HBO’s a la carte streaming service will be called HBO Now, and will cost $15 per month. The Verge reports that the premium cable network plans to roll it out in early April, with Apple as a potential launch partner. Still not decided is if the stand-alone app will include the same full access to […]
The NHL made its World Cup of Hockey broadcaster partners official yesterday, confirming the ESPN would carry the tournament once again when it hits the ice in September 2016. The deal spans all tournament games – including round-robin, semi-final and the best-of-three final – for the tournament and includes exclusive rights on television and radio, […]
CBS Sports and Turner Sports locked in their lineup for the upcoming NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, with live, full national coverage of all 67 tournament games across four networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – as well as NCAA March Madness Live, beginning Tuesday, March 17, with the NCAA First Four on truTV presented […]
Oprah Winfrey is shuttering Harpo Studios’ Chicago studios and moving production to OWN headquarters in LA. Winfrey informed her staff of the relocation Tuesday morning, according to the Hollywood Reporter. While Chicago has been “everything” to her, said Winfrey, “the time had come to downsize this part of the business and to move forward.”
Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser) is partnering with Spike TV to find the next fitness phenom in non-scripted original series Sweat Inc. The net ordered 10 one-hour epis from 3 Ball Entertainment, set to go into production this summer for a fall premiere.
NBC’s Today show unveiled the new social cross-platform community for parents sponsored by Johnson’s, called the Today Parenting Team, in its #OrangeRoom. Inspired by the “organic, visible conversation” happening on air and among viewers, NBC News Senior Vice President of Brand Partnerships and Strategic Content Jen Brown said the new parenting platform was a natural […]
Netflix picked up the rights to Director Cary Fukunaga’s drama Beasts of No Nation for $12 million, beating out Fox Searchlight and Focus. Starring Idris Elba, the film follows a guerilla army commander in a West African country who takes a young boy under his watch. So far, the streaming service’s biggest film acquisition was […]
ESPN will see 23 conference championships decided on its channels this year as part of Men’s Championship Week running through March 15. Overall, ESPN channels will carry a record 135 games over the 13 day period across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN3 including every game from nine conference tournaments: ACC (13), American […]
FOX Sports was the recipient of record viewership thanks to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 and UEFA Europa League Round of 32 last week. Coverage on FOX Sports 1 saw new highs on both Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday’s Barcelona/Manchester City game drew 779,000 viewers to the channel, according to Nielsen, to mark the […]
Production is underway on season two of Emmy-winning Peg + Cat, including 25 new eps and a one-hour special, which will begin airing on PBS Kids in spring 2016. Peg + Cat is co-created and exec-produced by Jennifer Oxley (Little Bill, The Wonder Pets!) and Billy Aronson (Rent, Postcards from Buster) and produced by The […]
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