BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Showtime says that its acclaimed series “Homeland” will end in 2019 with its eighth season. The show’s conclusion was announced Monday by Showtime Networks chief […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sarah Palin says she was “duped.” The former Republican vice presidential candidate says she fell victim to British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen during an interview for his upcoming […]
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The heads of Showtime, TNT and Fox Television Group, together with the president of HBO programming, address the forces transforming the TV business at the INTV conference in Jerusalem.
Watching popular TV shows such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones has become so easy online that millions are not only logging in to a plethora of new services, they’re also paying for it — including 2.2 million subscribers at Sling TV, parent Dish Network revealed for the first time Wednesday.
Showtime has promoted Stephen Espinoza to president of its sports and event programming group. Espinoza has led the pay-TV channel to its current position as champion of the (televised) boxing world.
DirecTV Now says the price for the CBS-owned channel is “the lowest monthly rate” of any of its online rivals. It also says it has added CBS and CW local channels in 75 markets.
NEW YORK (AP) — Football has been Ray Lewis’ passion since he was a child. One of his lasting memories is watching “Inside The NFL” when it was hosted by […]
Showtime Networks has hired Erin Calhoun as the new senior vice president of corporate communications, the company announced today. Calhoun joins Showtime from NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment where she was VP of corporate communications, managing trade and business strategies and internal communications for USA Network, SYFY and Chiller.
Grainy video, errors and buffering streams weren’t what fans paid $99 to see, according to the class-action lawsuit.
It appears the restraining order Showtime obtained earlier this month from a federal court against websites that had advertised they would make the pay-per-view Mayweather-McGregor bout available for free was effective. Legitimate video distributors charged $100 to buy the event in HD. But the far more widespread theft of Saturday night’s boxing match took place through the use of a software program and “add-on” apps that consumers worldwide are now using steal programming, channelsFlo and content of all kinds.
The main exhibition did not begin until after midnight on the east coast, and Floyd Mayweather said afterwards the combatants deliberately waited in their dressing rooms because of the widespread problems fans were having ordering the pay per-view program.
NEW YORK (AP) — A rare Prince music film, “Sign O’ the Times,” will air on Showtime beginning Sept. 16. Directed by Prince himself, the film was created as an […]
Back on the small screen after a 26-year absence, Twin Peaks’ Showtime debut attracted 506,000 viewers to the two-hour, two-episode 9 p.m. premiere of the David Lynch and Mark Frost series Sunday. On the flip side, and telling of this era of Peak TV, Showtime also had episodes 3 and 4 available online Sunday after the premiere. The cabler says it saw the single biggest day and weekend of signups ever to its streaming service, Showtime Anytime and Showtime On Demand.
Sling TV launched multiple new channels today: Showtime — Now available as a premium, Showtime offers new and existing Sling TV customers eight channels for $10 per month, including nearly 2,000 […]
Apple isn’t done trying to sell you pay TV. Here’s the company’s latest proposal: It wants to sell consumers a premium TV bundle that combines HBO, Showtime and Starz. Apple already sells each of those channels individually. But it has approached the three networks about rolling them up into a single package, as conventional pay TV operators sometimes do.
NEW YORK (AP) — Benedict Cumberbatch will play an aristocratic playboy, the title character in a five-part Showtime series “Melrose” that begins production this summer. The series is based on […]
