Newborn MLS franchise New York City Football Club inked a multi-year deal with the YES Network to make the channel the Club’s exclusive local television home. New York City FC is set to begin its inaugural season in March 2015 at Yankee Stadium. The network will televise all New York City FC home and away […]
UFC Fight Night on FOX was a hit for the channel on Saturday, as the Dos Santos/Miocic main event handed the channel with first place finishes in primetime across several key demos, including Men 18-34, Adults 18-34 and Men 18-49. Overall, the broadcast averaged a 1.6/3 with 2.8 million viewers for the night. Meanwhile, prelims […]
Effective January 1, HBO won’t be releasing overnight ratings for its series. The move follows a similar decision by FX, which stopped releasing “live plus same day” ratings, earlier this year. “HBO subscribers have available to them an array of entry points to watch our programming HBO linear feeds, DVR, HBO On Demand and HBO […]
Another day, another gig for Terry Crews. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire host is set to emcee the new FOX unscripted comedy World’s Funniest Fails. Series debuts Friday January 16 at 8p.
Dish struck a deal with Netflix to put the streaming service onto its set-top box, becoming available to second-generation Hopper digital video recorder owners yesterday. Netflix signed similar agreements with smaller cable operators earlier this year, including Suddenlink Communications and the U.K. top operator Virgin Media. “As the first major pay-TV provider in the U.S. […]
Hulu alumnus, former CEO Jason Kilar, introduced his web-video company Vessel yesterday. The model: for $2.99 a month, users have early access to digital content, and content partners take home 60 percent of subscription revenue and 70 percent of ad revenue. Variety reports that Kilar plans to pay creators $50 for every thousand views they […]
A day after the United States Olympic Committee board of directors unanimously approved a US bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, strong positive reaction flowed in supporting the move, whether the host city ends up being Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco or DC. The selection of a U.S. bid city to be […]
Univision Deportes unveiled its lineup of hosts and musical talent lineup for the inaugural Premios Univision Deportes with names that include Despierta America co-host Alan Tacher and “Nuestra Belleza Latina” judge Jacqueline Bracamontes, who will host the event. Musical performances from Natalia Jimenez, Nico & Vinz and Wisin will also take the stage during the […]
The location of AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff has finally been revealed. Turns out the zombies are headed for Hollywood. The pilot, which will be shot in early 2015, will be set on the West Coast. However, it has yet to be confirmed where the new series will film. Walking Dead is currently filmed in […]
American Idol and Coca-Cola are parting ways. The soft drink company, which has sponsored the FOX series since it began, will not be part of its 14th season. “Coca-Cola and FOX have mutually decided to end their 13-year American Idol partnership,” a Coca-Cola rep told The Hollywood Reporter. “We look forward to working together on […]