WORLD Channel, a national public media broadcast, online and social media platform with news and documentaries humanizing complex issues from across the globe, is presenting Race in America, a series of iconic documentaries and events exploring historical and cultural stories about race and civil rights in America. Beginning in October 2020, WORLD Channel, in partnership with […]
THE PERFECT WEAPON, an HBO documentary special based on the best-selling book by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger, will debut FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 8:00PM ET/PT. Directed by John Maggio, the film explores the rise of cyber conflict as a primary way in which nations now compete with and sabotage one another. Cheap, invisible […]
HBO Latino’s new stand-up comedy special SHAYLA RIVERA: IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE debuts on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO Latino and available to stream on HBO Max. Rivera has made a name for herself, not only as a comedian, but also as an Aerospace Engineer, former Rocket Scientist with NASA, keynote speaker, Writer, Producer, and as […]
Executive Producer, Writer and Actor Tamala Baldwin, is pleased to announce that the first season of her award-winning series “Bubbly Brown Sugar” will be premiering on the new streaming service, UrbanFlix TV. Independently produced in New York, with a cast and crew of over 30 individuals, Bubbly Brown Sugar the nine-part series revolves around two […]
African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF), the premier U.S. presenter of African cinema, has unveiled its new streaming platform and digital archives at its online home, africanfilmny.org. The portal to the Continent includes more than 800 profiles of directors from across the diaspora, from veterans like Ousmane Sembène, Safi Faye, Souleymane Cissé and Tunde Kelani to […]
Starz, has released the trailer for the new ten-episode STARZ Original series “Power Book II: Ghost.” The series will premiere on Sunday, September 6 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, then move to its regular timeslot at 8:00 PM ET/PT starting on Sunday, September 13 on STARZ in the U.S. and Canada, also airing day and date on the Starzplay international streaming […]
THE GOOD LORD BIRD, a new limited series starring Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown, premieres on SHOWTIME®Sunday, October 4th at 9/8c. Based on the National Book Award winning novel by bestselling author James McBride, the series is produced by Blumhouse Television, the studio behind the Golden Globe® Award winning and Critics’ Choice®, Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild Award®nominated series The Loudest Voice. THE GOOD LORD BIRD is told from the […]
As Americans prepare to celebrate the nation’s birth this Independence Day in the midst of historic uproar about racial disparities and injustices, WORLD Channel — the public media channel that helps us understand conflicts, movements and cultures that may be distinct from our own — presents a new animated musical series, The History of White People […]
Committed to the ongoing fight of speaking truth to power and amplifying voices of diversity across America for four decades, Black Public Media (BPM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary by naming the creatives, curators and institutions that have pushed forward Black storytelling with the release of its 40 for 40 Media Game Changers List. The list […]
Gibson the iconic, American-made, leading instrument brand is proud to partner with the legendary Apollo Theater for the “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit To Support The Apollo” benefit concert. The celebration marks the launch of a partnership between Gibson and the Apollo Theater which will include collaborations on future show programming, music education initiatives, music preservation and support established and emerging talent. The LIVE, […]
Budweiser unveiled a contemporary and timely version of its iconic “whassup” commercial as a reminder for America to prioritize check-ins with loved ones as the country endures unprecedented social isolation to combat COVID-19. The new spot is part of a broader PSA that features weekday programming across Budweiser’s digital platforms to encourage check-ins with family […]
In the fall of 2019, the Bloomingdale School of Music was nominated and selected to receive a TV make-over of its David Greer Recital Hall and backyard by the hit NBC reality show George to the Rescue, hosted by George Oliphant. Led by SilverLining, Inc., the project completely transformed the school, renovating the Hall and the […]
WORLD Channel, the award-winning public television broadcaster and content producer behind series including America ReFramed and Stories from the Stage, has a new initiative to expand the distribution of some original content to its YouTube channel beginning this month. The program launches on Tuesday — in the wake of the Netflix release of Self Made: […]
TVB, the not-for-profit trade association for local broadcast television, today announced results from an analysis of TV viewership during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a quarantine in effect across the country, TV viewership was expected to increase, and TVB’s analysis of Nielsen data indicates that local TV stations overall, and local news in particular, have experienced significant viewership […]
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD… EXCLUSIVELY ON STARZ Quentin Tarantino’s award-winning Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood will be available two days early on the STARZ app on Wednesday, March 25 for download or streaming ahead of its linear STARZ debut on Friday, March 27 at 8 PM ET/PT. Once Upon a Time… in […]
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