Zynga is getting in the sports game, announcing that that company has entered the Sports gaming category and is developing mobile games in both Football and Golf, under a new franchise brand called – Zynga Sports 365. To support the brands, Zynga announced two multi-year licensing partnerships – one with the NFL and another with […]
Problem solved for The Big Bang Theory: Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar signed new contracts with Warner Bros. TV, just in time for the CBS comedy’s delayed-by-a-week first table read yesterday. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco reached lucrative three-year deals earlier this week. Season 8 premieres Monday, September 22 at 8p.
Mike and Molly’s Billy Gardell will host syndicated game show Monopoly Millionaires’ Club, a weekly one-hour companion series for the multi-state lottery game that launches in October. The national television show, slated for an early 2015 debut, will select contestants from lottery ticket holders who have registered their tickets online or via a smartphone app. […]
Social media darling Grace Helbig is officially crossing over to TV, to host a pilot for E!. Deadline reports. The Grace Helbig Project (wt) will be produced by Embassy Row, the studio behind Talking Dead and Watch What Happens: Live. But don’t despair, YouTubers: the web star is still producing videos for her it’sGrace channel […]
AOL’s push into programmatic advertising is paying off, according to its second quarter earnings call – revenue hit $606.8 million, exceeding the $595.51 million analysts predicted. Advertising revenue had a six percent bump from the prior quarter, to $98.9 million. More good news: third party platforms’ revenue (like Adap.tv) increased 60 percent year-over-year overall.
FOX Sports rolled out its broadcast pairings for the company’s 20th anniversary of its first NFL on FOX game telecast. Regular-season games kick off on Sunday, Sept. 7, with doubleheader coverage featuring six match-ups beginning at 1p. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman return for their 13th season, along with Erin Andrews to call its first […]
The brand new Levi’s Stadium will play home to one of this year’s games for the 2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series. The contest will see the Sharks host the Kings on Feb. 21 at 7p and carried by NBCSN stateside and on Hockey Night In Canada and TVA Sports 2 in Canada. The Coors […]
British actor/comedian James Corden is in serious contention for Craig Ferguson’s job as host of CBS’s The Late Late Show, according to sources. No stranger to performing in front of an audience, Corden won a 2012 Tony for his performance in One Man, Two Guvnors. Ferguson announced in April that he’d be leaving his late […]
Janeane Garofalo is leaving Bravo series Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, currently in production for a Tuesday, December 2 debut, reports TVLine. Garofalo is expected to continue shooting through October.
DISH and A+E Networks struck a multi-year contract renewal for A+E’s entire portfolio that includes OTT multi-stream rights for live and VOD content, and expands distribution of H2 and FYI in the America’s Top 200 programming package. A+E joins Disney as the second online net on Dish, advancing the company’s plans to launch a web […]