FOX Sports officially named former Golf Channel talent Holly Sonders as the newest member of its team. Sonders will serve as a golf reporter and host of the network’s coverage of the USGA championships beginning in 2015. Sonders will also become a sideline reporter during NFL coverage and contribute to America’s Pregame as well as […]
No thanks, said Time Warner Inc. to an $80 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. The media company said in a statement Wednesday that accepting the proposal was not in the best interests of Time Warner or its stockholders, since the company’s strategic plan will create more value “and is superior to […]
Cote de Pablo will star in CBS mini-series The Dovekeepers, from exec producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (The Bible). De Pablo left the net’s NCIS a year ago after eight seasons.
Conde Nast Entertainment launched the new digital video hub The Scene yesterday. Previewed at this year’s Digital NewFronts, The Scene will premiere the second season of Glamour’s The Single Life starring YouTube’s Taryn Southern, Teen Vogue’s Strictly Ballet, Wired’s Teen Technorati and weekly videos from BuzzFeed. Procter & Gamble’s Gillette Deodorant is sponsoring the debut […]
AOL’s new behind-the-scenes digital creator series Follow Me will debut on July 29. Mashable reports the first two episodes of the ten-eps will first hit the AOL Originals home page and then its YouTube page 24 hours later. The show will feature Brittani Louise Taylor (1.1 million subs), the filmmaking team behind 5 Second Films, […]
With a heavy dash of Derek Jeter playing his final All-Star Game, the Summer Classic proved to be a boon for FOX, generating a 7.0 fast-national household rating, with an average audience of 11.34 million. That marks the highest-rated, most-watched All-Star Game since 2010, according to Nielsen, and first time that the MLB All-Star Game […]
One month out from the 2014-15 Premier League season, NBC Sports Group announced the TV slate for the first three months of the season, which will offer live coverage of all 130 matches starting Aug. 16 at 7:45a on NBCSN with Manchester United/Swansea City. A total of 68 Premier League matches will be presented on […]
CBS is “willing to talk” to Aereo about doing a paid content deal, said net CEO Les Moonves at Fortune’s annual technology conference Tuesday. Now that the Supreme Court has agreed with broadcasters, ruling that the antenna-based subscription service was violating their copyrights, Moonves said, “The door is still open” to making a deal, but […]
An animated episode of TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland airs Wednesday, July 30 at 10p. The ladies, along with guest star Steven Tyler, go on “an animated romp through pop culture hits.”
Hearst unveiled new fitness and lifestyle channel CosmoBody for mobile and online platforms yesterday, at a price point of $9.95 per month. The Cosmo edit staff curates content for the channel, with programs like Get in the Mood with Yoga and videos offering dating, food and fashion tips. The Video Ink reports Hearst is planning […]