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I Tried Vice’s New Food Service, and the Meals Were Tougher to Make Than Anticipated Chef'd brings bespoke recipes to your table By Sami Main Because a cable channel, digital platforms, two HBO shows and an ever-expanding news site wasn't enough, Vice is now getting into the meal-kit business. In partnership with prepared meal kit service Chef'd, and Vice food vertical Munchies, Vice's resident chef Matty Matheson has come up with five meals, whose ingredients-and strict instructions--will all be shipped...
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Netflix Introduces Interactive Content for Kids With Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Style Programming 'Branching' episodes give viewers multiple options per session By Sami Main With an animated Puss in Boots spinoff, Netflix announced its slate of interactive programming this week. Netflix subscribers who use smart TVs, streaming media players, game consoles, and/or iOS devices are the only ones who will be able to access this new form of entertainment, for now. These "branching" episodes act like a choose-your-own-adventure experience...
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Cable News Saw Big Ad Spend Increases in May, But Broadcast Prime Time Took a Hit Even with declining ratings, Empire had the month's highest ad rate By Jason Lynch In May, the last month of the 2016-17 TV season, the national advertising market was up slightly year over year on the continued strength of cable news and lifestyle networks. But broadcast prime time spend was down 4 percent and shorter NBA and NHL playoff series also ate into ad revenue, according to new data...
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Alexa Gets Spooky to Promote Spike’s New Stephen King Series Amazon creates creepy co-branded marketing spots for The Mist By Jason Lynch If you're scared, don't expect Amazon Echo's Alexa to be a calming voice of reason. She sounds a little different (and very spooky) in one of the new co-branded videos Amazon created to promote Spike TV's new series, The Mist. To market the show, which premieres tonight and is based on Stephen King's 1980 novella...
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First Issue of The Pioneer Woman Magazine Nearly Sold Out After Just a Week and Will Go Back to Press An additional 100,000 copies will be printed By Sami Main Ree Drummond, star of The Pioneer Woman on Food Network and creator of the blog of the same name, has extended her brand through a successful first issue of a print magazine. Hearst Magazines, in partnership with Scripps Networks Interactive, published one issue of The Pioneer Woman Magazine on June 6 with a second issue...
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This Is Us, Atlanta and The Handmaid’s Tale Land the Most Television Critics Association Awards Nominations HBO, FX and Netflix lead the pack among all networks By Jason Lynch A trio of breakout freshman series--Atlanta, The Handmaid's Tale and This Is Us--racked up the most nominations today as the Television Critics Association announced its 2017 TCA Awards nominees. The TCA, which is comprised of more than 200 North American TV critics and journalists (including myself), honors outstanding television programming. The organization often recognizes acclaimed...
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Bachelor in Paradise Production Will Resume After Investigation Finds No Sexual Misconduct The series will air later this summer By Sami Main Warner Bros. says it has investigated claims of sexual misconduct on the set of reality TV show Bachelor in Paradise, and has found nothing inappropriate. Shooting will resume in Mexico. Last week, claims were made against a contestant and the production crew for allowing sexual misconduct to continue while a fellow cast member was too...
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