POP landed its first original scripted project: Schitt’s Creek. The comedy, created by and starring Eugene Levy (American Pie) and his son Daniel, centers on a formerly filthy rich video store magnate, his soap star wife (Home Alone’s Catherine O’Hara) and their kids. “This show answers the question – what would the Kardashians do if […]
Nielsen and Adobe Systems are partnering to build a cross-platform system to measure viewership of digital videos across all Internet-connected platforms. Nielsen Digital Content Ratings will integrate Nielsen’s digital audience measurement products with Adobe Analytics and the Adobe Primetime platform for “currency grade content metrics,” said the companies. Among those participating in the digital ratings […]
Yahoo may be purchasing BrightRoll. If the deal is completed, it could be worth $500 million to $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. The tech giant’s Q3 revenue increased one percent from the same period a year ago – up $1.09 billion or 52 cents per share – breaking analyst predictions of $1.04 billion on 30 […]
Peyton Manning’s record-breaker pushed NBC Sports to a season high, according to Nielsen. The Broncos victory ranked as NBC’s most-watched Sunday Night Football game of the season, with an average of 23.8 million viewers. Through eight NFL telecasts, NBC is averaging 22.1 million viewers. Top markets include Denver with a 47.1/68, followed by Sacramento, San […]
Saturday’s showdown between Florida State and Notre Dame handed ABC an average of 13,251,000 viewers and a 7.9 household rating, making it the most-viewed college football game of the 2014 season and largest audience for a regular-season game on an ESPN platform since November 24, 2012. The contest also drew average minute audience, unique viewers […]
Newly minted Discovery Family Channel appointed Sarah T. Davies as VP, Production and Development. Davies, most recently VP of Production and Factual Development for Discovery Networks International, is responsible for executing programming strategies through the production and development process.
Sesame Workshop and ToyTalk entered a two-year research collaboration to develop speech recognition for early learning and advance literacy learning among preschool-aged children. The research is designed to address questions of interest to both parties, and to develop best practices that will inform future products and services. The companies will use ToyTalk’s proprietary PullString Technology, […]
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The season five premiere of Discovery’s Gold Rush was Friday’s most watched cable program, with almost 3.6 million viewers. The gold mining docu-series was also first in the A18-49 demo, drawing 1.5 million viewers.
Disney-ABC gained clearance for lifestyle show The F*A*B (Fun and Beautiful), on the ABC Owned Stations for fall 2015. The group represents 23 percent of TV households and 6 of the top 10 markets.
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