The NHL is going all in with Fanatics, announcing a long-term agreement that “expands the scale and scope” of Fanatics’ relationship with the League. As part of the new deal, Fanatics will now be the official manufacturer of a broad range of NHL apparel and headwear, including replica jerseys, as well as hot market merchandise […]
It was a big week for Las Vegas in the eSports world as DreamHack, MLG and ELeague locked in dates for new events in the city, cementing its role as an eSports hub. DreamHack became the latest org to plant roots, announcing on Wednesday a continuation of its Masters series via a 16-team event taking […]
Microsoft is officially targeting Twitch, announcing new game streaming technology that pits the company again its Amazon-owned competitor. At a Windows Creator event today in New York City, the company unveiled new capabilities for Windows 10 and Xbox One that leverage technology from Beam that allows gamers to stream their gameplay to viewers with that […]
The Walking Dead’s Season 7 premiere scored some of its best ratings to date: The season opener was seen by 17 million viewers in Live+SD, up 16 percent from last year’s debut (14.6 million) and on par with the Season 5 premiere (17.3 million). In A18-49, the episode averaged an 8.4 rating (10.7 million viewers), […]
We knew Alec-as-Donald wouldn’t desert us yet. NBC is airing The 2016 SNL Election Special on Monday, November 7 at 10p. The one-hour special will feature highlights of the presidential campaign, with clips of recent SNL political sketches.
It’s getting clearer by the day that Twitch isn’t just for gamers. The Amazon-owned live-streaming platform announced that it will be home to ChefShock, a new cooking series from Al Roker’s live-streaming network Roker Media. The show will be hosted by Justin Warner, best known for winning season 8 of Food Network Star in 2012. […]
The AT&T/Time Warner deal is facing some fierce headwinds, but at least one power player isn’t fretting over it – yet. Netflix, a notable opponent of the failed Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, won’t necessarily oppose AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition so long as the deal doesn’t affect net neutrality. That’s according to CEO Reed Hastings, […]
NBC is turning to multi-platinum recording artist Pentatonix to perform the show open for its new Thursday Night Football package, with Weekend Go, inspired by their original hit Sing. The show open “celebrates the start of the NFL weekend, with game highlights and player cameos” starting Nov. 3 with the Falcons/Bucs on NFL Network before […]
The CW Network is getting a little dirty through a new deal with Tough Mudder that will see the active lifestyle brand debut a new multi-platform, six-part series on CW Seed and The CW in 2017. The series will focus on a group who make up a team with the single purpose of coming together […]
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