Global sports and entertainment agency Wasserman announced the formation of The Collective, a new division within the company being launched to “raise the visibility of women in sports, entertainment, and culture by delivering unique strategy, insights, and ideas for talent, brands, and properties focused on empowering and speaking to women.” The division will serve as […]
Discovery Channel is really sinking its teeth into Shark Week 2019 with “fantastic” programming set to air from July 28-August 4. The network is premiering its first scripted feature-length film, Capsized: Blood in the Water, starring Josh Duhamel, followed by “fincredible” documentary programming set to scare you out of the water all week long. In […]
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith are launching Westbrook, Inc., a cross-platform holding company that will encompass subsidiary companies including Overbrook Entertainment, Red Table Talk Enterprises, Westbrook Studios, Westbrook Media and Good Goods. The company is designed to allow the Smiths to “fully immerse ourselves in all areas of the media and entertainment space. With […]
NBCUniversal’s Sky Sports extended its deal in the UK to carry The Open through 2024. Sky Sports has held the UK rights to the Open since 2016 with the deal also covering the Women’s British Open and the Senior Open, as well as the R&A’s amateur events including the Amateur and Women’s Amateur champions, the […]
With college football hitting its 150th season this fall, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame highlighted celebrations taking place in the coming months to pay homage to the occasion on both a local and national level. In addition, major broadcast networks that cover college football have all pledged to support the Anniversary […]
Good news for Immortals Gaming Club, which cemented a renewal of its partnership with MTN DEW AMP GAME FUEL. The pair had produced the YouTube series Champions Rising featuring MIBR, IGC’s CS:GO roster and reeling in over 1-million minutes watched online and will continue to chronicle the team at IEM Chicago. In addition to being […]
Anti-smoking nonprofit initiative Truth is backing ELEAGUE in a new marketing partnership between the two organizations, which will kick off with this weekend’s first-ever Gears 5 Esports Tournament at ELEAGUE Arena. Competition begins Saturday at noon on Twitch. Competition on Xbox Game Studios’ upcoming Gears title will see eight of the world’s best professional teams […]
HBO Max is the name of WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service, which will carry the complete 236-episode library of Friends, plus The CW’s upcoming Batwoman, original movies from Greg Berlanti and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, and full libraries of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Pretty Little Liars and more. Under new arrangements with Warner Bros […]
After a dramatic switch in distributors away from Universal Pictures, Netflix landed heist thriller Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds. The streamer greenlit the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed film and set a 2020 production start. When initially was sold as a pitch, Red Notice was among the biggest film packages brokered last […]
Captain Morgan is toasting Major League Soccer, courtesy of a new agreement to become the league’s official spiced rum and exclusive spirits partner through 2022. The new deal names Captain Morgan as an official sponsor of MLS All-Star – taking place in a few weeks in Orlando – Campeones Cup (August 14) and MLS Cup […]