British-based TV company ITV has invested in the digital company Believe Entertainment Group. As part of the deal, ITV will provide its U.S. production resources, international distribution and talent to BEG’s projects. BEG is known for its original animated Xbox series The LeBrons, the series In the Booth with DJ Tiesto, and Hulu game show […]
ESPN booked its New Year’s plans, announcing its programming schedule for the six bowl games slated to run on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day under the new College Football Playoff rotation system including the two Semifinals. The action begins Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 12:30p with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, followed by the Fiesta […]
FOX Sports boasted record numbers this past week, bolstered by the return of the NFL, college football, September baseball and a UFC card, according to Nielsen. Week Two of FOX College Football handed the broadcast channel its highest-rated, most-watched regular-season broadcast ever with a 3.5/7 household rating/share and 6.0 million viewers tuning in to Oregon’s […]
E! ordered a reality show following the life of singer/Dancing with the Stars contestant Christina Milian, with Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) onboard as an exec producer. Christina Millan Turned Up (wt), from Banca Studio and G3 Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, is slated for a 2015 premiere.
Broadway vet Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific) will play Mrs. Darling in NBC’s live production of Peter Pan. Allison Williams plays Peter, with Christopher Walken taking on Captain Hook.
Apple held a major product unveil event yesterday, showcasing two new versions of its smartphones with the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, the long-awaited smartwatch called the Apple Watch, and the mobile payment system Apple Pay. The new iPhones tout a higher resolution display, better camera capabilities, and a glass that curves around […]
Netflix is diving into its first original documentary series with the help of Jiro Dreams of Sushi filmmaker David Gelb. The six-part series, called Chef’s Table, will feature six chefs and premieres on Netflix in 2015.
After launching For the Win, dubbed “the first mainstream sports media property focused exclusively on social news, USA Today Sports Media Group is poised to climb the next rung, launching a spinoff entitled Fore! The Win, devoted to golf content. The newly-launched platform marks the first sport-specific vertical to develop from FTW, taking that same […]
Following Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension from the NFL, multiple reports write that Nike and Electronic Arts are among the brands to have cut ties with Rice following the release of the famed video. EA Sports made the announcement that it will pull his image out of the company’s Madden ’15 video game on its Twitter […]
Michael Palin is confirmed to narrate the new Clangers series, due for a spring 2015 launch in the UK from CBeebies, Coolabi Group, Smallfilms and Sprout. The stop-motion animated series is a contemporary version of the iconic British TV show, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Says Palin, “The world of the Clangers […]
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