With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signing the bill to legalize and regulate professional MMA, UFC announced that it will host a major PPV event at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, November 12. The promotion will also be adding another live event in Upstate New York before the end of the year, having previously pledged […]
ABC News’ Good Morning America will hold two separate live town hall discussions with Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, leading up to Tuesday’s New York primary. Both town halls will air during GMA – The Clinton town hall will air live on Friday, April 15; the Cruz town hall […]
Bravo’s first original scripted series, Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce, is not splitting any time soon. It will air for at least five seasons thanks to a three-season pickup for the series, starring Lisa Edelstein. Renewed for seasons 3, 4 and 5, the show joins just a small club of series that get a triple-play renewal.
Sling TV is growing. Dish Network’s Internet pay-TV service has launched a new service enabling users to watch up to three streams at once, priced at $20 per month – the same as the single-stream version of Sling. The new entry features a heaping helping of content from the Fox brotherhood, including Fox Broadcasting, Fox […]
The millennial-oriented media network Fusion will begin streaming weekly episodes of the Chris Gethard Show on Facebook Live. The show premieres tonight at 8pm ET. Lena Dunham will join as a special guest. In addition to a basic simulcast, Fusion will be incorporating tools from Telescope’s recently unveiled Live Studio software, enabling the network to […]
FOX Sports detailed its plans for the USGA’s 2016 championship season, lining up over 120 hours of coverage across eight championships, including more than 40 hours of coverage of the 116th US Open Championship. The company tees off with the US Amateur Four-Ball Championship from May 24-25 followed by the US Open in June, US […]
BTN is getting into the eSports space, announcing with Riot Games the BTN Invitational: A University League of Legends Event. The competition will see two Big Ten schools battle head-to-head League of Legends, with Ohio State facing Michigan State in front of a live audience at PAX East in Boston on April 22. The matchup […]
FX limited series The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story wrapped as cable’s most-watched new series of 2016. On a Live+7 basis (through eight weeks, first-run), the series is averaging 7.5 million total viewers, 4.0 million A18-49 and 1.9 million A18-34, number six in delivery of A18-34 and eighth in A18-49 among all primetime […]
All aboard! Season two of Pop’s Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block launches Thursday, June 9 at 8p. This trip will include virtual reality and 360 degree video (selfies with Donnie!).
Last year, AOL acquired the app developer Kanvas Labs, and in October launched the Kanvas app for photo-sharing and live video. As of yet, Kanvas has been overshadowed by the likes of Snapchat and Periscope – but AOL’s looking to change that in a big way. Hoping to win over both viewers and advertisers, the […]