After an NHL season that saw the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs rank as the second most-watched NHL post-season since NBC and NBCSN began exclusive coverage in 2006, and a regular season that set a full-season viewership record for NBCSN, the NHL is officially back tonight. Bolstered by an intensive new deal with Rogers in Canada, […]
The NASCAR Xfinity Series revealed its mark ahead of the series’ debut next year. According to NASCAR, the mark is “creatively aligned, and in a similar genre, to the other NASCAR national series marks. It is being provided by NASCAR in advance solely for the purpose of allowing teams and tracks to prepare for integration […]
Hasbro Studios yesterday made good on buzz that it’s been shopping some of its previously Hub-directed content to Cartoon Network. Cartoon will be the U.S home of new Hasbro series Transformers: Robots in Disguise, set to debut in Q1 2015. “As the regularly top-rated U.S. TV network in prime among Transformers’ core audience of boys […]
Shaftesbury elevated Ryan St. Peters to the role of VP, Kids & Family. St. Peters joined Shaftesbury in 2005 and most recently served as VP, Sales & Business Development.
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The cast of Nat Geo’s Killing Jesus includes Kelsey Grammar (Frasier) as King Herod, Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as Pontius Pilate, Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor) as Jesus and Rufus Sewell (Hercules) as Caiaphas. The Scott Free Productions event series, based on Bill O’Reilly’s book, is set for a 2015 debut in 171 countries. “Viewers are […]
Hallmark’s weekly series Signed, Sealed, Delivered will move to sister net Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as a movie franchise. Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas premieres Sunday, November 23 at 9p, to be followed by three more two-hour films in 2015. A marathon of the series will air on the net Saturday, October 11 from 11a-11p.
Sony’s much-awaited web-TV service will carry 100 channels for a price tag of $60-$80 a month. According to the NY Post, analysts were expecting a cost closer to $30 a month to appeal to consumers looking for less expensive deals compared to cable packages. Last month, Sony announced that it will include 22 Viacom channels […]
Verizon Communications and Outerwall’s Redbox streaming service will shut down after just little over a year since launch. Variety reports the service, which cost $6 a month for access to 6,000 movies across devices and the ability to purchase and rent other titles, failed due to poor marketing and limited programming. Outerwall and Verizon invested […]
With $24 billion reportedly on the line, the NBA struck an accord with ESPN and Turner Sports that will boost the number of games on TV through the 2024-25 season. The new nine-year agreements kick in beginning with the 2016-17 season and will see the broadcast partners showcase more national regular-season games, with 100 on […]