Stop the presses – The Onion has gone Hollywood, inking a three-movie deal with Lionsgate. While the satirical news brand has ventured into TV and video in the past, this is its first foray into film. Under the deal with Lionsgate, Onion production arm Onion Studios will team up with production company Serious Business (Comedy […]
NBC and Turner are joining forces to create a digital behemoth, with Playmaker Media, owned by NBC Sports Group and operated by NBC Sports Digital, partnering with Turner’s iStreamPlanet to serve up OTT live streaming and video-on-demand solutions “for major sports leagues, professional team franchises, emerging leagues, regional and national sports broadcasting networks, the Olympics […]
CBS reports that its NFL on CBS telecast of the Dolphins/Steelers AFC Wild Card Playoff game on Sunday scored its highest overnight household rating/share in the metered markets since 2014 for the AFC Wild Card game. The game drew an average overnight HH rating/share of 19.2/38, up 4% from the comparable early Sunday window in […]
Among the highlights of the 74th Golden Globes Awards ceremony on NBC last night were a cold-open with host Jimmy Fallon in an A-list, dancing-on-cars-while-waiting-to-hit-the-red-carpet bit (thanks, La La Land), that included Fallon twirling with Justin Timberlake. Fallon found himself winging it in the first few live seconds, Teleprompter-less. “This is a great way to […]
Among the highlights of the 74th Golden Globes Awards ceremony on NBC last night were a cold-open with host Jimmy Fallon in an A-list, dancing-on-cars-while-waiting-to-hit-the-red-carpet bit (thanks, La La Land), that included Fallon twirling with Justin Timberlake. Fallon found himself winging it in the first few live seconds, Teleprompter-less. “This is a great way to […]
CBS upped its orders for three freshman comedies. The net tacked on two more installments to Kevin Can Wait, for a total of 24, and three each for Man With a Plan and The Great Indoors, for totals of 22 apiece. Kevin is averaging 10.16 million viewers and an A18-49 rating of 2.5, Indoors is […]
No more linear TV for Coco? At Variety’s Entertainment Summit during CES, Turner President David Levy said that Conan O’Brien’s TBS talk show might evolve into a mostly digital show. “The definition of a television network in 10 years, what’s that going to mean? Premium video content is what’s really important to Turner,” he said. […]
Business Insider’s Jeff Dunn got a chance to take preliminary look at Hulu’s upcoming live TV service, expected to debut later in Q1. Some details: The service – simply called Hulu – allows viewers to pick out clusters of shows, genres and networks, giving the service a chance to get a sense of their taste. […]
Turner Sports’ return to CES with its Sports Business Innovation slate of panels provided not only a lineup of speakers that included the likes of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and NCAA President Mark Emmert, but a spate of announcements as well. New innovations include the launch of Turner Ignite Sports in a move to connect […]
The opening act of the NFL postseason saw NBC’s Lions/Seahawks Wild Card matchup reel in an average a Total Audience Delivery of 27.1 million viewers across NBC & NBC Sports Digital. NBC provided 26.9 million viewers for the game, marking the most-watched Saturday night program on any network since Jan. 16 of last year. The […]
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