Late Night host Seth Meyers extended his contract with NBC Entertainment through February 2021. Said Meyers, who started in February 2014, “I can’t thank NBC enough for continuing to support our show and this more than makes up for my disappointment in not getting cast in The Wiz.” Meyers will also host a 2016 New […]
Showtime placed a 12-episode order for season seven of Shameless. Season six is airing Sundays at 9p. “Shameless has clearly resonated with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights over the past 6 years,” said Showtime Networks president of programming, Gary Levine. The net also announced season premiere dates for season five […]
So just how big will the virtual and augmented reality market get? In a series of charts, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research lays out its thoughts on the subject. Here’s the upshot: Goldman thinks the VR/AR market will grow significantly more slowly than the market for smartphones and tablets initially did. But: Once things take […]
We should have known that a single YouTube channel couldn’t contain the PewDiePie juggernaut. The YouTube megastar (he of the 41 million subscribers) is teaming up with the Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios to launch Revelmode, a new gaming and pop culture-focused digital network. (The partnership with Maker is merely an extension of an existing […]
ESPN is giving an overhaul to its Sunday Night Baseball crew, announcing that the upcoming MLB season will see Dan Shulman joined by newly-named analysts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boon in the broadcast booth, along with returning reporter Buster Olney. They will make their debut on April 3 at 8:30 with Mets/Royals with Andy Reichwald […]
Jordan Spieth added another title to his resume, signing with Coca-Cola to serve an ambassador for the brand. The new multi-year partnership will feature Spieth in television advertising, digital and social media, point-of-sale, out-of-home, experiential marketing, packaging and more. Spieth will promote the company’s Dasani brand as well. As an Olympic hopeful, he also will […]
Al Jazeera America is shutting down by April 30. In a memo to staff, network CEO Al Anstey said the decision to fold the news net, launched in August 2013, “is driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace.”
Ted Danson (CSI: Cyber), who shot to fame on NBC’s Cheers (1982-1993), and Kristen Bell (House of Lies) have been cast in NBC comedy Good Place, about a woman trying to turn over a new leaf. The network ordered 13 episodes of the Michael Schur (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) series, produced by Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment […]
A comedy from Live! With Kelly and Michael’s Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos’s (Alpha House) Milojo Productions and Andrew Leeds is in development at ABC, reports Deadline. Show centers on a couple irritated by their three daughters’ romantic partners.
Up Periscope! The video live-streaming app is being integrated into the platform of its parent company, Twitter. Starting yesterday, users of the Twitter iOS app could start viewing live auto-playing video streams directly within their timelines. Users also now have access to replays of past broadcasts directly through the Twitter app. Though the Periscope […]
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