According to a report from the Financial Times, the music video service Vevo is trying to raise a whopping $500 million from investors. The money would go toward Vevo’s planned SVOD service, as well as other international expansions. Earlier this month, Vevo reached a deal to gain the rights to the Warner Music catalogue, enabling […]
With the Rio Games in the books, the IOC now moves forward with its next project, the launch of the Olympic Channel, which will see its first full day of programming today. Designed to serve as a digital-first, multiplatform global Olympic media entity, the network is poised to showcase live event coverage, highlights, magazine shows, […]
The NFL made headlines over the weekend with reports that the league blocked NBC’s Mike Tirico from calling its upcoming Thursday Night Football games, with Al Michaels set to handle play-by-play for the franchise instead. The league explained the move on social media, writing that “When we bid out the Thursday Night Games, NBC came […]
Comedy Bang! Bang! creator/star Scott Aukerman tweeted out the news: The upcoming 10-episode fifth season of the IFC series will be its final one. The new season premieres Friday, October 28, with back-to-back episodes at 11p and 11:30p and will air two back-to-back eps weekly leading up to the finale on December 10. “Comedy Bang! […]
Dance Moms season 6 twirls back to Lifetime with new episodes beginning Tuesday, September 6 at 9p. Then on Lifetime, the 15th season of Project Runway drops Thursday, September 15 at 9p with returning host Heidi Klum, mentor and co-host Tim Gunn, and judges Nina Garcia and Zac Posen. Guest judges will include actresses Nina […]
T-Mobile is launching the T-Mobile One plan, a subscription option that grants customers unlimited talk, text, and 4G LTE smartphone data for $70 per month. The one catch is that T-Mobile will cap video services at standard-definition quality; a $25-per-month add-on is required for unlimited HD service.
Univision Communications may be buying Gawker Media for $135 million, but that won’t save the company’s flagship site. Gawker has announced that Gawker.com will cease operations next week. Gawker’s six other sites, which include Gizmodo, Deadspin, and Jezebel, appear to have been the real prize for Univision. With the acquisition, Univision continues its push […]
NBC Olympics announced that Carolyn Manno will host the company’s 70+ hours of 2016 Paralympic Games across NBC, NBCSN, and the NBC Sports app. Other talent will include Todd Harris, Jason Knapp and Steve Schlanger, who will call Track & Field, Swimming and Wheelchair Basketball, respectively. Ed Cohen makes his NBC Olympics debut to offer […]
Frontier Communications will ride a long-term partnership with PBR as the organization hits the second half of the 2016 season. Frontier inked a deal to serve as the official communications partner at 19 events across PBR’s elite Built Ford Tough Series as well as its expansion Blue DEF Tour. The partnership includes six event entitlements […]
Succumbing to the increasing challenges facing niche cable nets to attract audiences and maintain carriage deals, Pivot TV, launched in 2013, is going off the air. “As the media landscape changes, we have been evaluating how we fulfill our mission to entertain and inspire social action around the world’s most pressing issues,” said David Linde, […]
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