Topics
Television Industry
YouTube to host and stream own Super Bowl halftime show
Get ready for the Super Bowl, YouTube style. The Google-owned video platform has invited hundreds of its die-hard users to its studios in Playa Vista to watch the big game. The plan is to host and stream its own halftime show as an alternative to the NBC telecast. YouTube doesn't expect to steal the limelight from Super Bowl halftime performers Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz. The organizers do think their experiment will grab the attention — and clicks — of otherwise bored younger viewers who aren't big sports fans. "It's going to be a bit of a circus, which is exactly how we like it," said Liam Collins, head of YouTube Space L.A. "We are...
Related "Television Industry" Articles
YouTube to host and stream own Super Bowl halftime show
Get ready for the Super Bowl, YouTube style.
The Google-owned video platform has invited hundreds of its die-hard users to its studios in Playa Vista to watch the big game. The plan is to host and stream its own halftime show as an alternative to the NBC...
'Ode to My Father' stirs the box office and debate in South Korea
South Korea's path from postwar poverty to modern wealth is a rags-to-riches tale well suited to cinema, and it's intimately presented through one family in "Ode to My Father," the country's latest box office smash.
Amid its success,...
Miley Cyrus closing the book on her teenage years at Toluca Lake home
Miley Cyrus' family home in Toluca Lake is on the market at $5.995 million.
Although the singer-songwriter-actress hasn't lived there in recent years, the more than half-acre property recalls teenage years spent lounging around the swimming pool or...
At NoHo Senior Arts Colony, it's never too late to be creative
Jean Ritchie is chasing stardom.
The blond, blue-eyed actress fills her days with auditions and acting classes. She's got new head shots, a new acting reel and dreams of seeing herself on television.
It's an act that came later for Ritchie than for...
Snapchat to debut its own weekly series, partners with Funny or Die
Snapchat isn’t just a Los Angeles technology start-up these days. It’s also a media production company, and one that counts a Spielberg and a Goldwyn on its crew.
On Saturday, Snapchat plans to debut a weekly, five-minute show called “Literally Can’t...
Hoping for a breakout hit with 'Better Call Saul'
Just over 10 million viewers witnessed the demise of Walter White on the final episode of "Breaking Bad." It was a triumph for creator Vince Gilligan, who was given a free hand by network AMC to tell the Mr. Chips to Scarface story he...
L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles'
In a large workshop at CBS Television City on the edge of Hollywood, the palace of Versailles was slowly taking shape.
A platoon of set builders was hard at work on a December morning creating the imposing columns, ornate tapestries and swooping...
Sumner Redstone isn't heard from during Viacom earnings call
Billionaire Sumner Redstone, in declining health, did not participate in Viacom Inc.'s earnings call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday.
Viacom's quarterly conference calls for years have typically opened with Redstone giving a brief but upbeat...
'6 Certified' aims to shift how veterans are pictured on film, TV
A group dedicated to the entertainment industry's realistic representation of veterans is announcing on Friday a new seal of approval for portrayals of military men and women in films and television shows.
Called "6 Certified," after the...
FCC seeks broadband speeds with wow factor; telecom firms say, 'Whoa'
Broadband Internet in this country just got a whole lot faster.
Actually the definition of broadband Internet just got faster — and the cable and phone industries are none too pleased about it.
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to...
Datebook: Model U.N., art of the Middle East and vintage erotica
A mock U.N. made up of Angelenos, contemporary art from artists with roots in the Middle East, the early erotic works of Tom of Finland, and Larry Clark’s photos for sale — cheap. Plus: textile-like paintings, a group show about love and war, late night...
'Fortitude' features polar bears and cold-blooded murder
Sometimes a polar bear is just a polar bear, especially when it appears in a nature or reality series. The scripted version, on the other hand, is almost always a metaphor, the symbol of opposing forces (cuddly looks, predatory nature) or mystical...
Time Warner Cable misses estimates as programming costs rise
Time Warner Cable Inc., which is awaiting regulatory approval to merge with Comcast Corp., missed analysts' profit estimates as TV programming costs rose and the company offered more promotions to lure subscribers.Fourth-quarter net income rose to $554...
NBC scores a record haul from Super Bowl ad sales
NBC's Super Bowl ad sales haven't lost any air over "deflategate."
The Comcast Corp.-owned television network said Wednesday that it has sold all the available commercial spots for Sunday's NFL championship, establishing a new revenue record...
Univision CEO Randy Falco's contract extended
Univision Communications has extended Chief Executive Randy Falco's contract, keeping him in charge of the nation's largest Spanish-language media company for another three years.
The New York media company, which operates the nation's-fifth largest...
Sundance 2015: The nervous charms of Ben Mendelsohn
The Australian character actor Ben Mendelsohn was at a slopeside hotel last weekend, lugging a large piece of orange luggage out the front door. His wife, the British-born novelist Emma Forrest, was next to him, as the couple waited for a car to take...
Lionsgate in talks with China's Hunan TV for film and TV pact
Film studio Lionsgate is in advanced talks with China's Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co. for what could be the latest Hollywood deal by a Chinese company.
An agreement has not been finalized, but the discussions involve film...
Sundance 2015: Virtual-reality company Oculus to launch film label
Virtual-reality firm Oculus is making a move into original film content.
The manufacturer of the much-anticipated Rift headset is expected to announce at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday that it is launching a new unit called Story Studio and has...
Joe Franklin dies at 88; interviewed 'plate twirlers' and stars
Joe Franklin, an institution of New York City broadcasting and self-crowned "king of nostalgia" who bantered on radio and television with celebrity A-listers and D-listers alike, has died. He was 88.
He died Saturday at a hospice in...
SAG Awards 2015: TV shows off its diversity
The Screen Actors Guild honored the ensembles of two wildly different television programs Sunday night, handing out top honors to the cast of the women's prison comedy "Orange Is the New Black" and the performers of the aristocratic period drama...
Loading