The NFL opened its postseason on a high, as the Ravens win on NBC ranked as the second most-watched Saturday AFC Wild Card game in the past 20 seasons. The win over the Steelers averaged 28.0 million viewers, according to Fast National data from Nielsen. Top markets included Pittsburgh at a 46.5/67, followed by Baltimore, […]
The inaugural College Football Playoff Semifinal doubleheader on Jan. 1 scored the highest overnight ratings ever for a non-championship game on ESPN and ABC The Rose Bowl Game averaged a 15.5 metered market rating while the Allstate Sugar Bowl posted a 15.3 overnight rating. Both games are also the highest-rated New Year’s Day college football […]
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Al Jazeera America is airing the special Journalism Is Not A Crime on Monday, December 29 to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2013 arrests of three of its employees in Egypt: Australian correspondent Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed. Accused of spreading false news, Greste and Fahmy were […]
The Robertson clan is back to their hijinks when the A&E Network hit series Duck Dynasty returns for an all-new season on Wednesday, January 7 at 9:30p. Immediately following at 10p, Wahlburgers debuts, as brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul continue to expand the family burger franchise. The night rounds out with the one-hour wedding premiere […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment says it will release The Interview, but not on its own ad-supported digital platform, Crackle, as was previously reported. The film, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as journalists enlisted by the CIA to assassinate the leader of North Korea, was to be distributed in theaters beginning on Christmas Day. However, […]
As previously reported, DirecTV launched its planned Spanish-language streaming service Yaveo. The service offers subscribers access to programming from the U.S., Latin America and Spain, including movies and TV shows on demand for $7.99 a month. Yaveo will feature content from Univision, Canal 22, Canal Once, Caracol, Nick en Espanol, RCN, TMN, Tr3s and others.
The UFC has some new digs. The MMA powerhouse stuck a multi-year deal with Canada’s TSN, RDS, and Fight Network for Canadian media rights to UFC global events. The agreement will see Bell Media’s TSN and RDS offer a slate of UFC programming to fans across multiple platforms, including major live events, preliminary fights of […]
NASCAR announced that in its second full year of managing its digital rights in-house, the organization has now topped one billion aggregate page views across NASCAR.com, NASCAR mobile web and the NASCAR Mobile app in 2014. That also marks a 45% year-over-year increase in engagement on the platform, according to data from Adobe Omniture SiteCatalyst.
As the fallout from the Sony cyber attack continued, Mr. Robot (wt) got a series pick-up from USA. Hacker drama from Universal Cable Productions starring Christian Slater (The Adderall Diaries) and Rami Malek (24) “could not be more timely or relevant,” said Chris McCumber, President, USA. The drama is USA’s first pilot pickup for 2015-16.
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