With all eyes on Las Vegas this weekend as esports tournaments return to Sin City, Ultimate Media Ventures will host the third Battle on the Strip on Sunday at SLS Las Vegas, this time with Gears of War as the centerpiece of the action. Competitors will be able to face off against esports pillars such […]
Fox News Sunday delivered 2.3 million viewers for a sit-down with President-elect Donald Trump on December 11, the second-best in its 20 years on the air. Number one was an episode about the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
ABC just can’t get enough of its comedy series. The net tacked on an extra episode each to American Housewife, Speechless, Fresh Off the Boat, and The Middle on top of full-season 22-episode orders, and tacked on 2 more episodes of black-ish and The Goldbergs.
The U.K.’s BBC Worldwide and ITV are about to make it much easier for U.S. audiences to access British programming. The broadcasters are set to launch BritBox, a new ad-free SVOD service for U.S. subscribers. It’ll debut in Q1 of 2017. AMC Networks will take a minority stake in the service.
Facebook-owned VR company Oculus is restructuring. Brendan Iribe, who’s been the company’s CEO for four years, announced that he’s stepping away from the chief executive position to head up a newly-formed PC division within Oculus. Meanwhile, Oculus exec Jon Thomason will lead a separate unit focused on mobile VR. The decision to create two separate […]
BAMTech is in need of a new CEO. Longtime topper Bob Bowman is pulling back on his oversight of the MLBAM spinoff company in order to return full time to his role as president of business and media at Major League Baseball, where he oversees MLBAM, MLB Network, and the league’s sponsorship and consumer product […]
The 2016 MLS Cup officially made history, notching a new record for television viewership, postseason attendance, digital audience and social media engagement as the league wrapped up its 21st season on Saturday. Overall, more than 3.5 million viewers in the United States and Canada tuned in. On FOX, the network broadcast scored 1,411,000 viewers, according […]
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It was a Golden day for cable and streaming services in particular yesterday, as Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick announced Golden Globes noms. HBO is back on top this year, scoring 14 call-outs, followed by FX with nine; ABC, Amazon, AMC and Netflix each with 5; and NBC and Starz with 3 apiece. […]