AOL purchased RYOT, a production studio specializing in virtual reality and 360-degree video. AOL says it will use RYOT’s resources to boost The Huffington Post’s journalistic efforts. (RYOT and HuffPo have actually partnered before, on the Susan Sarandon-hosted reporting series The Crossing.) Interestingly enough, this is no anomaly. News outlets have been some of the […]
Curt Schilling’s run at ESPN is over. The network announced that the former pitcher had been terminated from the company after posting an anti-transgender meme over Facebook, which he subsequently deleted, but marked the latest in a line of controversial posts from the baseball talent. “ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised […]
Dan Patrick’s run with NBC Sports just got a little deeper. NBC Sports Group and Crackle announced that Crackle’s Sports Jeopardy! will run on NBCSN following the network’s nightly coverage of the Rio Olympics. NBCSN nabbed exclusive television rights to the series hosted by Dan Patrick, and which airs originally on Crackle with a debut […]
Michael Strahan is leaving syndicated daytime talker LIVE With Kelly and Michael for a full-time position on ABC’s Good Morning America, where he has been appearing twice weekly. “Michael has been a stellar addition to the broadcast,” said ABC News president James Goldston in a note to staff.“Over the past two years on GMA, he’s […]
Digital be damned – Ben Silverman, founder and chairman of Electus and former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, insists, “There’s just nothing else that can deliver” like broadcast TV. Speaking at NAB, Silverman explained, “With broadcast, you may be taking a ton of risk going into it, but you can still potentially create something like The […]
Seeso, the NBCU comedy SVOD service that launched in January, is looking for ways to land more subs. To that end, the service has been adding new (and increasingly serious-minded) original content. Adding a new and easy path to purchase can’t hurt either: This spring, Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to add a […]
Why do we take Facebook seriously when the company tells us its ad metrics? Because the third-party verification company Moat has been confirming the numbers since last September. But, as a new announcement makes clear, basic performance metrics aren’t enough; Facebook wants confirmation for its viewability and attention metrics as well. To that end, […]
The Copa America Centenario picked up a trio of new partners, locking in deals with Makita, Samsung Electronics America and Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer for the upcoming tournament, which honors 100 years of the event. The three brands now join Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Nike, Sprint and State Farm as tournament partners, and […]
FOX Sports is reportedly about to land a new rights deal with the Big Ten that will award the company with half of the Big Ten’s available media rights package, according to SBJ’s John Ourand. Although deal points are still being worked out, the package is expected to hand Fox with rights to “around 25 […]
Genius Brands International is singing a new tune. The company behind Baby Genius, Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab and recently announced SpacePOP is partnering with Sony Music Entertainment and its Legacy Recordings label to launch kids music labelGenius Brands Music. The new imprint will produce and distribute original music and cover tunes in the global market. […]
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