Saturday also saw the final outing for American Pharoah who went out a winner to capture the Breeders’ Cup on NBC. The Triple Crown winner helped the channel to a 2.63/6 in Nielsen overnight markets, marking the best numbers for the race since 2010 and up 46% over last year’s primetime telecast on the channel. […]
To paraphrase George Orwell, Apple TV and Chromecast have ceased to exist; they have never existed. At least, that’s the sense you’ll get if you search for the devices on Amazon. The retailer has followed through on its promise from early this month, removing all traces of the devices from its website. All traces: You […]
Happy Valentine’s Day from HBO. The network set Sunday, February 14, at 9p for the debut of rock’n’roll drama Vinyl, from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. The 10-ep series will debut with a two-hour premiere directed by Scorsese. Set in the NY music industry scene of the ‘70s as punk, disco and hip-hop […]
Break out the hot cocoa. ABC Family is once again pre-gaming its annual holiday programming promo with “Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas,” beginning November 22 with Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story and including one-hour, behind-the-scenes special Pretty Little Liars: 5 Years Forward and a new Young & Hungry holiday ep.
Maker Studios is gearing up for some more making. The Disney-owned digital media company will produce at least eight original series for Go90, Verizon’s mobile streaming service. That includes content based on Marvel comics and Star Wars. Maker also plans to produce live events for Go90. See a list of some of the planned content […]
Twitch is for gamers…and painters? The highly popular video game live streaming site is launching Twitch Creative, a designated section featuring live streams of artists practicing their crafts. Said artists will range from photoshoppers re-creating famous video game characters, to painters depicting open landscapes, to musicians strumming on their guitars. And to kick off […]
The NBA is busting through the jersey barrier, and is planning to add a sponsor’s logo to its jerseys. The league will allow Kia to place its logo on a 3.25-inch-by-1.6-inch patch that will be displayed on the upper left chest of player jerseys for both the 2016 and 2017 All-Star games, marking the first […]
MLB on FOX is teaming up with Facebook during the World Series in order to offer ‘live’ video chats during the games. Game 2 saw Hall of Famer Frank Thomas appear in a live video chat on MLB on FOX’s Facebook Page to answer questions from sports fans with another round set to take place […]
Horror producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, all of your nightmares) is about to start scaring you in real time, according to Variety. Starting at 10pm EST tonight, Blum will debut Fifteen, a live horror experience streamed over Periscope. The idea was conceived by writer/director Ryan Turek and Gavin Michael Booth, Director of Development […]
Netflix is heading to the Middle East. The company’s website has posted three job ads that are kind of a dead giveaway: Marketing Planning and & Analysis Manager, EMEA as well as Senior Manager, EMEA Marketing Insights and Social Media Manager for Middle East. In an email to IGN Middle East, Joris Evers (Netflix’s VP […]