Academy Award winning directors Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) and Discovery Communications are teaming up to create a new digital studio called New Form. The studio will produce scripted and unscripted series to be distributed across Discovery and partner platforms. Kathleen Grace, former head of creative at YouTube Space LA, will join […]
Microsoft is expanding its plans for the Halo franchise beyond the expected live-action TV show being produced by Steven Spielberg for Xbox One. Now, Xbox Entertainment Studios, filmmaker Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free Productions (Battlestar Galactica) and 343 Industries are creating a different web series for Halo. The Wrap reports the companies are possibly looking […]
With the Men’s Final Four set to tip off tomorrow at 6p, Turner Sports and CBS Sports will launch its Teamcasts during the semifinal matchups on TNT and truTV for the quartet of schools. Pregame coverage before TBS’ national telecasts begin at 3p, and Ernie Johnson hosts studio coverage with analysts Charles Barkley,Clark Kellogg and […]
In a natural promotion, UConn Men’s Basketball is being celebrated on the road. As part of the Huskies’ Road Warriors promotion with official partner Chevrolet, a Chevy Sonic painted with the school’s colors will make the trek from Connecticut to North Arlington for the Final Four. Along the way, the “Road Warriors” will visit the […]
Let’s hope those dwarves dress well. Kelly Osbourne has joined the cast of Disney’s The 7D, an animated comedic new take on the Seven Dwarfs. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series will be presented on three Disney TV networks–Disney XD, Disney Channel and Disney Junior–beginning this summer. Osbourne will voice novice witch Hildy Gloom, […]
All weekend long Cartoon Network will celebrate its favorite teen superhero with a “Ben 10Athon,” beginning Saturday at 9 with “The Vampire Strikes Back,” the final installment in the Ben 10 Omniverse three-part Monster Planet arc. To help celebrate the special on-air event, Cartoon Network Enterprises is launching a new DVD, Ben 10 Omniverse: Duel […]
Space race! Science and Discovery will track the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a $30 million competition for privately-funded teams to land an unmanned craft on the moon by December 31, 2015. A miniseries event will follow the progress of teams from around the world as they race to land a craft on the surface of the […]
Settle down, Michael Strahan told viewers fretting over reports that the Live! With Kelly & Michael host was headed for ABC‘s Good Morning America. Wednesday morning on syndicated Live!, Strahan said GMA wasn’t a done deal, and in any case woudn’t impact his talk show gig. “This is my home. I love you,” he told […]
Amazon officially entered the over-the-top TV competition alongside Roku, Google and Apple yesterday with its own web-streaming device called the Fire TV. Priced at $99, the device will feature Amazon Instant Video and Prime Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and apps like Watch ESPN, Showtime Anytime, Pandora and Vevo. Fire TV also includes voice recognition […]
AwesomenessTV acquired YouTube multi-channel network Big Frame for $15 million yesterday. Big Frame has more than 300 talent-run channels, 39 million YT subscribers and 3.4 billion views, which will translate to 80 million subscribers and a billion views a month for both the companies.
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