The final episode of Comedy’s The Colbert Report on Thursday was its most-watched ever, with 2.5 million viewers. The series finale also topped Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings’ daily top five list, with tweets about the show sent by 53,000 unique authors and seen a total of 8.5 million times, according to Nielsen.
DirecTV launched Fox Networks’ authenticated TV Everywhere services Fox Now, FXNow and Nat Geo TV Apps for its customers. DirecTV will also serve feeds of FX, FXX, FS1, FS2, National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild for out-of-home streaming on the DirecTV Everywhere platform. Additionally, starting in the first quarter in 2015, DirecTV will launch […]
Fusion is teaming up with YouTube to highlight the biggest news stories of 2014 today at 9:30p ET. Fusion’s Mariana Atencio (@MarianaAtencio), Pedro Andrade (@PedroAndradeTV), Romina Puga (@RominaPuga), and Kimberly Brooks (@KimNikiaBrooks) will host the special. Maker Studios of 2014 Special aired yesterday (Sunday).
Amid the sports talk radio wars, Yahoo! Sports Radio has continued to shake up the ranks, adding heavyweights to its executive roster as well as to the microphone, most recently announcing the additions of Anthony Pepe, Matt Perrault, Tim Murray and Jason McIntyre to its lineup for its 2015 schedule. Earlier in the year, Gow […]
Carnival is booking a trip to Arizona for the Super Bowl. The cruise brand announced plans for its first-ever Super Bowl commercial on Feb. 1. The commercials were created by BBDO Atlanta with Hollywood director Wally Pfister in a 60-second spot selected from four candidates. The final Super Bowl TV commercial will be sourced from […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our four daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Effective January 1, HBO won’t be releasing overnight ratings for its […]
Can’t wait to see Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer on the Tuesday, January 6 winter premiere of Pretty Little Liars? ABC Family is giving viewers a sneak peek of the episode during its broadcast of The Hunger Games on Monday, December 29 at 8p.
HBO has picked up an untitled comedy pilot starring Sarah Silverman. Written by Secret Diary of a Call Girl creator Lucy Prebble, the project takes as a comedic look at a pathologically honest woman having a modern midlife crisis. Silverman will also serve as executive producer… HBO also just announced that it will no longer […]
Hulu sealed another deal for exclusive TV show SVOD rights, this time with Twentieth Century Fox Television. In a multi-year agreement, current and future shows from FX and FXX will find a home on the streaming service. Coming exclusively to Hulu Plus next year will be The Strain, Tyrant, Married and You’re the Worst. Other […]
U.S. Internet advertising revenues hit $12.4 billion for the third quarter of this year, according to a new Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Revenue Report released yesterday. This marks the highest quarter ever, beating out the previous record revenue of $12.1 billion from Q4 2013. The third quarter milestone also show a year-over-year uptick of 17 […]