As we prepare for Memorial Day, FOX Sports 1 will offer a pair of military-themed specials on Memorial Day evening, running documentary B.R.C. 2014: Best Ranger and a Golden Boy Live! title fight. The documentary special will run May 26 at 8p, chronicling the U.S. Military’s Best Ranger Competition. Shot over a three-day period and […]
Discovery Kids is packing its relaunched website (discoverykids.com) with content curated from Discovery’s family of networks, including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science. The site is “pulling together the best of our content and serving it in a kid-friendly way,” JP Stoops, Discovery director of licensing, tells CynKids. That means content organized by both mediumeg, […]
Cartoon Network has picked up 9 Story Entertainment’s animated Numb Chucks for broadcast in the US and Latin America. The series, about two half-witted woodchuck vigilantes who use their non-existent kung-fu skills to protect the lives of all the citizens in Ding-A-Ling Springs, premiered on Canadian kids network YTV earlier this year. Other networks that […]
AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire will be available via a two-week full-episode sneak preview on Tumblr, through VOD and TV Everywhere services on AMC.com. It’s Tumblr’s first-ever television series premiere, and the first time AMC has partnered with a social media platform to premiere a new show. The preview runs Monday, May 19-Saturday, May 31; […]
Among the 46 winners at Monday’s Peabody Awards was Tom Brokaw, to accept a career achievement award. “If you live long enough these kind of awards come to you and/or you get cancer,” said the former NBC News anchor. “Turns out, I ended up getting both…. Life is going to be OK because I’m in […]
YouTube is close to reeling in video gaming streaming service Twitch in a $1 billion deal. Twitch, which claims more than a million users and 45 million site visitors/month, allows gamers to stream live action from consoles like Play Station 4 and Xbox One. However, Google wasn’t the only one to approach the web service: […]
Scripps Networks Interactive online lifestyle platform Ulive added two new series, and second seasons of originals EstheKitchen and Sick Kitchens with Nadia G. New offerings come from comedian and mom Carey Reilly, who searches for inner peace in Dear Buddha; Fit Nonstop arrives courtesy of SoulCycle instructor and YouTuber Kym Perfetto. The shows are available […]
As more news of AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV comes to light, the NFL finds itself right at the center of the dealings. According to multiple reports, if DirecTV is not able to renew its NFL Sunday Ticket football package, the telephone company can pull out of the merger. According to Bloomberg, a regulatory filing related […]
NBA Digital is redesigning all 30 team websites in a move that will make the NBA the first professional sports league to feature league-wide responsive team sites. The sites will seek to offer fans a “seamless and consistent experience to access team news, extensive video highlights, player features and more,” across desktop, tablet and mobile […]
Singer/songwriter Josh Groban will host Rising Star, where Kesha and Ludacris have joined Brad Paisley on the panel of experts. The ABC talent show launches Sunday, June 22 at 9p.