The YouTube Kids app has launched some new features. Like the YouTube Red subscription service, the YouTube Kids app now offers ad-free videos, offline videos, and background music play. The features are available to any YouTube Kids user with a YouTube Red subscription.
With Olympic competition now underway, the IOC agreed to a quintet of new sports for Tokyo 2020, announcing the return of baseball/softball and the additions of karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the lineup. Plans call for staging the skateboarding and sports climbing events to take place in temporary venues installed in urban settings […]
ESPN laid out programming plans for the World Cup of Hockey 2016 with the action starting Sept. 17 group play between Team USA/Team Europe on ESPN2 at 3:30p. Team Czech Republic/Team Canada will then face off in primetime that night on ESPNEWS at 8p. The Semifinals begin Sept. 24, at 7p on ESPN2 with the […]
New data from DFC Intelligence forecasts PC games hitting $42 billion in revenue globally by 2020. Currently, revenue hits $30 billion, with the study projecting growth of 8% for the next five years with the biggest numbers coming from China at $12 billion. Meanwhile, retail revenue from sales of packaged PC game products continues to […]
Xbox made waves with its plans for the Gears eSports Pro Circuit for Gears of War 4 with The Coalition. The new eSports plan allows players to compete in marquee live open events around the world operated by MLG and Gfinity for a starting $1,000,000 in cash prizes. Players worldwide can earn “Gears Pro Points” […]
Jimmy Fallon will man the mic for the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards. “This is the most spontaneous and uninhibited award show on television, and Jimmy’s playful, disarming comedic brilliance makes him the ideal host,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. The three-hour telecast airs live on Sunday, January 8 at 8p.
Houdini & Doyle is disappearing from FOX, cancelled after one low-rated season. The period magic drama drew 2.6 million viewers and a .7 demo rating when it premiered last May.
Stop us if this sounds familiar… Instagram is rolling out Instagram Stories, a new section for sharing video clips and photos. Instagram’s stories can quickly be swiped through, and they disappear after 24 hours. The new feature, you may have noticed, bears a striking similarity to Snapchat’s Stories feature. (We can start with the fact […]
The music video platform Vevo has finalized a distribution deal with Warner Music Group. (The New York Post reported last week that such a deal was in final negotiations.) Vevo can now distribute content from all three major record labels. Under the deal, Vevo will be able to distribute Warner’s videos on its own platforms, […]
The NFL and Snapchat are going long with their partnership, announcing a multi-year extension to their strategic partnership that will see the NFL become the first sports league to have a presence on the Discover platform. The channel will offer content programmed by NFL Media that includes headlines and hot topics, trends and inside access […]
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