Murder for Hire, from exec producer Dick Wolf and Shed Media, premieres on Oxygen Media on Sunday, April 7 at 7p. Series gives an exclusive look into the dark world of contract killings, showcasing some of the most fascinating murder for hire cases ever caught on tape.
Major League Baseball and Sportradar are aligning for a wide-ranging, multi-year partnership designed to enhance and expand distribution of MLB’s real time game statistics around the globe. Starting with the upcoming 2019 season, the deal, which encompasses media and gaming rights at both international and domestic levels, will see Sportradar receive exclusive distribution rights for […]
Celebrating the 100-day countdown to the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, FOX Sports unveiled its family of lead announcers, programming and company-wide digital and marketing plans for the month-long tournament, which runs from June 7-July 7 out of Paris. JP Dellacamera and former U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Aly Wagner lead FOX Sports’ world-class […]
Evo laid out its lineup for this year’s festivities, with nine games being tapped for the main stage of this year’s show, including: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition; Dragon Ball FighterZ; Tekken 7; BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle; Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]; Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; SoulCalibur VI; Mortal Kombat 11; and Samurai Shodown. Notably absent […]
Collegiate StarLeague, a division of WorldGaming Network, has been selected by Capcom as an official esports partner and will launch its first-ever collegiate league for Street Fighter V. “Fighting games have always been at the core of the competitive scene,” says Wim Stocks, CEO & General Manager of Collegiate StarLeague and WorldGaming Network. The program, […]
Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former president George W. Bush, has been named Hoda Kotb’s co-host for the fourth hour of NBC’s Today. She’ll replace Kathie Lee Gifford, who is stepping down in April. “My dad just wrote three words, which made me weep,” she told Kotb and Gifford. “He said, ‘Very proud dad.’ Which […]
Nathan Lane (The Producers) is joining the cast of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. Lane will play a veteran officer in the LAPD…Mary Steenburgen (The Last Man On Earth) co-stars in NBC musical dramedy pilot Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist…Ben J. Pierce (Fuller House) won a lead role opposite Brooke Shields in CW drama pilot Glamorous…Rekha […]
Redknot, the joint venture between Nelvana and Discovery, greenlit their first two animated series – The Dog & Pony Show and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe – and hired former Spin Master Entertainment exec Patricia Burns as the company’s executive manager/supervising producer. Created by Little Airplane Productions founder/CEO Josh Selig and produced by Burns, […]
Rovio Entertainment is adapting Angry Birds On the Run, the first live-action serialized short-form Angry Birds series, into a longer form special distributed by Cake. The series will also be offered in its original format of 22 two-minute eps. Angry Birds On the Run debuted in late November 2018 on the Angry Birds YouTube Channel, […]
NBC Sports Network is adding a simulcast of Sky Sports News to its programming lineup every weekday from 11a-noon starting Friday. Sky Sports News highlights include the Premier League, NFL, Olympic sports, golf, auto racing, horse racing, and rugby. Leading into the Sky Sports News simulcast on Friday, NBCSN will present a special four-hour PFT […]