Fullscreen is developing its own version of Hulu and Netflix, according to TubeFilter. The new subscription-based video service would enlist both YouTube and other creators as well as content within and out of the Fullscreen network. There is no word yet on when the service will go live, but the company’s Head of Content Ashley […]
Tennis Channel is branching out, launching Tennis Channel Plus, a 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination in time for the French Open. The platform can be accessed through the network’s Tennis Channel Everywhere app or through-www.tennischanneleverywhere.com for $59.99 for the season. The platform is designed to offer programming that includes 300 live matches from close to 40 […]
Good news on the MMA front as NBC Sports Group and World Series of Fighting reached a multi-year agreement the extends the media company’s exclusive rights to televise the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion’s events through 2017. The deal will see NBC Sports Group carry 14 live World Series of Fighting events this year, […]
NBC’s Brian Williams landed a big one: The NBC News anchor interviewed Edward Snowden for a primetime special airing Wednesday, May 28 at 10p. Williams was in Moscow this week to talk to the former National Security Agency contractor, in exile since leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs, for his first U.S. television sit-down.
E! announced the launch of E! Now, making available live streaming of the net’s shows (including Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Chelsea Lately and Fashion Police) and red carpet events, as well as signature programming on VOD. Content can be accessed via E! Now on desktop and the new E! Now app, for iOS. An […]
Netflix may be bidding big on its next original series. The streaming service is close to signing a deal to acquire The Crown from Sony Pictures Television, which TechCrunch reports will likely well exceed House of Cards’ $100 million price tag. The historical drama, following Queen Elizabeth II over the course of her reign, is […]
Hulu Plus nabbed exclusive rights to digital studio Vuguru films Play Nice, Crawlspace and The Fuzz. Play Nice, starring 24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub, follows a couple trying to get their son into preschool; Crawlspace centers on a baker moving into his family’s house after his is foreclosed, and The Fuzz depicts a cop partnership between […]
NBC’s Sunday Night Football has now claimed the ratings crown for the 2013-14 television season, ranking as the top primetime show in household rating, viewership and the Adult 18-49 demographic, based on live plus same day data from Nielsen from September-May. That marks the third season in a row for the franchise, pulling a 12.8 […]
ESPN also released the full series of 33 international posters for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The images were designed exclusively for ESPN by Brazilian artist and graphic designer Cristiano Siqueira. And created in collaboration with creative agency Wieden + Kennedy New York. The countries represented in the new posters include: Algeria, Australia, Bosnia and […]
Syfy’s Sharknado 2 will debut in 86 countries within 24 hours of its July 30 premiere in the U.S. “Based on the breakout success of the original – and the instant swell of enthusiasm on social media – we wanted to make Sharknado 2 an immediate experience for international Syfy viewers from Europe and Latin […]