ESPN is touting its record viewership for the college football season, with its FBS telecasts snaring nearly 200 million viewers this year for 453 exclusive regular-season games. ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS combined to top 185,687,000 viewers for 272 telecasts, averaging 1,767,000 viewers, while the 517 FBS games on WatchESPN generated 1,200,000,000 live minutes […]
Twitter released its top 2014 sports moments on the platform: 1. Germany (@DFB_Team) defeats Argentina (@Argentina) to win the#WorldCupFinal on July 13: 618,725 TPM 2. Germany’s Sami Khedira scores assisted by Mesut Özil in July 8 semi-final vs. Brazil: 580,166 TPM 3. Germany’s Mario Gotze (@MarioGoetze) scores game-winning goal in#WorldCupFinal on July 13: 556,499 TPM […]
Police drama Rizzoli & Isles will make it to season six on TNT, with a largest-yet order of 18 episodes. This summer, the show was the number one basic cable drama in total viewers with 7.6 million average viewers in Live+7. Seems like a no-brainer, but the renewal was reportedly delayed by the exit of […]
The nominees for the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards were announced Tuesday. Outstanding comedy nods went to Black-ish, House of Lies, Key & Peele, Orange Is the New Black and Real Husbands of Hollywood; drama contenders include Being Mary Jane, Grey’s Anatomy, House of Cards, How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal. Winners will […]
In the first long-form content partnership between Discovery Communications and Hulu, the streaming service will feature programming from Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, ID, Science, Destination America and Discovery en Espanol, beginning January 1. “Hulu’s offering is as compelling for viewers as it is for programming partners,” said Rebecca Glashow, SVP of digital distribution and partnerships […]
The TV of Tomorrow conference took place in New York City yesterday, focusing on multiplatform and interactive television. Highlights included: Putting it All Together: The 360-Degree UX: “YouTube is about the social experience,” Head of YouTube Space New York’s Adam Relis said. “YouTube is associated with short form, binge viewing content – so for the […]
The top five most mentioned NFL players on Twitter during Week 14 of play (from Thursday 12/4 through Monday 12/8): Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) Tom Brady (no handle) Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) Odell Beckham, Jr. (@OBJ_3) Brian Hoyer (@bhoyer6)
The WTA has signed a 10-year extension to license to perform all live international media rights to the circuit’s 54 tournaments beginning in 2017. Including production costs, the deal is valued at a minimum of $525M over the 10 years.
ION Television is shuffling its child-centric Qubo Kids Corner weekly three-hour programming block from Fridays to Sundays beginning Jan. 4. The block features three educational and informational series–Dive Olly Dive, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs and Doki–airing back-to-back for the first time from 9a-noon. ION is supporting the kids block with a dedicated […]
StoryToys and Sesame Workshop are sharing the love. The two companies teamed for the first time to develop Elmo Loves You!, a 3D pop-up storybook app for iOS. The app contains 15 interactive scenes, where children can play peekaboo with Elmo, help Ernie to drum, exercise with Cookie Monster, practice counting with the Count and […]
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