With a growing number of media outlets and brands diving wholeheartedly into the eSports space, Sportradar unveiled the launch of its API for the industry, offering a data feed that created key points such as stats and results of leading game titles and tournaments, including CS:GO, Dota 2, League of Legends and StarCraft II. The […]
Vivendi boosted its stake in the gaming world, upping its ownership in Ubisoft to 17.73%. “Vivendi is considering asking for the reshuffling of Ubisoft’s board of directors with the aim, notably, to obtain a representation consistent with its weight as a shareholder,” the group said in the filing with Reuters reporting that the company has […]
Les Moonves said CBS “is salivating” ahead of Upfronts, anticipating bigger sales and higher prices than last year. In CBS’ earnings call yesterday, the CEO predicted double digit percent price increases, shrugging off concerns about competition from digital. “Questions are now arising about the effectiveness of certain digital media platforms,” noted Moonves, who also said […]
ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel will be first to sit in the guest co-host seat on Live With Kelly Ripa after the departure of Michael Strahan (did you hear he’s going to Good Morning America?). Kimmel joins Ripa on the syndicated morning talker Monday, May 16. The show will rotate co-hosts until a permanent […]
Instagram is upping its ante in the advertising world by offering marketers the option to bring videos to their Carousel ad format with a simple swipe. “We think this combination of video and carousel is very powerful,” says James Quarles, Instagram’s global head of business and brand development. “The immersive nature of sequential video allows […]
Amazon Prime Video has headed across “the pond” to pick up its latest series, the British period drama series Doctor Thorne. The series was adapted by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, in an agreement with The Weinstein Company. Doctor Thorne is based on the classic 1858 novel by Anthony Trollope and stars Tom Hollander (Mission: […]
ESPN is venturing into Viceland, agreeing to a partnership that will see Vice Sports produce new original series that will air exclusively on ESPN properties while select films from ESPN’s doc series 30 for 30 will air on the new cable channel Viceland. Other deal points include short-form animated series, select Vice Sports series including […]
With golf on deck at the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years, Golf Channel received marching orders for this year’s event to become the first single-sport cable network to provide live coverage of its sport’s Olympic competition, offering more than 130 live hours of Olympics programming in total on the channel. Programming […]
Back in the doghouse: New animated series Peanuts heads to Boomerang on Monday, May 9. For the first time, the individual Peanuts print comic strips come to life in vignettes, with new eps premiere daily at 11:30a ET/8:30a PT. The series features the antics of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and company in watercolor art style, textured […]
Last week we reported on the spinning off of StoryArc, under the direction of Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney, and Jen MacLean. Here’s more detail from MacLean about the company’s plans to expand existing digital properties including Funbrain and Poptropica, and launch new immersive experiences for kids. Changes for Funbrain and Poptropica […]
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