“Paid patriotism” made headlines yesterday following a government oversight report released by Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake detailing how the Department of Defense paid professional sports teams/leagues a total of $6.8 million to serve up patriotic displays honoring American soldiers. NASCAR was the biggest recipient of the funds, receiving $1,560,000 during fiscal year 2015, […]
Kickboxing pillar GLORY locked in a deal with ESPN to carry its events live on ESPN networks, beginning with tonight’s GLORY 25 Milan on ESPN3 at 4p, with a replay on ESPN 2 at 1:30a. This year, the promotion has also locked in broadcast deals with Kombat Sport in France, Fight Channel in Eastern Europe, […]
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A sick day already? Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who took over for Jon Stewart on September 28, underwent an emergency appendectomy Wednesday morning. “We’re happy to report the procedure went well,” said Comedy Central. An encore episode of the late nighter aired last night.
Speaking of hip hop, five young artists, age 12-16, will be mentored by producer Jermaine Dupri in unscripted series The Rap Game, starting New Year’s Day at 10p on Lifetime. Queen Latifah and partner Shakim Compere will executive produce under the Flavor Unit umbrella along with Dupri.
It’s official: Bryan Cranston’s new show is sneaking onto Amazon Prime. Amazon has confirmed what Deadline reported in early September: Sneaky Pete, Executive Produced by Cranston and starring Giovanni Ribisi, has been picked up for a full season order. In 2016, the series will debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., U.K., Austria, […]
Facebook’s Q3 earnings release contained some significant news: Namely, that Facebook is an unstoppable juggernaut bent on world domination…Okay, maybe that’s extreme. But consider this: The company now sees more than one billion users, and eight billion video views, every year. Wait, scratch that. It’s actually every DAY. The company also announced that it has […]
Verizon and the NBA are thinking big with a multiyear content and marketing partnership that makes Verizon the Official Wireless Service Provider of the league, as well as the WNBA, NBA Development League (NBA D-League) and USA Basketball (USAB). The deal will see mobile video service and social entertainment platform go90 serve up extensive NBA […]
The NFL will be downing Bud Lights for the foreseeable future, with Anheuser-Busch inking a multi-year renewal and global expansion of Bud Light’s official beer sponsorship of the league. The deal sees Bud Light expand its presence across premiere league events, serving as the presenting sponsor of Thursday Night Football, a sponsor of the NFL […]
Jon Stewart will be hanging his hat at HBO. The former Daily Show host inked a four-year deal to create short-form digital content for HBO Go and HBO Now, focusing on current events. “Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me,” said Stewart. “I’m pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of […]
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