The Streamy Awards hosting gig goes to Tyler Oakley and Grace Helbig. Oakley, one of the most prominent LGBTQ activists on Youtube, is hosting for the first time. Helbig, a YouTube star and host of E!’s The Grace Helbig Show, is co-hosting for the second straight year. The Streamy Awards, which honor the best in […]
As Serena Williams looks to complete her quest for achieve the sport’s first calendar year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988 at the US Open, ESPN today launches its first exclusive telecast of the tournament as part of its new 11-year agreement with the USTA. The action will include over 130 hours of television […]
Speaking of ESPN, the company is launching ESPN College Extra, a new college sports platform designed to offer hundreds of ESPN3 exclusive live college sports events on TV including football, basketball, baseball, softball and more. Contests will be accessible to customers of AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV as well as Bright House Networks, Cox, Time Warner […]
After hosting early-evening program PoliticsNation on MSNBC for four years, Reverend Al Sharpton is moving to a once-a-week show. The shift comes as the cable news network seeks to focus more on breaking-news coverage and less on partisan viewpoint. The last edition of Sharpton’s weekday program airs Friday, September 4, moving to Sundays at 8a […]
Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to play Ruth Madoff in HBO’s Wizard of Lies, marking her first major TV role in decades. She’ll star opposite Robert De Niro, who plays the notorious Wall Street financial expert who swindled some $65 billion from investors in a Ponzi scheme.
Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch in Japan in September. This announcement comes only days after Netflix announced that it would make its move into the country on Sept. 2. To access videos, Japanese consumers will need to be subscribers to Amazon Prime, which costs 3,900 yet annually ($32.50). Amazon Prime has been in Japan […]
truTV will host it first-ever “Impractical Jokers” live on Sept. 3 to mark the show’s 100th episode. Host Howie Mandel will oversee the show as it is aired from New York City’s South Street Seaport. The four Jokers have been training with Ringling Bros. clown Bello Nock for the show’s big dare: a high-wire walk […]
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group confirmed yesterday that it is entering the Ironman competition, and will buy parent company World Triathlon Corp for $650 million. The WSJ broke the news with the company proclaiming World Triathlon Group as a “jewel in the crown of world endurance sports,” according to the AP. And that the deal […]
DirecTV and Pac-12 Networks are reportedly close to giving the channels national distribution in time for football season. Multiple reports, and broken by TVPredictions, state that the satellite carrier is testing high-definition and standard-definition signals on channel 612 that would be dedicated to the national Pac-12 Network feed once a deal is in place. The […]
USA Network postponed Wednesday night’s season finale of Mr. Robot for a week because of the shootings of WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward. “Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight’s episode. Our thoughts go out to all those affected during this difficult […]
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