YouTube’s Red Bull Channel scored its 1 billionth view, according to the company, which first uploaded a video to the site in 2006. That marks one of only two sports channels globally to hit 1 Billion views. In October 2014, Red Bull Media House produced the biggest livestream in Internet history with Red Bull Stratos […]
Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris broke the news via Twitter on Tuesday that Frozen songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will pen an original tune for the awards show. “We love the Oscars and have always been huge Neil Patrick Harris fans, so when he asked us to write him a song for this year’s […]
Craig Ferguson and his Green Mountain West production company struck a multi-year overall TV deal with Lionsgate that will have the former Late Late Show host developing scripted and unscripted programming. Ferguson’s Celebrity Name Game, recently renewed for season two, is co-produced by Debmar-Mercury (owned by Lionsgate) and FremantleMedia North America. “I’m delighted that Lionsgate […]
SnapChat launched Discover, a new feature that caters to media companies and brand content. Until now, stories (photos, videos and advertising) disappear after being viewed on the app, but now they will live for 24 hours on Discover. National Geographic, Comedy Central, ESPN, Fusion, CNN, The Food Network, Yahoo News, Warner Music Group, Vice Media, […]
Twitter rolled out native video, starting with 30-second formats. Users will have the chance to edit and post videos using Twitter apps on iOS and Android devices, but unlike Facebook, clips will not automatically play in a feed. The social network will allow YouTube, TV networks and other outside parties to embed videos in tweets […]
Snapchat named ESPN as its exclusive sports publisher in the US for their new Discover platform where ESPN will hand-curate content exclusively for the platform. Daily editions are set to highlight the top news of the day with 5-10 stories per day, 7 days a week and content in the first edition set to include […]
The NBA pays tribute to Chinese New Year with a celebration that will span Feb. 19 to March 4 and feature a record 56 live games broadcast and streamed in Greater China. The festivities tip off with Stephen Curry, James Harden, Jeremy Lin and Dwyane Wade paying a surprise visit to a Chinese family in […]
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The 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is getting an extra half hour to celebrate its golden anniversary. The dick clark productions show is set to broadcast live from Arlington TX on Sunday, April 19 from 8p-11:30p, with performances honoring “seven superstars who have achieved significant milestones in ACM history.”
Docu-series Cake Boss, starring baker Buddy Valastro and his family, returns to TLC for seasons seven and eight. Through a partnership with Discovery Networks International and TLC in the US, the show will be produced by original series producer Jon Sechrist, High Noon Entertainment and Valastro’s Cakehouse Media. Eps launch this summer on TLC internationally […]