David Bartholow of Los Angeles was named the winner of the first-ever contest for fans in North America to design the official annual Wimbledon poster. ESPN and the AELTC collaborated on the planning, on-air and online promotion and the execution of the contest. “We were delighted with the reaction to our initiative to hold a […]
Mia and Me, from animation studio Rainbow and Lucky Punch GmbH/M4e is headed to Nick Jr. on May 3, airing Saturdays and Sundays at 7p. The hybrid live-action and CGI series-already a hit in more than 75 international markets–follows 12-year-old Mia as she juggles her life in the real world and in the magical kingdom […]
Blythe and her furry friends return to Hub Network for a third season of Littlest Pet Shop, beginning May 31 at 9:30 a ET/ 6:30a PT. Julie McNally Cahill, Tim Cahill, Kirsten Newland and Stephen Davis are back as exec producers for the series, which is produced by Hasbro Studios.
Based on what he saw during April 22 oral arguments in the Supreme Court case of broadcasters versus Aereo, BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield says in his blog that The Supreme Court could very well side with Aereo. Greenfield tells Cynopsis, “I think the broadcasters walked in very confident and had to walk out less […]
Not only is Showtime offering the first episode of upcoming new drama Penny Dreadful early across multiple platforms, the series’ second ep will be available to subscribers on Showtime Anytime immediately following its proper premiere on Sunday, May 11 at 10p.
BuzzFeed made sure to show just how profitable and shareable “cute” and “LOL” are at its NewFront. Kicking off the presentation at the SVA Theater in New York with the viral hit “Sad Cat Diary,” EVP of Video Ze Frank talked about “using data and analytics to help make our content makers get better… we’re […]
Chelsea Handler’s contract with NBCUniversal’s E! is up at year’s end and she will be leaving the network. According to the New York Post, Handler is close to signing a deal with Netflix to distribute her next show. Handler, of course, got a lot of press recently when she went on Howard Stern’s show and […]
Sponsors for the Clippers began their exodus following team owner Donald Sterling’s remarks, with a slew of companies either suspending or terminating their partnerships with the team. Brands such as CarMax and Virgin America both stated that they were ending their deals. “CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers’ owner completely unacceptable,” the company […]
Speaking of FOX Sports 1, the channel is teaming up with FOX Sports Radio to offer coverage of the 2014 NFL Draft beginning Thursday, May 8 live from Radio City Music Hall. Charissa Thompson anchors alongside Jay Glazer and analysts Mike Garafolo, Joel Klatt, Donovan McNabb and Peter Schrager with updates, opinion and analysis on […]
Ross Lynch is one busy guy. Not only is Disney Channel renewing Austin & Ally for a fourth season, but the network just announced production of sequel Teen Beach Movie 2. A&A ranked as 2013’s No. 1 series among Tweens and the No. 2 series among K2-11 and K6-11. Production on Teen Beach Movie 2 […]