Upfront selling is going “phenomenally well,” said CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves at the Cannes Lions event last week. “We had a rough year a year ago at the upfront and that’s because people were confused about digital.” What a difference a year makes. “We’ve figured out the combination of television and digital is […]
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) will appear on an episode of new Travel Channel series The Best Place to Be, produced by Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere at Flavor Unit. Anderson’s segment was taped in Barcelona. His assessment of the experience? “I WILL be back!” said Anderson.
Look out, Facebook and Periscope. YouTube will soon enable users of its app to broadcast live video via Android and iOS devices. (While YouTube already offered live broadcasting, this is the first time it’s been available to smartphone users.) To start, a handful of influencers will gain access to the new feature. Those include Mexican […]
You might now Kevin Smith as the director of comedies such as Clerks and Dogma. But thanks to a partnership with Defy Media and the Defy property ScreenJunkies, he’s been very active in the digital space lately. Cynopsis Digital recently caught up with Smith and ScreenJunkies co-founder Andy Signore at the PromaxBDA conference in Midtown […]
Maya Rudolph will co-star in a music-centric episode of IFC’s Documentary Now! season 2. In the episode “Test Pattern,” Rudolph joins series regulars Fred Armisen and Bill Hader as they perform one of the greatest concerts that never really happened. The ep is inspired by groundbreaking 1984 Talking Heads concert documentary, Stop Making Sense. Airdate […]
The US Marine Corps will confirm the identity of the previously unknown flag raiser on Iwo Jima New in new one-hour Smithsonian Channel special The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima. The special, which airs Sunday, July 3 at 9p, will feature never-seen forensic evidence provided by Smithsonian Channel and production company Lucky 8 TV […]
Social-media star Cameron Dallas is making the move from Vine to Netflix. The streaming titan has enlisted Dallas for an unscripted series that will shadow him and his entourage as he takes on Hollywood. Neither a release date nor title has been set. But if Dallas’ 9.4 million Vine followers and roughly 35 million social […]
AOL has acquired NYC-based Nito Inc., an animation and social media technology company powered by markerless face tracking technology that’s applied to 3D animation. The goal? To integrate facial tracking with 2D and 3D content into AOL’s core Kanvas apps. The company will launch a utility app called Switch, which will enable users to alter […]
UFC is pairing up with Snapchat through to showcase a slate of events via its ‘Live’ product. Fight fans at UFC event will receive access to unique experiences via photo and video Snaps to one collective, curated Snapchat Live Story. These Live Stories will then be available for Snapchatters globally to view for 24 hours […]
The NFL and NFLPA are teaming with Cirque du Soleil for an league attraction set to take place in Times Square. The NFL Times Square experience will be housed as a 40,000 square feet, four-story exhibit, located on the corner of West 47th Street and 7thh Avenue at 20 Times Square with an opening in […]
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