Pay TV providers are not legally required to offer a refund if a channel goes dark in a carriage dispute, ruled the United States Court of Appeals. A class action lawsuit filed by two Dish subscribers claimed they were entitled to a credit for missing time on Fox News and Turner-owned channels in 2014, but […]
Discovery Communications is partnering with World Wildlife Fund to help conserve nearly 1 million acres of protected habitat in India and Bhutan to protect and increase the wild tiger population. “Discovery is a purpose-driven company, and for more than 30 years we’ve had cameras in every corner of the globe, from Planet Earth to Racing […]
Snapchat wants its Discover channels to function a little bit more like TV networks…Namely, it wants to keep all the ad money. CEO Evan Spiegel now says that he’d prefer for Snapchat to pay Discover’s content partners a flat licensing free, ending its rev-sharing arrangements. Like with linear TV, content providers would stop selling their […]
In 2010, Relativity Media cut a major deal to produce films for Netflix…Things went downhill after that. A very public feud developed between the two companies when Relativity’s catastrophic financial struggles prevented it from producing the number of films it had promised. Then came a bankruptcy filing. Netflix wound up trying to void its agreement […]
Amid headlines analyzing a ratings drop for the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell tackled the issue with reporters yesterday, noting that the league isn’t looking for excuses. “It’s something that I don’t think there’s a single reason for. I really don’t. We look at all those factors,” Goodell said from the fall league meeting in Houston. […]
TNA received an answer to its SOS call. Anthem Sports & Entertainment, parent company of Fight Network, confirmed that it has stepped in to offer a working capital loan to fund the operations for TNA Impact Wrestling. The channel, which is a licensee of TNA programming for broadcast in the US, Canada and other international […]
A potential strike against video game employers continues to march closer to reality after SAG-AFTRA’s board of directors voted unanimously to set a strike date that would begin tomorrow at 12:01a. The union noted that key issues dividing the two parties included: secondary compensation, stunt safety, transparency, vocal safety, a failure to bargain seriously and […]
The French Professional Football League announced a partnership with EA Sports to launch E-Ligue 1, with its FIFA title at the center of the mix. The league will kick off with a Winter season next month and running through January, with a media partner expected to be announced later this month. Meanwhile, a Spring season […]
CBS canceled summer series BrainDead and American Gothic. BrainDead averaged a soft 2.6 million viewers and 0.4 among A18-49 (Live+SD), while American Gothic drew 2.7 million viewers and a 0.5 in the demo. Last scripted summer dramas standing at the net is Zoo.
Gwen Stefani is returning to The Voice, joining Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton as coach for season 12. Carson Daly will be back as host for the NBC musical competition series, which begins its season 12 production in February 2017. Current coach Miley Cyrus will return for season 13, which begins filming in […]
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