Beyonce will appear on HBO in a series of ten four-minute segments culled from her Mrs. Carter concert tour. Beyonce: X10 is set for Sundays at 8:55p, offering a boost to the seventh and final season of True Blood, launching June 22 at 9p. The singer’s Life Is But a Dream doc aired on HBO […]
After months of speculation, Chelsea Handler landed at Netflix. The comedian, who’s leaving E!’s Chelsea Lately in August, signed a deal with the streaming service for a stand-up special, docu-comedy specials and a talk show to debut in early 2016. ”I’m more excited than I’ve been in a while,” said Handler, who told Howard Stern […]
Twitter struck a deal to acquire video-sharing service SnappyTV, which lets users edit and share clips from TV shows on the web. The platform is already widely used by brands and media partners to share video, including via Twitter Amplify. The acquisition is part of Twitter’s efforts to boost revenue by making its service more […]
Yesterday marked NCAA President Mark Emmert’s turn on the stand for the Ed O’Bannon class-action antitrust suit against the NCAA. He stated, according to reports, that amateurs served as the heart of college athletics, and said that paying players would cause some schools to pull sports or refuse to play other schools that do pay. […]
Dish Network is mulling an NFL play, with company exec Vivek Khemka telling Bloomberg that the company would be game for bidding on the NFL Sunday Ticket package if things don’t work out for a DIRECTV renewal. DIRECTV’s $4 billion NFL Sunday Ticket rights will expire at the end of 2014.
NBC’s playing hardball, pitting a new episode of summer hit America’s Got Talent (instead of the planned repeat) against the 9p-11p premiere of ABC singing competition Rising Star on Sunday. NBC is also powering up the night with a “Showstopping Sunday” stunt, featuring attempts to break world records (jumping over moving cars, diving into fire), […]
Carson Daly (The Voice) and Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) will lend an assist to Television Academy chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum for the reveal of the 66th Primetime Emmys nominees, selected for the first time via online voting. The announcement will be streamed live on Emmys.com on Thursday, July 10 at 8:40a. New key […]
Look out, Apple: Amazon unveiled its rival smartphone, called the Fire Phone. In Seattle, CEO Jeff Bezos showcased the 4.7-inch device that includes a 3D display and detects where eyeballs are looking on a screen with “Dynamic Perspective.” The new hardware will be available on July 25 starting at $199.99. Amazon debuted Prime music last […]
Hulu will exclusively debut the Hispanic millennial rodeo reality series Los Cowboys in October. The half-hour show is based on Latino cowboys and their quest to qualify for the Mexican National Rodeo Finals, which will go into production starting in July.
Yesterday saw a big turnover at Bellator MMA with the departures of Bjorn Rebney, Founder, Chairman and CEO, and Tim Danaher, President and COO. Majority owner Viacom later announced the addition of sports promoter Scott Coker to the organization, where he will serve as President, Bellator MMA, effective immediately. “It is with bittersweet emotions that […]