Showtime picked up a sixth season of Homeland and a third of The Affair. Both shows’ season finales air Sunday, December 20, at 9p and 10p.
Homeland renewed for season six
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CBS CEO says Apple is shelving plans for live-TV streaming
It’s a bad day to be a cord-cutter. According to CBS CEO Les Moonves, Apple has put the brakes on its plans for a service capable of streaming live television through the Apple TV without requiring a traditional cable subscription. “They’ve had conversations on it, and I think they pressed the hold button,” said Moonves […]
Netflix says it will release 31 original series in 2016
Exhibit A in why Netflix has been willing to let some of its film licensing deals lapse in recent months: According to Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, the company plans to launch 31 original series in 2016. That number was 15 this year. Sarandos’ remarks came at the UBS Global Technology Conference in NYC.
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FOX Sports’ ratings kicker
The 2015 college football season cleared the uprights for FOX Sports, which posted ratings increases for the sports this year, topped by last weekend’s Big Ten Championship Game. The Michigan State win drew 9.8 million viewers to the channel with a 5.7/11 household rating/share. Combined with the rest of the channel’s games this year, the […]
ESPN’s Jedi tricks
Still unable to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters, Mark Hamill is now slated to host an ESPN Star Wars special connecting the world of sports with the world of Star Wars. The half-hour special spotlights “the sport and athleticism behind the choreography and training utilized in the making of Star […]
Good news for The Blacklist
NBC renewed The Blacklist for season four. The crime drama, returning from winter break on Thursday, January 7, joins freshman Blindspot and Dick Wolf’s Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. on the net’s renewal list.
Betty White game show
FremantleMedia North America’s digital multicast network, BUZZR, will count down the 12 days leading to Christmas with holiday programming featuring game show regular Betty White. Starting Monday, December 14, BUZZR will air game show episodes featuring White at 8p, ending with 24-hour marathon “A Betty White Christmas” on Friday, December 25.
AT&T Chief hints at new mobile entertainment service
Does AT&T have a mobile entertainment service in the works? Yesterday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, company CEO Randall Stephenson hinted as much, saying that the company is interested in reaching consumers on mobile devices, as well as on screens not connected to standard TV services. Stephenson even said AT&T intents to […]
Amazon launches Streaming Partners Platform
Let the digital bundling begin. Amazon has rolled out its new Streaming Partners Platform, an initiative aimed at incorporating other companies’ streaming services into the Amazon streaming package. Among the initial partners (more than 20 to begin with) are Showtime, Starz, and SundanceNow. Users can add the new subscription services through the Amazon video app […]
Showtime Boxing enters the VR ring
Showtime is taking boxing to a whole new arena, announcing that last Saturday night’s main event between WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs’ and previously undefeated challenger Peter Quillin is now available with 360-degree video from ring-side. The VR-driven initiative is viewable on Showtime Sports’ YouTube Channel, the Showtime Boxing Facebook page and the Samsung […]
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