ESPN is poised to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with special week-long coverage across its platforms. The look back launches on Sunday with a special SC Featured on 10a on SportsCenter with “Dear New Orleans,” while ESPN The Magazine will for the first time feature a single writer on a single subject. as […]
Brooke Johnson, president of Scripps Networks Interactive’s food lifestyle brands, including Food Network and Cooking Channel, will retire after more than 12 years with the company. Johnson will continue to serve as a consultant to SNI through the end of 2016.
Zendaya joins the judges panel for the 2016 Miss America Competition, airing live on ABC on Sunday, September 13, at 9p. The singer/actress joins previously announced celebrity judges country crooner Brett Eldredge; Tara Kyle, author and wife of the late U.S. Navy SEAL “American Sniper” Chris Kyle; Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank, and 2014 Paralympic […]
Google is opening a YouTube Space to help creators in Mumbai produce higher-quality videos, showing just how important India is to the technology giant. This is the seventh such space – the first launched in Los Angeles in 2012, followed by locations in London, Tokyo, New York, Sao Paulo, and Berlin. The Mumbai space […]
Digital advertising cost presidential candidates $159 million in 2012, but this time around, far more dollars will be spent in the digital realm, reports the International Business Times. According to Borrell Associates, it is expected that more than $1 billion will be spent on digital advertising in this presidential election cycle on “spots that […]
ESPN serves up in a solo effort this month, announcing broadcast plans for the upcoming US Open with exclusive coverage as Serena Williams looks to lock up the first calendar year Grand Slam in nearly three decades. The action starts Aug. 31 and runs through the Women’s Championship on Saturday, Sept. 12, and the Men’s […]
Bud Light is capitalizing on its status as the Official Beer of the NFL by introducing 28 new team-specific cans for fans. Each can’s design features a customized scroll message that “speaks directly to each team’s passionate fan base” with verbage such as “The perfect beer for making tonight ‘immaculate’” for the Steelers. “The introduction […]
IFC must like what it sees in Documentary Now! – the net has renewed the series from Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Meyers ahead of its debut on Thursday, August 20 at 10p. So far the parody has grabbed 250,000 views for its “pre-premiere” across platforms.
Haven will end its run on Syfy after the conclusion of its fifth season, picking up Thursday, October 8 at 10p. The supernatural drama, based on a Stephen King novella, had been averaging 1.1 million A24-54 and 2.3 million viewers.