viewing. Season one finale airs Wednesday, March 8 at 10p.
On March 11, Scarlett Johansson will join the 5-timers club as host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Musical guest is Lorde.
It’s official: Disney is making some major cuts to Maker Studios, the MCN and digital media company it acquired in 2014. The media giant is laying off 80 Maker staffers as it restructures its publishing and digital media division, of which Maker is a part. (Disney hasn’t said just what percentage of Maker’s workforce those […]
Like any content creators, YouTubers would love to have a more complete view of their audience. Now it looks like some of them will get one: ComScore is providing mobile viewing metrics to YouTube’s partner channels. The owners of such channels will have access to channel-level insights across both mobile and desktop consumption. The measurement […]
A flurry of news yesterday detailing a programming overhaul at FS1. News included network canceling its studio show Fox Sports Live, ending its run with show hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole, whose final show ran earlier this week. FS1 will now place MLB Whiparound in the 11p slot once MLB season kicks in. Meanwhile, […]
The worlds of Disney/Pixar’s Cars are colliding with NASCAR courtesy of a new deal between the two companies that will spotlight Cars 3 this year. The movie hits theaters on June 16 and promotional plans are set to not only include Owen Wilson, the voice of Lightning McQueen, as grand marshal for Daytona 500, but […]
In another early renewal, Fox grabbed more Lethal Weapon, its action-comedy-drama series from Matt Miller, Warner Bros. TV and Lin Pictures. The network initially picked up only five additional episodes in the fall but has extended to a full-season renewal.
Collector car archeologist Wayne Carini has never given up on the chase, and he returns to Velocity for a ninth season of Chasing Classic Cars, debuting Wednesday, March 15 at 9p. The new season gets a jump-start with a one-hour premiere featuring an exceptional chase for a one-of-one, all-original 1930 Minerva bodied by Hibbard & […]
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