Chrissy Teigen to Star in ‘Judge Judy’-Like Series for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi
All rise for the Honorable Chrissy Teigen
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NBC News Taps Former CNN Exec Chris Berend as Head of Digital
He replaces Nick Ascheim who will lead digital and product for NBCU and NBC News Group broadly
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MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Seasons 16, 17, 28 to Stream on Facebook Watch
The three seasons will be available on “MTV’s The Real World” Facebook page today
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Conde Nast Hires Premier Music Group’s Robert Semmer as Vogue’s VP of Video
Semmer will be based in New York and report to Croi McNamara
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How Ad-Supported Streamer Xumo Aims to Quadruple Time Spent on the Platform This Year
“Our goals are aggressive,” Xumo SVP of Marketing and Content Operations Fern Feistel says
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Amazon Fire TV Grows to 34 Million Active Users
That’s up from around 30 million in January
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Scopely Acquires ‘Star Trek Fleet Command’ Game Developer Digit
Digit CEO Richard Barnwell will continue to manage the operations of the studio
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FuboTV to Launch Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channel This Year – and Original Content (Exclusive)
The subscription streamer is also in the early stages of putting together an original content team
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1.6 Million Sundance Now, Shudder Subscribers’ Data Left Exposed
Their names, addresses and emails were publicly accessible
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Justin Bieber Partners With YouTube for Project Launching in 2020
YouTube Originals will now focus on content centered on music, personalities, and learning
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Why Condé Nast Entertainment Is Doubling Down on Longer-Form Digital Content
5 Questions: “What the data has told us is audiences are watching more and more of our content in longer and longer episodes,” Condé Nast Entertainment president Oren Katzeff says
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Disney Hires Former Goldman Sachs Exec as VP of Product for Disney+
Michael Cerda previously served as chief product officer and marketing director at Marcus, Goldman Sachs online lending platform
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Impact Wrestling Launches New Paid Streaming Service
Impact Plus launches with more than 3000 hours of content and will cost $7.99 per month
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Condé Nast Entertainment to Launch 175 New Digital Pilots
The entertainment company also announced the return of 50 digital series
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Altice USA Acquires Digital News Outlet Cheddar for $200 Million
Cheddar CEO and founder Jon Steinberg also named president of Altice’s News 12 channel and i24News
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Twitter Partners with NFL, ESPN and The Wall Street Journal on Slate of Programming
Social networking service also announces deals with Viacom, Bloomberg, Blizzard Entertainment and MLS
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‘SpongeBob SquarePants’-Themed Game Show to Launch on Facebook and YouTube
Viacom Digital Studios plans to produce original series based on content from Nickelodeon, Awesomeness, BET, Comedy Central and MTV
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Viacom, Pluto TV Partner on Co-branded MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon Channels
Channels will launch May 1 on Pluto TV
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Jukin Media’s Fail Army, The Pet Collective Launch on Comcast Xfinity X1
The two brands launch with live programming (linear streaming channels) and video-on-demand content
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How ABC News Is Dominating in Livestream Video – and Eliminating the Need for Second Screens
“When viewers watch live, they’re watching eight times longer than they do VOD on the Facebook platform,” ABC News’ SVP of content and partnerships Colby Smith says
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Inside Newsy’s Plan to Use Live Video – With a Focus on the Midwest, Not the Coasts
After more than doubling revenue in 2018, the company looks to live video to build its operations
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Topgolf Partners with WndrCo-Backed Whistle Sports on New Season of ‘The Tour’ (Exclusive)
The 14-episode series will launch this fall on Topgolf’s YouTube channel
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ProPublica Wins First Peabody Catalyst Award, News and Audio Winners Announced
“No fake news here,” says Jeffrey Jones, executive director of the Peabody Awards
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Chernin Group-Backed MeatEater Hires Anthony Licata as Editor-in-Chief
Licata will lead the company’s editorial efforts in its four core verticals: hunting, fishing, conservation and wild foods
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Ryan Reynolds, Stephen Curry, Monica Lewinsky Among 2019 Webby Award Winners
Disney named Webby Media Company of the Year with 32 awards
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Singapore’s Mediacorp to Adapt Wattpad Stories for OTT Service
Using stories created on Wattpad, the companies will adapt scripted series and films for Mediacorp’s OTT service Toggle
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YouTuber Marques Brownlee Lands New Series ‘Retro Tech’ on YouTube
Known as MKBHD on YouTube, Brownlee’s show will be based on his “Dope Tech” review videos
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Inside ABC News’ Live OTT Strategy: ‘I Don’t Frankly Care If Anyone Over 40 Watches’
Reaching more than 5 million monthly viewers in less than a year, ABC News Live seeks to reinvent the way news is delivered
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Sports Operators Investment in OTT Technology to Hit $6.6 Billion by 2021, Study Finds
Figure is an increase from $5.6 billion in 2018
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Sony Pictures Television, Wattpad to Co-Produce Original Programming for Television
Under the agreement, Sony will have a first-look at up-and-coming Wattpad stories
