Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) has joined the season two cast of CBS’s The Millers as a series regular. Hayes starred in and exec produced last season’s Sean Saves the World on NBC.
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Discovery Fit & Health rebranding in January
Discovery Fit & Health is getting a makeover. On January 15, the net will debut as Discovery Life Channel, fusing successful programming from DF&H with new content focused on people facing hardships and taking risks. Aiming for a P25-54 audience with an emphasis on women, the channel remains under the purview of Henry Schleiff, group […]
Music Vault releases 13,000 live concert videos on YouTube
Music Vault made the largest live music video collection of 13,000 vids available to YouTube users yesterday. The concert footage spans from the last fifty years, with performances from The Who, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Fleet Foxes and more. “We believe this content deserves to be seen by the largest audience possible, and our partnership […]
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Rightster acquires Base79 for $85.6 million
London-based digital distribution company Rightster acquired European multi-channel network Base79 for $85.6 million yesterday. Rightster helps more than 850 creators and 7,500 publishers license and distribute their work on the internet, and is now the largest MCN outside of North America (and fourth largest within). Base79 has more than 1.1 billion video views per month.
FOX Sports books its All-Star plans
With FOX Sports at the plate for its 15th MLB All-Star Game since 1997, the company added more details to yesterday’s tech blueprints for the game, lining up more than 25 hours of coverage of the Mid-Summer Classic across FOX, FOX Sports Regional Networks, FOX Deportes, FOXSports.com, FOX Sports GO and FOX Sports Radio. Joe […]
Good news for the IOC
The IOC unveiled a presentation conducted by KantarSport about the organization, the Olympic Games and the Olympic brand. The study, using a total of 36,000 people from 16 countries, found that there continues to be considerable growth in the interest of the Winter Games globally – with a broadcast audience of 2.1 billion people and […]
MarVista takes Zapped digital with launch of new division
MarVista Entertainment is expanding distribution with the launch of MarVista Digital Entertainment to license original and acquired content to digital platforms across cable, satellite, telco, broadband and consoles. The new division kicks off Aug. 1 with the release of Zapped, which debuted on Disney Channel on June 27. The company’s August slate of digital releases […]
Nina still needs to go; Disney EMEA is on the case
Disney EMEA is producing a second season of short-form Nina Needs to Go. Developed by Disney in the UK and produced by Bristol-based animation studio ArthurCox, the show, about a 4-year-old who needs to, ya know, “go” at the most inopportune times, will premiere in EMEA on Disney Junior early next year and will air […]
FOX beefs up tech for 2014 MLB All-Star Game
On MLB Network, the channel will celebrate the All-Star Game with live and new original programming throughout All-Star Week, anchored by live coverage from Target Field in Minneapolis. Programming highlights include All-Star media day on Monday, July 14 at 1p as well as four hours of shows live from batting practice for the Gillette Home […]
Sarah Palin has a thing or two to say about The View
Asked if she had any interest in doing a talk show, Sarah Palin told The Hollywood Reporter, “I hear everyone recently got canned from The View, maybe a show like that needs a punch of reality and a voice of reason from America’s heartland to knock some humble sense into their scripts.” Too soon […]
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