With the Women’s World Cup underway and an estimated billion people around the world expected to tune in, are sponsors or even FIFA finally buying in to the sport? While the tournament is being carried in an estimated 187 territories, ESPN’s primary talent for the tournament, Julie Foudy, says that there are still roadblocks in […]
Tumblr’s turning to its own community for new Q+A series Answer Time. Two days prior to the show, Tumblr will invite high-profile creators to open their Tumblrs’ built-in “Ask Boxes,” so users can submit questions for their live Q+A session. Answers are re-bloggable across Tumblr and shareable on all networks. The program will kick off […]
2K revealed that NBA 2K16 will feature three unique game covers from NBA All-Stars Stephen Curry, James Harden and Anthony Davis. In addition, the game will offer an all-new MyCAREER mode that was written and directed by Spike Lee, “enabling fans to be the story of an NBA player with drama never before experienced in […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our three daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Dish Network Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. are in merger talks, […]
The cast of Lifetime’s The Unauthorized ‘Full House’ Story (not to be confused with Netflix sequel Fuller House) includes Garrett Brawith (Rolling) as Bob Saget, Justin Mader (Death Race) as Dave Coulier, Justin Gaston (Days of Our Lives) as John Stamos and Stephanie Bennett (Big Eyes) as Lori Loughlin. Plus cute kids. Tell-all premieres Saturday, […]
Stephen Colbert, set to launch CBS’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, September 8, named Jon Batiste as the show’s bandleader. Batiste, whose most recent studio album, Social Music, reached number one on Billboard’s Jazz Album Chart, said, “This is a match made in heaven. Get ready for a love riot in late […]
Grammy-nominated musician Jack Antonoff will make his digital debut in Thank You and Sorry on June 16. The docu-series will follow Antonoff as he tours the world with his band The Bleachers, ponders life’s questions and encounters characters along the way. Produced by Above Average, Thank You and Sorry will premiere exclusively for free on […]
Crackle will collaborate with SaaS analytics company Moat and Freewheel to track viewable ad measurement across its connected TV (or OTT) service. “The 380 percent growth of [connected TV] viewership year over year is evidence that consumers still enjoy the ‘Living Room’ experience,” said Amy Pisano, Freewheel’s Vice President of Enterprise Solutions. “This is good […]
The Madison Square Garden Company added DraftKings to its sponsor team, entering a long-term marketing partnership that makes DraftKings a Signature Partner of MSG with year-round brand exposure across the company’s set of sports, entertainment and media properties in New York. DraftKings will now also be the exclusive Official Daily Fantasy Sports Partner of MSG’s […]
Despite Will Ferrell’s contention in April that his Lifetime movie with Kristen Wiig was canceled after the Hollywood Reporter outed the secret project, Lifetime confirmed to Cynopsis that A Deadly Adoption will premiere on Saturday, June 20. The SNL alums play a married couple whose plans to adopt a baby go awry.