When Game Show Network execs, in town for NCTC, ran into President Obama at a BBQ restaurant in Kansas City, MO on July 29, the commander-in-chief asked about the net’s new programming. In particular, he expressed interest in American Bible Challenge. GSN EVP, ad sales John Zaccario tells Cynopsis, “We will be following up
Showtime is launching three companion webisodes for drama Ray Donovan across all digital platforms. “Behind the Fix” will be available on SHO.com, YouTube, iTunes, SHO Sync, Showtime on Demand and Showtime Anytime immediately after the eps’ first airings on August 3 and 17, and September 14.
Sharknado took over Twitter once again with SyFy’s sequel The Second One when it premiered this past Wednesday. According to Nielsen, 5.5 million people saw at least one of the 581,000 tweets about the latest Sharknado installment, and more than 188,000 unique users sent out related tweets that were seen 67.2 million times. Measurement platform […]
British TV network ITV launched its own multi-channel network in a partnership with YouTube that was initially forged in April. The new digital network will consist of 18 channels and will include web companion series for TV shows such as I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and This Morning. Additionally, Vine star and […]
ESPN unveiled its game and studio rosters for the upcoming college football season, with more than 100 on-air commentators on deck across ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, ESPN Radio and ESPN Goal Line. New assignments this year will see Chris Fowler joining returning analysts Kirk Herbstreit and reporter Heather Cox […]
The NBA will add its Twitter handle to its official game ball next season. The league announced the change, which will see the handle @NBA now added to the left of the league’s logo, making it the first game ball to have it in any of the four major pro sports in North America. The […]
Yesterday’s scheduled table reading for CBS’s The Big Bang Theory was scuttled as Warner Bros. Television continued in its effort to strike new deals with Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar. “Due to ongoing contract negotiations, production on The Big Bang Theory… has been postponed,” said WBTV. Earlier this month, […]
Telemundo and Dick Clark Productions are teaming for a Spanish-language awards show in 2015, modeled on dcp’s American Music Awards. Telemundo also announced a four-year extension of its deal with Billboard Magazine, along with dcp, for the Billboard Latin Music Awards Show, through 2020.
Netflix is speeding up its streaming service, thanks to a deal made with AT+T yesterday. “We reached an interconnect agreement with Netflix in May and since then have been working together to provision additional interconnect capacity to improve the viewing experience for our mutual subscribers,” an AT&T spokeswoman said in a statement to Mashable. “We’re […]
Move over, Darth Vader, Shakira’s spot for Activia just became the most shared ad of all time. The “La La La (Brazil 2014)” World Cup themed spot passed 5,375,756 shares, taking the previous titleholder’s place, VW’s 2011 “The Force” spot that premiered at the Super Bowl with 5,372,945 shares. “Music videos are by far the […]
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