It’s LA vs. NY in the Stanley Cup Finals. Game 7 of the Kings’ win over the Blackhawks handed NBCSN with a new overnight ratings record for the channel, delivering the biggest audience of any NHL game in the network’s history-including Stanley Cup Final games-with a 3.17. Top markets included Chicago at a 22.7, followed […]
The Arsenio Hall Show will not make it to a sophomore season, despite a renewal by CBS Television Distribution in February. “While there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue,” said a statement from CBSTVD. “When I started this adventure… we all knew it would […]
Actor/country music legend Kris Kristofferson (A Star Is Born) will play President Andrew Jackson in History event series Texas Rising. The eight-hour mini, co-produced by A+E Studios and ITV Studios America and produced by Thinkfactory Media, premieres in 2015.
Amazon will reportedly start offering Prime members a music streaming service in June or July. According to Gigaom, the selection is limited and will only have songs older than six months; major labels Sony and Warner Music have already signed on to provide the tunes. Prime costs $99/year, and includes free two-day shipping in addition […]
The Cynopsis BIG Digital Monetization Summit is fast approaching, and to gear up for the June 19 event, Cynopsis is sitting down with panelists for one-on-one conversations. First up is the summit’s morning keynote speaker Kathleen Grace, who’s the Chief Creative Officer of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s New Form Digital Studios. By the way, […]
Sponsors, partners and licensees met with 40 of the NFL’s most marketable rookies last week, as the 20th annual NFL Players Association Rookie Premiere took place in LA, where brands ranging from Nike, Pepsi and Electronic Arts to Topps, Uber and Panini America got face time with the newest class. What began as a convenient […]
NBC is looking for a cool $4.5 million per 30-second spot for Super Bowl XLIX, according to Variety. That would set a new record for the event, as well as a 12.5% markup over 2015 prices. NBC is reportedly in conversations for the sale of more than 40 30-second spots in the game.
Kevin Reilly announced he will leave Fox Broadcasting Company by the end of June. Reilly, who was named chairman of entertainment in 2012, said in a statement, “With a robust new slate of programming for next season and strength in the FBC ranks, it felt like the timing was as right as it ever could […]
Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier and Greta Van Susteren interview former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, June 17. The talk begins on anchor Baier’s Special Report at 6:45p, bleeding into Van Susteren’s 7p show, On the Record.
Vimeo signed up for its first original programming yesterday. The series, High Maintenance, is from creators Katja Blichfeld (30 Rock) and Ben Sinclair (Law & Order: SVU), and follows a drug dealer delivering his product to clients. Six episodes will launch later this year exclusively on the Vimeo On Demand pay subscription service, but the […]