Following Rory McIlroy’s victory over the weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship, along with headline-grabbing wins in recent weeks by Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, the PGA TOUR has hit 2015 looking to shake up audience growth with its stars continuing to cement their places in pop culture. With Golf Channel on NBC’s coverage of […]
ESPN locked in a deal with the Mountain West to bring the conference’s annual football championship game to its channels through the 2019-20 season. The addition supplements current ties between the conference and ESPN which includes exclusive worldwide rights to televise up to 16 Mountain West football games, plus every Boise State home game, as […]
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 CSI is ending its 15-season run on CBS in style, with a two-hour movie […]
The guest list has been set for the final broadcasts of the Late Show with David Letterman, airing Monday, May 18, Tuesday, May 19 and Wednesday, May 20 at 11:35p. Tom Hanks appears on the show on Monday, along with rocker Eddie Vedder. Bill Murray, Letterman’s first guest on Late Show’s August 30, 1993 premiere, […]
AMC’s Humans premieres Sunday, June 28 at 9p. The eight-part drama series takes place in a parallel present, where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant eerily similar to its living counterpart.The series is based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans.
Amazon is expected to drop Viacom series, Teen Mom and Mob Wives, along with other A+E reality shows such as Pawn Stars and Storage Wars. Amazon Prime Instant Video’s plan is related to evidence of reality show viewer fatigue, according to AdAge. Instead, Amazon’s video service will spend more on original programming and buy shows […]
CBS’ digital subscription live streaming service, CBS All Access, reached agreement with 13 additional affiliate partners. Announced at its Upfront this week, the affiliate partners include Bahakel Communications, Block Communications, Capitol Broadcasting, Cox Media Group, Draper Holdings, Ft. Myers Broadcasting, Griffin Communications LLC, Meridian Media, Midwest Television, Mt. Mansfield Television, News-Press & Gazette Company, Schurz […]
More sports gains in China as Major League Soccer locked in a partnership with Letv Sports, China’s leading digital sports broadcaster, in a deal that will offer live coverage of all league matches throughout the mainland. The deal marks the first time Letv will hold MLS rights and the company will now offer at least […]
FOX Sports’ began construction of its media headquarters for the company’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 coverage. The area is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, adjacent to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Jack Poole Plaza. The television compound spans more than 7,500 square feet, housing offices, a control room and green room, and sits directly […]
CSI is ending its 15-season run on CBS in style, with a two-hour movie airing Sunday, September 27. The special finale will reunite original stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger, and feature other cast members who have been on the procedural over the years, including Ted Danson. “CSI was one of the shows that helped […]