When it comes to earnings, Facebook had a smashing 2016. Their one real blemish: A series of revelations that the company had been inaccurately tabulating some important ad-viewership metrics. And if Facebook wants to keep up its success, the last thing it can afford to do is lose the trust of advertisers. That’s why the […]
Snapchat is bringing more content to its Discover platform. In a partnership with 45th & Dean, the in-house digital agency of A+E Networks, Snapchat will develop new short-form shows. It’s not the first time Snapchat has reached such a pact; NBCU, BBC, Disney-ABC, and Turner have all made deals to release content on the app. […]
Last month’s announcement that long-time sports broadcasting icon Brent Musburger would be leaving his home at ESPN was met with awe as fans around the world quickly paid tribute to the man who spent nearly 50 years as host and play-by-play commentator for the likes of the Super Bowl, College Football Championship, Final Four, Masters, […]
In ratings news, the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Thunder on Saturday night handed ABC with a 4.1 metered market rating, making it the highest-rated, non-Christmas NBA regular-season game on any network since 2013, according to Nielsen. It also marked a series-best for NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC and was up 58% over last […]
Less than a year after it finished its run on Fox, American Idol is now eyeing a comeback – on NBC. Producer FreemantleMedia North America and creator Simon Fuller started pitching a new Idol installment before the series wrapped its final season last April. Talks with NBC ensued, according to initial reports from Variety, with […]
ABC is chilling with the Nivea In-Shower Body Lotion Shall We Dance on Ice special, airing this Saturday, February 11 at 3p. The journey of dance through the ages with both skating and dance performances is hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi and Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec, and will include performances by ice dancers and 2014 Olympic […]
Twitter added 2 million net monthly active users in Q4 of 2016, a 4% year-over-year increase, the company announced in its latest earnings call. (Facebook, by contrast, grew 17% year-over-year over the same period.) Overall, the call left investors underwhelmed. The company announced $717 million in sales, a quarterly revenue growth rate of only .9% […]
Well that’s not good. As first reported by Business Insider, Best Buy is shutting down demo stations for the Oculus Rift VR headset in 200 stores. 500 stores featured them, so that leaves 300 Oculus Rift demo stations still standing. BI’s sources cited lack of interest, saying it was common for them to go days […]
Bob Costas’ iconic run as primetime host of Olympics is at an end, with NBC Sports announcing that Mike Tirico would take over duties beginning with PyeongChang 2018. Costas served as NBC’s primetime host for a U.S.-television record 11 Olympics – every Olympics on NBC since 1992. Costas also served as NBC’s late night host […]
TNT laid out its game plan for NBA All-Star 2017, which runs Feb. 16-19. Overall, Turner Sports carries more than 24 hours of NBA All-Star programming on TNT culminating with the 66th annual NBA All-Star Game presented by Kia on Feb. 19 at 8:30p. Coverage of the game will be simulcast on TNT and TBS […]
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