It’s the latest in a string of announcements from platforms and broadcasters alike as they seek to maintain a relevancy with a younger demographic that is moving away from linear television. Showtime and HBO have both made significant announcements in recent weeks. “With Stream, Xfinity Internet customers can watch live TV from about a dozen networks – including all the major broadcast nets and HBO – on laptops, tablets and phones in their home. It includes thousands of … [Read more...] about Comcast into OTT service
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STARZ Play announces deal
Dubai and London − STARZ Play, the new OTT video streaming service serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has agreed a multi-year licensing agreement with leading U.S. television studio CBS Studios International for exclusive digital rights to bring premium content from SHOWTIME® and CBS to the region. Exclusive series and full TV box sets will be available to STARZ Play subscribers on demand, including seasons 1 and 2 of SHOWTIME drama series; Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan and … [Read more...] about STARZ Play announces deal
NCIS’ is the most-watched drama in the world
Monte-Carlo, Monaco − NCIS, the #1 drama on U.S. television for six consecutive seasons, continues to be the most-watched drama in the world, according to Eurodata TV Worldwide. At the 55th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, CBS's global powerhouse series received the prestigious International Television Audience Award for a Drama TV Series for the second year in a row. NCIS is distributed worldwide in more than 200 markets by CBS Studios International. The annual International Audience … [Read more...] about NCIS’ is the most-watched drama in the world
“The Big Big Show” to debut at MIPTV
Los Angeles − BoPaul Media Worldwide (BMW) announced that its newest television series entry, Tommy Habeeb’s The Big Big Show, a blend of hare-brained talent and crazy consequential antics, will makes its debut at MIPTV (13-16 April, Cannes, France). Starring as permanent guests are Tom Green, Andrew Dice Clay, and Tara Reid. Habeeb, famed for founding and hosting the controversial series, Cheaters, will host the program. The 24-episode, one-hour weekly show is … [Read more...] about “The Big Big Show” to debut at MIPTV
CSI breaks records
The CBS drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has succeeded in shattering the Guinness World Records Achievement for "Largest Ever TV Drama Simulcast" on "World CSI Day," when 171 countries participated in a worldwide simulcast of an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The episode that broke the world record was Kitty (OAD: 4/30/14), which aired as the planted spin-off for CSI: Cyber, the next generation and fourth series in the franchise. The previous record for the largest TV … [Read more...] about CSI breaks records
CBS announces U.S. premiere dates for dramas
The new comedy The Odd Couple, starring Matthew Perry as endearing slob Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as uptight neat freak Felix Unger, will make its series premiere on 19 February. CSI: Cyber, the next generation in the successful global CSI franchise, starring Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette as the head of the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, premieres 4 March. Freshman drama Stalker, which has won its time period every week against regularly scheduled competition, will return to the … [Read more...] about CBS announces U.S. premiere dates for dramas