Category: TV & Radio

“My Hero Academia” Season 2 Expands Streaming Platforms with Subtitled Episodes on Hulu and Crunchyroll

On the heels of its acquisition of “My Hero Academia” Season 2 earlier this month, Funimation® Entertainment announced today that English-subtitled simulcast episodes of the new season will stream on both Crunchyroll and Hulu, which will launch on April 1 along with the English SimulDub™ on FunimationNow as part of...

HGTV Programming Pipeline Primed And Ready For More Ratings Success In 2017

Top-performing cable network HGTV, which roared past nearly every competitor in 2016 to deliver its highest-rated, most-watched year ever and scored its 10th consecutive year as the #1 cable net among upscale women—is amplifying its 2017 programming lineup with an impressive 567 hours of original programming, including nine new series...

Dynamic Renovations Of Vintage Properties, Beachfront Homes, Backyard Buildings And Swimming Pools Enhance DIY Network Programming Roster In 2017

Home improvement powerhouse DIY Network, which delivered its highest-rated and most-watched year ever among primetime viewers A25-54 and W25-54 in 2016, is loading in 301 hours of new original programming in 2017, including 12 new series, 27 returning favorites and 22 one-hour specials. As part of the Scripps Lifestyle Studios,...

73 Percent of Americans Binge Watch TV; Millennial Binge Watchers Average Six Episodes and Five Hours per Viewing

American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11th “Digital Democracy Survey.” With 84 percent of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well beyond “socializing” and is being used to discover new content, get news and resolve...

FOX Sports Inks Deal for Professional 3-on-3 Basketball League BIG3’s Inaugural Season

It was announced today that FOX Sports landed broadcast rights to the BIG3, the highly anticipated professional 3-on-3, half-court basketball league launching June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. BIG3 Founder Ice Cube and President & Commissioner Roger Mason Jr. made the official announcement this morning on FS1’s SKIP...

Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” On “Great Performances at the Met” Friday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS

Hailed by The New York Times for singing “with white-hot sensuality and impassioned lyricism,” Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare’s classic story. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.)...

NASA TV to Air Preview Briefing, Three U.S. Spacewalks

Expedition 50 astronauts will conduct three spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) in late March and early April to prepare for the future arrival of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft and upgrade station hardware. NASA Television will air a briefing to preview the spacewalks, or extravehicular activities (EVAs), at 2...