Live video has been Facebook’s big obsession lately, and it looks like that’s not ending anytime soon. During the company’s f8 developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be making its Facebook Live API publicly available. That will allow developers to integrate Facebook live-streaming into third party devices and apps, including broadcast […]
With years left on their current deal, CBS and Turner Broadcasting made a play for another eight in an agreement with the NCAA valued at $8.8 billion to extend their rights to host the Men’s College Basketball Championship tournament through 2032. The extension will see Turner and CBS Sports offer the annual event “across any […]
DIRECTV is offering customers MLB in 4K, announcing that a slate of MLB Network Showcase games will be carried live in the format beginning with Friday’s Dodgers/Giants matchup, called by Bob Costas, Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci and Sam Ryan. This will mark the first-ever live 4K UHD telecast of a Major League Baseball game in […]
Nickelodeon debuted its newest live-action series, The Other Kingdom, Sunday (April 10) at 7p. The show is about a fairy named Astral, who travels to the human world to decide whether she wants to remain a fairy and inherit the crown of her royal kingdom, or become human. CynKids stopped by Nick HQ to talk […]
Animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment continues to step up its content development, and has appointed of Gregory R. Little to the newly created position of SVP of content. Little, who previously served as the company’s head of development and exec-produced its first 3D CG-animated theatrical release, Escape from Planet Earth, returns to Rainmaker as the company […]
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JOB OF THE WEEK MANAGER, CONSUMER MARKETING (FREELANCE) VH1 & LOGO NYC Manage planning & execution of all media plans for programming & brand initiatives. 3-5 years television marketing exp. Media agency & Dig. Mtkg exp, preferred. Full info/apply HERE MarketingVH1@gmail.com.. CYNOPSISJOBS 04.12.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 12, 2016, and this is your […]
The Commander-in-Chief has another job this week: Science Channel guest presenter. President Obama, who has made science a priority during his administration, has a segment during the net’s nightly news coverage, Science Presents DNews, at 9p. The 2016 White House Science Fair is April 13.
How far will NBCUniversal go to toot Chrysler’s horn? NBCUni struck a partnership with the auto brand, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment to launch the new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and Illumination and Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets (hitting theatres July 8). Custom content pieces feature Late Night host Seth Meyers and his dog, Frisbee, […]
After the much-hyped launch of its go90 service and its recent mobile video partnership with AwesomenessTV, it’s abundantly clear that Verizon sees mobile video content as a prime revenue generator, at least at some point down the road. To that end, the company has hired Chip Canter away from NBCU, where he served as SVP […]