NBC Olympics is lining up distribution of 4K Ultra HD coverage to cable, satellite, telco providers, and other partners ahead of this summer’s Games. Coverage will be offered on a one-day delay and will include 4K UHD footage from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, swimming, track and field, basketball, the men’s soccer final, and judo, […]
TNT’s The Dunk King ruled the night as the the four-part series delivered an average of 2.1 million total viewers for Tuesday night’s finale. Viewership rose 19% from the debut episode through the final round. That was good enough to rank as the most-viewed program of the night – based on total viewership and all […]
FX picked up critically acclaimed The Americans for a 13-episode fifth season to air in 2017, and a 10-episode sixth and final season slated for 2018. FX Productions also closed new overall deals with exec producers/showrunners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. “We have no doubt that this two-season order will allow Joe and Joel to […]
Season three of Starz drama Power debuts Sunday, July 17 at 9p. It will be joined by comedy Survivor’s Remorse, also moving to Sundays for its third season, premiering on July 24 at 10p.
Microsoft’s E3 conference is still a couple weeks off, but news is beginning to trickle out. According to Kotaku, Microsoft will launch a smaller (and cheaper) version of Xbox One later in 2016. And according to Petri Executive Editor Brad Sams, the company will be launching two new streaming sticks later this year. […]
Yet another twist in the Yahoo saga: AT&T, which initially sat out the auction of Yahoo’s core business, has swooped in with an offer, according to a report from Bloomberg. The telco faces off against its rival, Verizon, which has widely been considered the most likely buyer. AT&T already owns a joint stake (along […]
Conference USA’s newest broadcast deal will see a quartet of partners divvy up rights in multiple multiyear agreements for its football, basketball games and other sports. The conference’s partners now include ESPN, CBS Sports, beIN Sports as well as American Sports Network. ESPN’s deal will include five regular season football games as well as the […]
Mountain Dew is blending NASCAR and VR as the newest portion of its DEWcision campaign, allowing fans to vote for either Baja Blast or Pitch Black. The brand is launching a NASCAR-themed VR experience, built for the latest version of Oculus Rift with interactive spots that puts viewers in the driver’s seat of a NASCAR […]
Tuesday officially saw the kickoff for Turner Sports and WME/IMG’s foray into eSports, as the new ELeague opened play on streaming partner Twitch, with viewership swinging from 50,000 to 100,000 throughout the day and total viewers topping the one million threshold. As the organization prepares to showcase the action on TBS tomorrow at 10p, the […]
Sony Interactive Entertainment saw cumulative worldwide sales of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End for the PlayStation 4 top 2.7 million units as of May 16, a week after launch, between a combo of physical and digitally-distributed copies. “Thank you to the team at Naughty Dog for delivering Uncharted 4, a stunning experience that sets a […]