NBC tacked one episode each to season orders for dramas Blindspot, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Law & Order: SVU. The add-ons bring each show’s total to 23.
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Video game giant Activision Blizzard acquires Candy Crush-maker King Digital Entertainment in massive $6 billion deal
Activision Blizzard is a video game giant, but its presence in the mobile gaming space has been relatively minimal – until now. The company has acquired mobile gaming giant King Digital Entertainment, best known for the Candy Crush franchise. Activision Blizzard spent $5.9 billion dollars on the acquisition. And that can buy a whole lot […]
Twitter replaces “favorites” with “likes”
Say goodbye to stars, say hello to hearts. Twitter has eliminated its “favorite” feature, replacing it with a “like” feature. Instead of clicking on a star, users now click on a heart. The company made the same changes to Vine, its short video platform. “We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, […]
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The NFL adds to its London tour
The NFL locked in a partnership with the Rugby Football Union in a move that will see the league play a minimum of three regular-season games at Twickenham Stadium in London over a three-year span, in addition to its deals with other venues in the city, including Wembley. The deal begins in Oct. 2016 with […]
FOX Sports’ 16 billion Sunday
In other Nielsen news, FOX Sports is reporting that Sunday handed the channel with over 16 billion minutes viewed, anchored by America’s Game of the Week, pitting the Seahawks/Cowboys, along with Game 5 of the 2015 World Series. Overall, the channel served up 16+ consecutive hours of programming from 9:00-1:12a (Nov. 2), making it the […]
Vice to announce new U.S. TV channel in partnership with A+E
And so Vice Media’s march into linear TV begins. The digital news giant will soon officially announce the upcoming launch of its new U.S. TV network. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. As has long been speculated, the company is partnering with A+E Networks: A+E’s H2 Network will now become a […]
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Star Trek lands at CBS All Access
Star Trek is set to launch again. A new incarnation of the space drama will premiere in January 2017 on CBS, with subsequent first-run episodes available exclusively on CBS All Access. The program is the first original series developed for U.S. audiences for the cross-platform streaming service, which already offers the previous Star Trek TV […]
Telenovela makes an entrance
NBC comedies Superstore and Telenovela will officially debut Monday, January 4 at 8p and 8:30p. But the newcomers get a kick start in the weeks before: Superstore, starring America Ferrera, landed a post-The Voice preview on Monday, November 30 at 10p, while Telenovela (nee Hot & Bothered), produced and headlined by Eva Longoria, follows the […]
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