CBS Sports is pairing with Tough Mudder via a multi-year partnership that brings the endurance brand to broadcast, cable and digital via CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com beginning this fall. The series will offer an inside look at World’s Toughest Mudder, the 24-hour extreme endurance race. In addition, Tough Mudder will debut its […]
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Starz took the opportunity at TCA to announce it has extended its overall deal with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power). Starz and Jackson are developing superhero-themed Tomorrow, Today, based on a screenplay by Jackson. Starz also greenlit a second season of limited series The Girlfriend Experience, from Steven Soderbergh.
Count Lili Taylor among the actors returning for season three of ABC anthology series American Crime. Taylor joins Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Regina King and Richard Cabral.
Five million Google Chromecasts have been sold in the last two months, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during Alphabet’s quarterly earnings announcement. Google’s streaming media dongle has now sold nearly 30 million units since it launched in 2013.
Redbox parent Outerwall, now publicly traded, will be taken private by hedge fund Apollo Capital Management for $1.6 billion. If all goes well, it could be privatized by the end of the third quarter. The announcement is seen as another sign that streaming is pretty much killing off the Age of DVDs. Outerwall owns more […]
FOX Sports formally unveiled its plans for Skip Bayless as the company’s newest personality, as the former ESPNer will host a new sports talk show on FS1 starting Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 10a. Additional details will be announced later this month. “Skip Bayless is one of the most incisive opinionists in all of media,” said […]
NBC Olympics detailed its promotional plans for the 2016 Rio Olympics on social media, with content set to include a GIF torch relay on Twitter via @NBCOlympics and incorporated into GIFs posted on social media accounts from networks and shows under the umbrella. In addition to the previously announced influencers and partnerships, the company had […]
Joe Biden is heading to NBC procedural Law & Order: SVU. The vice president will play himself in a press conference scene, commending Det. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) for her work in clearing some of New York’s rape kit backlog. Biden and Hargitay have collaborated on several charitable efforts to benefit women in the past, […]