The battle of undefeateds for the NCAA Women’s National Championship paid dividends for ESPN, which saw its highest overnight rating for a women’s college basketball game since 2004. Despite a blowout, Tuesday’s game drew a 2.8 household rating with an average of 4.27 million viewers tuning in. Digital platforms saw WatchESPN’s traditional telecast and the […]
The NFL laid out its preseason plans for the 2014 season, with games beginning Sunday, August 3 with the NFL/Hall of Fame Game between the Giants and Bills on NBC at 8p. NBC also closes out national TV coverage of the preseason on Sunday, August 24 with the Bengals/Cardinals at 8p.
TIME OUT WITH… Technology marches on, as do regulations to protect the privacy and safety of our children. With the 2013 revisions to the federal Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), statutory penalties for non-compliance with COPPA are set at $16,000 per violation-that’s a hefty $16K per app download. Not to mention the fact that […]
It’s virtual insanity on Disney XD Canada with the launch of the live-action Gaming Show (In My Parents’ Garage). Debuting Monday, April 21, 7:30p, the news-style show takes viewers inside the world of gaming with cool informative segments, expert correspondents and breaking industry news. Avid gamer Jesse Sukunda and friends provide insights into the gaming […]
CNBC added eight episodes to season two of The Profit. And no wonder: Tuesday’s episode was the most-watched original series telecast ever for the network among P25-54 and total viewers.
The 18th Annual Webby Awards nominees were announced yesterday, with Conde Nast Entertainment leading the trail across all video categories with 14 noms. Vice Media tallied up 11 nominations, The New York Times earned ten, Google, BBC and PBS came in with nine each and Funny or Die scored eight. Viral ad nominees include […]
The latest study from video-delivery firm Qwilt shows that Amazon’s Instant Video is the third largest video site in March, behind Netflix (57.5 percent) and YouTube (16.9 percent). Although it’s sitting at a modest 3%, Amazon is still beating out Hulu (2.8 percent). This number may rise considerably, since this data was collected before […]
While we wait for adjusted Nielsen numbers for Monday’s NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game on CBS, (preliminary, unadjusted estimates saw it reel in 17.8 million viewers), Turner Sports saw its NCAA March Madness Live platform officially set a new record for video consumption during the Tournament, drawing 69.7 million live video streams collectively across […]
FOX Sports 1 will debut First Turn today at noon. The new series showcases three-to-five-minute features that count down to reveal 10 of the strongest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookies on NASCAR RACE HUB on FOX Sports 1, and continues each Wednesday through June 11. The stories are produced by NASCAR Productions and include drivers […]