Vice Media will launch the women-focused channel Broadly this spring. The new web destination will feature fashion, lifestyle, politics, culture and sex content, and will be overseen by publisher Shanon Kelley and Director of Content Tracie Egan Morrissey. Additionally, Vice has multiple video series in the works for the channel including A Day In The […]
Crackle will be the first streaming network to present at the TV Upfronts. Sony’s online video service is skipping digital Newfronts, which begin April 27, for an advertiser presentation on April 14. Why the move? “Our streaming network is delivering premium, long form content in a living room environment,” Eric Berger, GM of Crackle, tells […]
After successfully launching its Executive Club in 2014 under the watchful eye of CEO Jared Augustine and co-founder Tiki Barber, Thuzio last week launched its newest chapter in a move to bring together athletes and sponsors in Thuzio 360. The platform offers over 20,000 profiles of athletes, coaches and sports personalities for “any organization or […]
NBC Sports Group is detailing marketing plans for the company’s debut of PBC on NBC on Saturday, deploying its “big event” strategy to promote boxing’s return to the network. NBC Sports Agency created three TV spots featuring current boxers along with “Sugar” Ray Leonard, and on-air talent Al Michaels, Marv Albert and Laila Ali that […]
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CBS will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “Largest Ever TV Drama Telecast” with a worldwide airing of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode that served as the planted spin-off for CSI: Cyber. On what the net dubs “World CSI Day,” the show will air in over 150 countries at 7p and stream […]
The Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of Net Neutrality yesterday, passing by a 3-2 vote for the FCC to implement new rules that support an open Internet. “ No one – whether government or corporate – should control free open access to the Internet,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said about the new policy. Service […]
YouTube may be missing the bottom line for Google. YT accounts for six percent of Google’s sales last year but did not contribute to earnings, according to the Wall Street Journal. The video platform produced $4 billion in revenue in 2014, a hefty increase from $3 billion the year prior, likely due to big brands […]
The Daytona 500 bounced back from a stormy 2014 this year, scoring 13.4 million viewers for FOX’s 2015 coverage of the race, according to Nielsen. That marks a 44% rise over last year’s weather-delayed broadcast with a total of 23.5 million viewers watched all or part of Sunday’s telecast. Additionally, 11 days of Speedweeks programming […]