Season six will be the last for Downton Abbey, the UK’s highest-rated drama of the past decade and a hit for PBS. “Inevitably there comes a time when all shows should end, and Downton is no exception,” said exec producer Gareth Neame on Thursday. “We wanted to close the doors on Downton Abbey when it […]
Michael Keaton (Birdman) threepeats as Saturday Night Live host on April 4, with Carly Rae Jepson ( “Call Me Maybe”) as first-time musical guest. The following week, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) leads the NBC sketch show for the first time, with Mumford & Sons making their second appearance.
Food Network celeb Duff Goldman (Ace of Cakes) has cooked up a YouTube channel with Collective Digital Studio focusing on food and desserts. The venture starts with two to three weekly shows, including one in which Goldman creates his signature, customized cakes for YouTube’s biggest stars, as well as how-to videos, snack hacks, pranks and […]
Twitter officially launched its recently-acquired broadcast-streaming app Periscope yesterday. A direct competitor to Meerkat, the app that blew up at SXSW, Periscope boasts a few key differences: live broadcasts are archived, the broadcast upload and live audience syncs faster and it has the ability to line up a shot before broadcasting. As previously reported, Meerkat […]
ESPN is adding a new twist ahead of the upfronts, announcing a proprietary data management platform that will reportedly launch within the next three weeks to allow sponsors and agencies to plan and buy its programming based on audiences rather than ratings, according to MediaPost. ESPN Vice President of Digital and Publishing Sales Zachary Chapman […]
The North American Soccer League deepened its relationship with ESPN ahead of the 2015 season. The league will see a minimum of 120 league matches carried live on ESPN3, ESPN Play, and ESPN Player in 75 different countries as part of the deal. Eight NASL clubs will deliver all 15 regular season home matches live […]
Popular Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is out, following his March 10 suspension for a “fracas” with a show producer. BBC Director General Tony Hall announced the decision, acknowledging, “The BBC must now look to renew Top Gear for 2016. This will be a big challenge and there is no point in pretending otherwise.”
UP’s Shannon & Sophie, a new docu-series exploring the relationship between Shannon Tweed-Simmons and daughter Sophie Tweed-Simmons, premieres Thursday, April 16 at 10p. Gene Simmons and son Nick will be popping up during the show’s run.
At F8 yesterday, the Facebook developer conference held in San Francisco over the last two days, it was announced that the social network’s Messenger app is introducing a platform for developers to create apps. At the moment, more than 40 integrated apps such as those from ESPN, The Weather Channel and JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot […]
Video ad tech company Unruly launched Unruly ShareRank, which uses 1.3 trillion tracked views over 250,000 consumer data points to target those consumers most likely to experience a strong connection to a specific video. “Consumers who are more emotionally engaged with a branded video are more likely to share it, more likely to remember the […]
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