Time Inc. video suite gets a new team member

Time Inc. is beefing up its video programming with the launch of Sports Illustrated Films, one of 11 new video initiatives the company announced at its NewFront presentation. “This new documentary-style video experience is a logical next-step for SI, which has been in the storytelling business for more than 60 years,” said Time Inc. Sports Group editor, Paul Fichtenbaum. The launch comes on the heels of a string of digital shows including daily live web show SI Now Powered by Ford, Sports Emmy-winning short A Boy Helps a Town Heal and Underdogs. In other NewFront news:
* Time has three new shows in development for its digital People/Entertainment Weekly Network, which delivered a new comScore rollup of 43.2 million multiplatform unique viewers in March. New content slated to debut in 2015-16 includes Andi’s Apple (People), featuring former TV Bachelorette Andi Dorfman kicking off single life in N.Y.; The Bullseye (EW), taken from the magazine’s popular last page and hosted by Tim Stack; and Popography (People and EW), a collaboration focused on the lives and careers of famous artists and entertainers.
* Additionally, People.com’s People Now, presented by Toyota, and EW.com’s Lightbulb were renewed for second seasons.

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