The Wall Street Journal reports that people who are tired of paying for TV sports channels they don’t watch will soon have a new option. Cable channels owned by Discovery Communications, Viacom, AMC Networks, A+E Networks and Scripps Networks Interactive will be part of a new streaming service expected to have a “soft launch” in coming weeks, people familiar with the situation say. Subscriptions will cost less than $20 a month. Journal subscribers can read the full story here.
Renewed interest in the greatest political scandal in American history is already spurring a rush in the TV business to revisit the era. Watergate gives networks a familiar title to help draw big ratings as well as burnish their news legacies. Both ABC News and MSNBC have primetime specials on Watergate airing this weekend to coincide with the anniversary of the break-in of Democratic National Committee headquarters at the complex.
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Hulu and A+E Networks have inked a deal to add an A+E suite of channels to its live streaming product. The deal adds live and on-demand streaming access to A&E, History, Lifetime, LMN, FYI, and Viceland to Hulu’s core package of more than 40 live channels, which is set to launch this spring.
Snap Inc. has forged a content partnership with A+E Networks to develop the first unscripted reality series for Snapchat Shows. It’s called Second Chance, a bit of melodrama involving “emotional exes” confronting each other. But the takeaway is that Snap is clamoring to show it really is a $25 billion business leading up to its IPO in a flurry of new content relationships announced this week.
A+E Networks is relaunching History en Español (HEE) with a new on-air look, new programming strategy and more than twice the number of premiere hours. The new lineup includes docuseries such as Barbarians Rising and factual shows such as Hunting Hitler and Pawn Stars, along […]
A+E Networks has promoted Amanda Hill to the newly created position of chief marketing officer. She had been chief creative officer, overseeing A+E Networks’ international marketing, communications and programming teams. In her new role, Hill will manage marketing for A+E Networks’ portfolio of brands and businesses in the U.S. and abroad across all platforms — from linear television to direct-to-consumer to OTT and digital.
45th & Dean will focus on creating and distributing content that will serve as audience development for A+E and brand partners. It will make daily content for a variety of platforms out of a new studio in Brooklyn.
Ben Silverman has reunited with a longtime partner, joining Howard T. Owens as co-chairman and CEO of the A+E Networks-backed production company Propagate Content.
A+E Networks and 21st Century Fox may refrain from filming future projects in North Carolina if the state does not repeal a controversial law that bars local LGBT anti-discrimination ordinances. The companies have stopped short, however, of withdrawing current projects from the state.
A+E Networks and HJ Holdings (Hulu in Japan) announced today a programming partnership bringing an extensive catalogue of A+E Networks’ award winning programming to the Japanese subscription video-on-demand service. Launching […]
Vice’s Shane Smith has promised a radical reinvention of TV advertising with the launch of his new channel Viceland early next year, a partnership with A+E Networks. What that means remains highly unclear to marketers, who badly want Vice’s millennial male audience but have few guarantees that its hazy ad plans will work.
Several big media companies have agreed to make content available for a planned YouTube subscription service that will let consumers watch videos without any ads, despite their initial reservations, people familiar with the matter say. The companies that have signed up include Time Warner’s Turner cable unit, Fox Sports, A+E Networks and NBCUniversal. Disney is among those that remain in negotiations.
A+E Networks will receive the Television Academy’s 2015 Governors Award, the Academy announced Thursday. The award is in recognition of A+E corporate social responsibility programs. It will be presented during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 12.
Paul Buccieri is exiting his post as head of ITV Studios U.S. to join A+E Networks in a new role overseeing A&E Network and History.
Cable pioneer Abbe Raven is set to retire. Her last day as chairman of A+E Networks will be Feb. 2. The news comes nearly a year after Raven’s protege, Nancy Dubuc, was elevated to CEO and Raven to chairman.
Dish Network and A+E Networks have agreed to terms for a multi-year contract renewal. This agreement includes OTT multi-stream rights for live and video-on-demand content. It also expands Dish customers’ […]
