NBC Sports Group continues to stock up its horse racing portfolio, locking in a deal with The Stronach Group for the world’s richest thoroughbred race, the $12 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational. The event takes place on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida with the inaugural running will see NBC offer a […]
RIP to the great Arnold Palmer, whose death at the age of 87 prompted tributes from around the industry, not only as a golf great who more than 90 golf tournaments, but also as TV and marketing’s first big golf star. As co-founder of Golf Channel, Palmer was honored throughout the day by the network, […]
Univision Communications announced that it will live-stream its Spanish-language coverage of tonight’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And Univision said that it will do the same for the second and third debates on October 9 and October 19. Viewers can watch the live-streams through Univision Now, Univision’s direct-to-consumer service featuring live-streams of Univision and UniMás […]
Janet Pauley is taking over the CBS Sunday Morning anchor seat, succeeding Charles Osgood, who retired after 22 years with the news program and nearly 50 years with CBS. Pauley joined CBS Sunday Morning in 2014 as a contributor and had been a substitute host. “Charles Osgood set the standard for CBS Sunday Morning,” said […]
Late last month, Twitter’s stocks rallied when co-founder and board member Evan “Ev” Williams wouldn’t deny that the company might, at some point, consider takeover offers. “We have to consider the right options,” he told a Bloomberg reporter. Well, the company seems to be moving closer to that takeover. CNBC’s David Faber reported that Twitter […]
George Stephanopoulos will lead coverage of tonight’s presidential debate on ABC. Dan Harris will recap and cover reaction from the spin room afterward, on Nightline.
Well that’s not good. In a letter to the ad-buying agency Publicis Media, which was obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook admitted to misstating its assessment of how long, on average, viewers watch videos on Facebook. Facebook said that, when measuring average view time, it had only been taking video views of longer than […]
As podcasting continues to flourish , not only in popularity as on-demand content but also with the sheer breadth of choices now available, DGital Media has served up a steady stream of headlines with its recent high-profile partnerships. Recent agreements in the sports space alone span from Sports Illustrated and Learfield to talent such as […]
Fuse is making a major play into eSports, announcing a deal to become the exclusive music sponsor for ESL One New York 2016 from Oct. 1-2 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with duo Krewella on deck to close out the event with a performance. The agreement marks the network’s entrance into eSports and the network […]
Bravo greenlit season three of scripted comedy Odd Mom Out; production on 10 new episodes begins in spring 2017. “Another season of this hilarious and sophisticated gem further demonstrates Bravo’s commitment to unique and high-quality scripted programming,” said Lara Spotts, SVP of development for Bravo.