Jimmy Fallon extended his deal with NBC Entertainment through September 2021. Since Fallon took over as host in February 2014, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has dominated the late-night landscape, averaging 3.8 million total viewers. “Jimmy Fallon is simply the best that there is, the most versatile star of a show anywhere in television […]
Sesame Street is making a big move. Sesame Workshop inked a five-year deal with HBO that gives the pay cabler first-run rights to the kids series, which has been carried by PBS since its premiere in 1969. PBS and member stations get the new eps free of charge after a nine-month window, as well as […]
NBCUniversal is making a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media. The digital media company has “a great portfolio of premium digital brands that deeply engage broad audiences,” said NBCU CEO Steve Burke, as well as “strong leadership, top editorial talent and a unique technology platform.” Vox brands include The Verge, Re/code, Eater, Curbed, SB […]
Machinima rolled out all five seasons of its Battlefield Friends on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vimeo On Demand and Xbox Live. The animated series spoofing shooter games has racked up over 100 million views. Season five is also available on Vessel, where it launched in April.
FOX Sports locked in a deal to stream its first-ever major sporting event on YouTube, partnering to open the Bundesliga season on the platform. Friday will see defending champion Bayern Munich face Hamburg at 2:30p in a match that will now be live streamed on four platforms including YouTube, FOX Sports GO, FOX Soccer 2 […]
Carrie Underwood is getting the big screen treatment as NBC Sports Group launches a spot featuring the artist performing SNF anthem Waiting All Day for Sunday Night in theaters around the country. The piece runs 2½-minutes and offers move-goers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this year’s Sunday Night Football show open via the […]
The six-month suspension of Brian Williams, bumped in February from his NBC News anchor perch for misreporting, is officially over. For his next act, in September Williams heads to MSNBC, where it’s expected he’ll play a role in rejuvenating the last place major cable news channel. The “lean forward” net will start standing straighter under […]
Comedy Housesitters, starring and exec produced by Grammy winner Michael Bolton, with Ricky Blitt as exec producer and writer, has been put in development at ABC. Described as a modern-day Three’s Company, the project comes from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group and ABC Studios.
Twitter’s Periscope has surpassed 10 million users just four months after launch, according to a blog from co-founders Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein, who say they’re seeing over 40 years’ worth of video watched per day. That user base is impressive, Beykpour and Bernstein acknowledge, but add it’s not the metric for assessing their […]
Tubular Labs Top 10 Rising Media & Entertainment Brands on YouTube, based on channels with more than 25K subs excluding gaming brands for last 30 days ending August 7. Brands/(Channel)/Total Subs/Subs in last 30 days/% subs gained/views Disney Descendants (Disney) / 62K / 43K / 70% / 11.2M Univision Musica (Univision Musica) / 135K / […]
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