NBC Sports Group is deepening its digital ties, announcing the launch of NBCSportsWorld.com, a new micro-site within NBCSports.com that will be dedicated to long-form storytelling. The site launched yesterday and will be populated with long-form stories, essays, short films and documentaries, including select archived Olympic video. Participants include award-winning writer Joe Posnanski, Joe Prince-Wright of […]
FOX Sports saw some high scores in the ratings game, announcing that Sunday’s America’s Game of the Week featuring the Cowboys and Seahawks generated a season-high 17.4/32 household rating/share with 30.0 million viewers tuning in, according to Nielsen. That marks the highest-rated and most-watched program on all broadcast and cable television since the Academy Awards […]
That NBC Nightly News winning streak broken by ABC World News the week of September 29? Not so broken. Revised Nielsen data, addressing a software glitch, has NBC finishing first for the week with 8.283 million total viewers versus ABC’s 8.113 million. NBC has now been tops in viewers for 265 consecutive weeks. ABC does […]
The Voice is happy with Pharrell Williams. The hitmaker, currently in his first stint as judge on the NBC singing competition, will remain onboard for season eight, with original coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera. Gwen Stefani is taking Aquilera’s seat this go-round, during the “What a Girl Wants” singer’s maternity leave.
HBO and Facebook will stream a live Foo Fighters concert for free on the social network this Friday. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways will hit HBO at 11p ET, and the live stream will play at midnight ET directly following on HBO’s FB page. The eight-part docu-series will visit American musical landmarks with the Foo Fighters […]
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos hinted at the future of the service’s movie business at the MIPCOM keynote yesterday. He said Netflix plans to serve on-demand audiences and to continue to “restore choice and options” for viewers with day-and-date released movies. Additionally, Sarandos said Netflix is expanding into niche genres, like documentaries and independent […]
The Southeastern Conference revealed that longtime Commissioner Mike Slive will retire next year after a transforming 13-year run atop the league. He will officially depart on July 31, 2015 and announced that he is beginning treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer. However, he will remain associated with the conference as a consultant for a […]
CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network slated the company’s most extensive schedule ever for the for the 2014-15 college basketball season with 252 total games on deck, including five men’s Conference Championships and spanning 18 different conferences. The action tips off on CBS on Dec. 6 at 12:30p with Wisconsin/Marquette and 39 games overall set […]
And in weather news, DHX Media is bringing the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs franchise to the small screen. In a new deal with Sony Pictures Animation DHX will develop and produce 26 22-minute episodes and will have global television and non-U.S. home entertainment exploitation rights to the property; Sony has U.S. rights. DHX […]
Zodiak Kids is unveiling at MIP Marathon Media’s new cartoon-style comedy Get Blake, developed in partnership with Nickelodeon and Gulli. Plot follows 13 year-old Blake Myers and his best friend Mitch, who constantly find themselves under siege by three, yep, alien squirrels who’ve been sent from the future with one secret goal: capture Blake.
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