Yesterday, CBS’s President and CEO Les Moonves hinted at a streaming service for its Showtime properties, similar to the future HBO a la carte offering. Moonves told Deadline that the service would not have “the costs associated with cable news networks,” and “provide programming 24/7 to whole new audiences…we are following our viewers with CBS […]
PBS Digital Studios partnered with creators John and Hank Green to expand YouTube’s Crash Course educational series. Under the deal, PBS will help develop two new CC series focusing on the U.S. government and astronomy. The channel’s current library of videos will be distributed by PBS Digital Studios YT network, and made available to educators […]
ESPN lined up its sixth annual America’s Heroes initiative in honor of Veteran’s Day 2014 with programming set to include live, day-long SportsCenter coverage from The Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on Tuesday, Nov. 11; ESPN2’s First Take from a military hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey on Monday, Nov. 10; […]
The NFL is bringing back a trio of games to London next season with its 2015 International Series slate set to feature a first-ever division game in the UK as well as games played on consecutive Sundays, also a first for the NFL in London. The schedule will see Jets/Dolphins on Oct. 4, Bills/Jaguars on […]
Turner Broadcasting might have been focused on its big Kevin Reilly hire on Tuesday, but they couldn’t ignore Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen’s comments during an earnings call about the eight Turner channels dropped October 21 in a carriage dispute. “When we take something down, we’re prepared to leave it down forever,” said Ergen. “Things […]
Momsters: When Moms Go Bad launches on ID with back-to-back eps on Black Friday, November 28 at 10p. Host Roseanne Barr does a live Twitter chat during the premiere with fans @DiscoveryID @TheRealRoseanne #Momsters, and also mans a “Watch ‘Til You Drop” marathon of her favorite ID episodes leading up to the show; viewers are […]
The executives behind Camp Takota and YouTube’s Fine Bros. formed Supergravity Pictures, a film studio specializing in full-length features and premium specials starring YT and digital celebs. Supergravity started shooting its first project, The Chosen, with YT creator Kian Lawley (2.8 million subscribers), Elizabeth Keener and Dayna Devon. Fine Bros. manager and producing partner Max […]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau launched the Digital Video Center of Excellence, a research and development arm focusing on digital video with Hulu’s Senior Vice President of Ad Sales Peter Naylor as Chairman. The group will produce research projects, digital-video advertising case studies, technical standards, creative showcases and best-practice guidelines. “Digital video is only in its […]
Turner Sports scored a social media spike with the debut of the NBA season, revealing that its social accounts for NBA Digital and NBA on TNT reached 46 million fans and followers across NBA TV, NBA.com and NBA on TNT Facebook and Twitter pages. Thursday’s doubleheader in Cleveland alone touched more than 33 million fans […]
FOX Deportes saw its Tuesday coverage of the Real Madrid/Liverpool UEFA Champions League group stage match deliver the channel’s highest-rated match of the 2014-15 season, according to Nielsen. The contest ranked as the top Spanish-language sports program for the day with 344,000 total viewers, and 246,000 P18-49.