Speaking of VR, the NFL and Google announced an expansion of their relationship that will allow fans around the world to see the NFL in virtual reality. NFL Films will produce a 9-part series that gives viewers a 360-degree perspective of life in and around the league, detailing how each prepares for game day in […]
Survival series Alone is back for season three on History starting Thursday, December 8 at 9p, followed by the series premiere of unscripted The Selection: Special Operations Experiment at 10p. While Alone tracks hardcore survivalists in Patagonia, Argentina, The Selection pushes participants to the limit in extreme training exercises.
PIX11 is all fired up about its airing of the Yule Log this year. Tribune’s New York flagship station will air the original 1966 version of the log as a one-hour presentation on Christmas Eve, 50 years after its debut, and again on Christmas morning. The 1966 version, filmed at Gracie Mansion, aired through 1969 […]
One truism that’s emerged from the last few earnings quarters: It’s good to be Facebook. The social media giant beat expectations in Q3, bringing in a whopping $7 billion in revenue. That’s a $2.5 billion year-over-year increase. Net income was $2.34 billion, compared to $896 million one year ago. Adjusted earnings were $1.09 per share; […]
Looks like Twitch is taking greater strides toward monetization. The Amazon-owned live-streaming platform announced that, starting this week, it will start selling video ads that will run in the live-streams of its broadcast partners. The ads will be delivered by SureStream, a new native ad-delivery system. One notable feature of the new ads: According to […]
With last night’s Game 7 set to raise the bar even more, World Series Game 6 on FOX notched a 13.3/23 household rating/share with 23.4 million viewers for the network to rank as the most-watched World Series Game 6 since 1997’s 23.7 million, according to Nielsen fast nationals. Combined with FOX Deportes (425,000 total viewers) […]
Some new sports-themed shows are about to hit the networks. NBC Sports Group announced the debut of Shotgun, a quiz show from the creators of The Amazing Race that tests contestants’ skills at answering questions while riding in the passenger seat of a professional race car. The series is hosted by Rutledge Wood, and will […]
The Game Awards added to its partnership tally, announcing deals with Twitter and NextVR for the Dec. 1 ceremony from the Microsoft Theater in LA. The honors will now be shown across a record number of global screens and platforms, including a live simulcast in China, courtesy of a new alliance with Tencent. Twitter’s deal […]
Just as the Super Bowl can see the emergence of new technology designed to help view the game, Riot’s League of Legends World Championships also set the stage for a tech upgrade with the introduction of a live game-flow presentation never before seen in eSports that leverages the projection mapping commonly used as an interstitial […]
HBO will premiere limited drama series The Young Pope on Sunday, January 15 at 9p. Starring Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, aka Pope Pius XIII, and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, the first part of the 10-ep series will debut on Jan. 15, while the second part will follow the next night at the same time. […]