Hub Network has entered the mobile age. The network today will announce its first app, loaded with complete eps of Hub shows including My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop and Transformers Prime, plus short-form content, games and activities like a photo booth feature where users can get “photo-bombed” by their favorite Hub character. It’s free […]
Former Disney Stores president James D. Fielding is joining AwesomenessTV as Global Head of Consumer Products and Retail. Fielding, who has an extensive track record in retail, most recently served as CEO for retail chain Claire’s.
Barbara Walters‘ last day as a co-host of The View will be Friday, May 16. Walters, who announced her intention to leave the daytime talker a year ago, will remain executive producer. ABC plans a two-hour special that night focused on Walters, who joined the network in 1976.
Showtime is offering the first ep of new climate change docu-series Years of Living Dangerously early across multiple platforms, including YouTube and the Showtime web site, ahead of its premiere Sunday, April 13 at 10p. Stars onboard include Harrison Ford, Matt Damon and Jessica Alba.
Google‘s next move may be a set-top TV device, called Android TV. The Verge reports Google is planning to compete with Roku and Amazon‘s Fire TV set-top devices in more head-to-head fashion than its beloved $35 dongle, Chromecast. Android TV will be geared to content recommendations outside of the usual click-through-app interface experience that […]
The MIP Digital Fronts kicked off yesterday in Cannes, France yesterday. For the first international digital content marketplace for distribution, production and acquisition of high quality original content produced for the web, MIP snagged Comedy Gives Back‘s CEO, Amber J. Lawson as host. Lawson shared with Cynopsis what she predicts will be the major trends […]
Top Rank Boxing is stepping in the ring with new gaming partner PlayStation, announcing a deal with Sony Computer Entertainment America that will see the brand and PS4 featured at a number of Top Rank events, including that Manny Pacquiao/Timothy Bradley matchup on April 12. The deal will see PlayStation branding featured via in-arena branding, […]
WrestleMania 30 proved a hit for WWE, with the company grossing $10.9 million as a sold-out crowd of 75,167 from all 50 states and 37 countries at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. WrestleMania 31 takes place on Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Meanwhile, WWE revealed that WWE Network […]
Things are moving and shaking at Genius Brands International. The company just launched an online streaming service for its entire library of Baby Genius branded content, which comprises thousands of songs and videos for toddlers. And there’s more. Genius extended its agreement with Xfinity TV by Comcast, and Netflix began offering a slate of Baby […]
It’s MIP week, and that means a load of international news… Teletoon Canada picked up a second season of 9 Story Entertainment’s Camp Lakebottom. The series, which premiered on the network last July, also got a nod from Disney XD in the U.S., multiple international Disney Channels in the U.K., Ireland, Benelux, Italy, Spain, Portugal, […]