According to a report from the New York Post, the music video platform Vevo is close to cutting a deal with Warner Music. The deal would officially enable Vevo to distribute music from all three major record labels (Vevo already has deals in place with Sony and Universal, both of which hold stakes in the […]
Another day, another deal for Twitter, which announced that the platform will now live stream weekly out-of-market games from MLB and the NHL via a new partnership with MLBAM. Meanwhile, 120 Sports will also produce an exclusive, nightly multi-sports highlights show called The Rally that will run on Twitter. Live streams will run once-per-week for […]
Meanwhile, FOX Sports Regional Networks locked in an agreement to begin live streaming local NHL telecasts starting with the new season. The new multi-year deal will see NHL games televised on FOX Sports Regional Networks (RSNs) available for live streaming on FOX Sports GO to customers of participating pay-TV providers and allows distributors, including new […]
Comedy Central’s Emmy- and Peabody-winning series South Park is celebrating its 20th season with a new logo, and a parade of on-air, online and on-the-ground events. Upcoming are the launch of a redesigned South Park app and new Avatar Creator; the release of videogame South Park: The Fractured But Whole; the South Park 20 Experience […]
Rita Ora is getting runway ready. The singer and actress will host VH1’s reboot of America’s Next Top Model, slated to premiere in the fall. VH1 also announced the judging panel for the show: model Ashley Graham, Paper Magazine chief creative officer Drew Elliott and celebrity stylist Law Roach. Show creator Tyra Banks and Ken […]
Is this really, finally happening? According to multiple reports, Verizon is nearing a deal to acquire Yahoo for about $5 billion. While multiple companies had expressed interest in acquiring Yahoo’s core business, the telco, which last year acquired AOL for $4.4 billion, was long seen as the favorite. It must be noted that the Verizon/Yahoo […]
Twitter’s media team is seeing some more turnover. Kristine Stewart, who oversaw the company’s North American media partnerships, has left the company. (The departure was first reported by Re/code.) Ross Hoffman, the company’s VP of Global Media Partnerships, will now report to Ali Jafari, who heads up Amplify, Twitter’s video advertising business. As part of […]
Twitter continued its blaze of sports video partnerships, announcing a digital media rights partnership with Campus Insiders that will include live streaming of more than 300 college sports events. The deal follows other recent partnerships for Twitter that includes the Pac-12 and the NBA (along with Thursday Night Football). The new agreement will see Twitter […]
Less than two weeks before the Rio Games, IOC officials declared that Russian athletes, following doping scandals with the country’s federation, would not be allowed to compete in the Rio Games unless they were able to convince specific sports federations of their innocence. Antidoping authorities had been pushing for an outright ban on athletes from […]
Boston EMS will return for a second season on ABC on Saturday, July 30 at 10p. Series gives viewers the chance to ride along with Boston Emergency Medical Services, one of America’s most seasoned team of first responders and the group that responded to the critically injured Boston Marathon spectators three years ago.