Crown Media Family Networks unveiled the logo for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, ahead of Hallmark Movie Channel’s October 2014 rebrand. “Hallmark Movie Channel has evolved significantly over the past 24 months and it was time to refresh the network with a new name and logo that better embody its brand promise and programming mix,” said […]
Amazon Studios will wrap up the third season of its original pilots program with a show from Oscar winner filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. The new comedy, called Red Oaks, is a half-hour show set in 1985 about a college student who assists a tennis pro at a country club in New Jersey. The cast will include […]
MTV’s short-form content studio MTV (other) greenlit a second cycle of The Untitled Web Series Morgan Evans Is Doing. The new season will feature eight episodes to debut in early fall on MTV.com, app and YouTube channel. A roster of stars like Abbi Jacobson (Broad City), Neil Casey (Inside Amy Schumer), Melissa Ponzio (Teen Wolf) […]
DIRECTV is broadening its NFL horizons, adding a new channel to its NFL Sunday Ticket Max subscribers. The platform, dubbed DIRECTV Fantasy Zone, will air on DIRECTV channel 704, beside Red Zone Channel and be dedicated entirely to fantasy football with “timely game-to-game fantasy analysis and statistics powered by NFL.com Fantasy along with multiple, revolving […]
A post on Chris Colfer’s Twitter Thursday claimed the actor had been let go from the cast of Glee “due to personal reasons.” Not so, insisted 20th Century Fox Television, blaming the post on a hacking attack: “Rumors of his dismissal from Glee could not be further from the truth. We love Chris and look […]
WE tv announced the launch of In Between, an online-based series that keeps viewers up to speed on what’s happening to the stars of its unscripted shows off-season. “In this age of fragmented viewing, we are constantly looking for innovative ways to keep viewers engaged longer,” said Marc Juris, WE tv president. “In Between not […]
Social media analytics firm Unruly released the Top Social Video Brands in June 2014, and the results include: 1) Activia: 2,722,088 shares; placed 1st last month; notable campaign was Shakira La La La (Brazil 2014) ft. Carlinhos Brown with 2,722,088 shares. 2) Nike: 1,135,44 shares; placed 5th last month; notable campaign was Nike Football: The […]
Facebook agreed to buy video ad supply-side platform LiveRail last week. LiveRail was founded in 2007, and is one of the largest video ad platforms in the U.S. (reaching 37 percent of the nation). The company also serves seven billion ads a month, and includes clients like ABC, A&E Networks, MLB.com, Dailymotion and more. Facebook […]
After scoring the second most-viewed men’s soccer match in the US of all time with the US/Belgium match at the World Cup (averaging 16,491,000 viewers and 9.8 household Nielsen rating last week), ESPN followed that up with rousing Quarterfinals over the weekend. The Netherlands/Costa Rica game became the second most-watched FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match […]
Facebook reports that there have been over 1 billion World Cup-related posts, comments, and likes via 220 million people on the platform. The company reports that its data editors have never measured an event sports or otherwise that has topped a billion interactions.