Mark Burnett has been appointed president of MGM Television and Digital Group, after MGM struck a deal for the remaining 45 percent that Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst hold in United Artists Media Group. Burnett will report to Gary Barber, MGM chairman and CEO. MGM acquired a 55 percent stake in the venture last year. […]
Amazon Prime is developing Highland, starring Margaret Cho as a woman fresh out of rehab who moves back in with family who run a pot dispensary. Dramedy is a co-productions between Amazon Studios and Tomorrow Studios.
Webcams, we hardly knew ye. YouTube is unceremoniously ushering webcam technology out the door; the company announced that it will bring an end to a feature allowing users to directly upload webcam footage. The technology “is rarely used and is built on a technology that is no longer supported,” the company explained. Users will still […]
Facebook’s tentacles continue to creep across the streaming video ecosystem. The company says it has released a new API giving developers support for embedding Facebook’s video players directly into apps and websites. The API allows developers to create a customized video player, modified to the needs of their specific apps (as opposed to using Facebook’ […]
With an eye toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, TiVo Research and RealityMine locked in a partnership with NBCUniversal to mine “comprehensive single-sourced cross-platform measurement” throughout the Summer Games, spanning Aug. 5-21. The alliance will create an in-depth analysis of how viewers (who opt in) consume NBCUniversal’s Olympic content across multiple devices including TV, mobile […]
NBC Sports Group also reupped with Breeders’ Cup for a three-year renewal of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, which was originally inked last year. The deal sees 16 of top Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races in the US each year through 2018. 2016 will see the “Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, presented […]
Willard Scott, 81, announced on Friday that he is retiring from Today, after 35 years at the morning show and 65 years at NBC. Scott semi-retired in 1996, passing the weather reporting baton to Al Roker. Scott will get a proper send-off Tuesday, December 15. “He is literally my second dad. I love that man,” […]
When you think of acclaimed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, you immediately think of Rosemary’s Baby…Wait, what? Fandango’s web series I Love Movies, which features celebs discussing the films that have most affected them, is getting a fashion-friendly makeover. Fandango is partnering with InStyle to release a special edition of the series featuring celebs from the […]
NBC ordered five more episodes of Chicago Med, for a first season of 18 installments. The drama has averaged a time period-winning 2.0 among A18-49 and 8.9 million viewers in Live+SD.
Disney is making inroads in the Far East. The company has inked a content deal with Chinese streaming service provider LeTV. Disney-owned content now coming to LeTV’s services includes, among other programming, Pixar’s Inside Out, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and full seasons of ABC’s Desperate Housewives.
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