BAMTech has a new CEO, with MLBAM announcing that former Amazon exec Michael Paull would step into the role. There, Paull “will set the vision and guide this new venture as he leads its transformation into an independent company driving sustainable high growth.” Previously, he served as VP, Digital Video at Amazon in Seattle where […]
NASCAR has a long-term home in Canada, striking a multi-year rights extension with TSN and RDS that will see the networks retain exclusive Canadian media rights to all Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series races on all platforms. The multi-platform deal include expanded digital rights, with TSN and RDS delivering comprehensive coverage […]
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BBC America gave the green light to Blue Planet II, a seven-part nature series about oceans narrated by Sir David Attenborough (Planet Earth II). The first Blue Planet, broadcast in 2001, was also presented by Attenborough.
Among the TV trophy takers at the WGA Awards on Sunday were FX’s Atlanta for both Comedy and New Series, NBC’s This Is Us for Episodic Drama, Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Episodic Comedy, NBC’s Saturday Night Live for Comedy/Variety-Sketch Series, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for Comedy/Variety (Including Talk), Hulu’s Triumph’s Election […]
YouTube is saying goodbye to its unskippable 30-second ads. The Google-owned video giant announced that will no longer support the format, effective next year. “We’re committed to providing a better ads experience for users online,” said YouTube in a statement. “As part of that, we’ve decided to stop supporting 30-second unskippable ads as of 2018 […]
It’s becoming a rule of thumb: If you’re a Facebook-owned company, you’re probably going to emulate Snapchat’s Stories. Next up is the messaging service WhatsApp, which has begun rolling out a version of the short video feature. Facebook’s Instagram did the same last year, and Facebook’s primary mobile app is currently testing a Stories feature […]
The new NASCAR season continues to rev up heading into Sunday’s Daytona 500 (on FOX at 2p) on a new season marked not only by a new points format, among other changes, but by the headline-grabbing addition of Monster Energy as an entitlement sponsor as well. Now known as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, […]
Audiences for the NBA All-Star Game presented by Kia continue to climb, as Sunday’s contest from New Orleans handed Turner Sports channels TBS and TNT with an average of 7.8 million total viewers. That marks the most-viewed NBA All-Star Game telecast since 2013 and up 3% in total viewers over last year’s event, according to […]