NBC is airing an extended, 90-minute version of Adele Live in New York City on Friday, May 6 at 8p. The show’s December 14 telecast averaged a 3.7 rating among A18-49 and 13.8 million viewers in Live+7, NBC’s most-watched concert special in 13 years.
Since last year, Verizon has gone out of its way to target TV audiences, with a specific eye to the changing ways in which younger viewers are consuming content. The go90 streaming service was the prime example, but it appears the telco now has its sights set on more than just mobile video. Variety […]
Many streaming platforms are going out of their way to blur the lines between digital and traditional programming, and the Apple TV is no exception. The fourth-gen device has begun promoting Live Tune-In, a feature allowing users to jump directly into the live-streams of certain apps by speaking a command into their Siri-integrated remotes. To […]
Coming off Glory 29 in Copenhagen over the weekend, kickboxing promotion Glory now sets its sights toward Los Angeles, home of Glory 30 on May 13, with an all-American tournament in store for fans. Recent months say the promotion partner with global heavyweights ESPN and UFC in recent months in a strategic shift that will […]
Thursday night saw the NFL and its broadcast partners release the new schedule for the upcoming season, with a lineup that will see both the Giants and Cowboys slated for the most primetime games, each with six. FOX Sports, home of Super Bowl LI, launches its 23rd season and a schedule of 102 games with […]
Call it the little network that could: TV One grabbed exclusive cable rights to Fox hit Empire from Twentieth Television. The hip hop drama will debut this spring with marathons leading to the season two finale on Fox, then air weekly over the summer. Network president Brad Siegel made the announcement at TV One’s Upfront […]
Production on History military series Six, which was nearing the completion of two filmed episodes, has come to a halt with the abrupt exit of actor Joe Manganiello. His role is being recast and his scenes will be reshot. It marks the second time Manganiello was cast in a straight-to-series project, but pulled out – […]
The Twitter-owned Vine, known for its six-second videos, has introduced a new feature called Watch, allowing users to watch multiple Vines strung together in reverse chronological order. It’s not hard to glean similarities to Snapchat’s Stories feature, which lets users splice multiple short videos together. And it’s not surprising to see Vine attempting some new […]
Social media platforms across the board have been making moves to emphasize video content, and Instagram is certainly no exception. Not too long after upping its max video length from 15 seconds to sixty, the Facebook-owned app has now added video channels to the Explore tab. The Explore section now features compiled video feeds, including […]
Broadcasters have their lineups for the first round of the NBA Playoffs, which tip off on ABC and ESPN this weekend with the first five games of the postseason. Mike Breen, analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson and reporter Lisa Salters open things up with Game 1 of the Rockets/ Warriors on Saturday at […]