Comcast Strengthens Olympic And Paralympic Ties, Setting Founding Partnership With LA 2028 Games

Bibian Mentel was a snowboarder who won three gold medals at the Paralympic Winter Games after losing part of her leg to cancer.Mentel was a Dutch snowboarding champion before her illness, winning the national championship six times. She was preparing to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when she injured her ankle.

UPDATE, 2:49 PM PT:  Comcast Corp., the parent company of NBCUniversal, weighed in amid the controversy surrounding Georgia’s new voting law.

Move over James Acaster — There’s a new Celebrity Bake Off hero!

The US Olympic committee has overturned a big rule in the community for the 2021 Summer Olympic games.

In a significant new integration, Comcast has added Disney+ and ESPN+ to its Xfinity pay-TV and broadband services.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorComcast is plugging the Walt Disney Co.’s Disney Plus and ESPN Plus into its X1 cable TV and Flex broadband-streaming platforms — part of the operator’s ongoing strategy to become the one-stop hub for all video entertainment.On Monday, Comcast said it started of the rollout of Disney Plus on X1 and Flex customers, promising that its nationwide customer base will have access to the subscription streamer “in the coming days.” Disney Plus offers movies and TV shows

Following the success of the Mark Wahlberg-starrer, Spenser Confidential, director Peter Berg is making a home at Netflix. The filmmaker, through his Film 44 entertainment banner, has entered into a first-look deal to produce and direct live-action films and series for the streaming giant.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Corporation is moving to offer the advertising of the future.The company said it struck a partnership with FreeWheel, a Comcast unit that specializes in digital advertising placement and measurement, to offer addressable advertising on content that is viewed within Comcast properties, such as its Xfinity cable service or its Xfinity Flex or Cox Contour devices.The FreeWheel technology will let advertisers aim to reach specific audiences in video-on-demand

Red Candle Games, the developers behind Devotion and Detention, has revealed a clip of a third project on Twitter.The tweet is captioned “work in progress” and shows a markedly different style from the rest of the company’s games.

The International Olympics Committee has made a big announcement regarding the upcoming 2021 Summer Olympics.

In a crushing economic blow to Japan, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will not have attendance from international travelers. Tokyo organizers made the decision along with the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the national and local governments in Japan.

Hiroshi Sasaki announced his decision after a report on Wednesday revealed his suggestion about Naomi Watanabe, a hugely popular celebrity, for the opening ceremony. It is just the latest headache for organisers of the coronavirus-delayed Games, who are struggling for public support mid-pandemic and were left reeling by former chief Yoshiro Mori’s sexist remarks last month.

Director Richard Stanley (Color Out of Space) has been abruptly dumped by SpectreVision after allegations of abuse by an ex-partner surfaced.

As if Queen Bey and HOV needed any more reason to be proud of their ‘babies’ — Blue Ivy Carter went ahead and won a Grammy at age nine. Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s oldest child earned her first Grammy Award — in the Best Music Video category — for her appearance in the visual for her mom’s song, “Brown Skin Girl” — featured on The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack.

NBA star LeBron James, who already had a stake in the Fenway Sports Group’s Liverpool soccer club, has become part-owner of the company’s marquee asset: the Boston Red Sox.

Overwolf, a platform that allows creators to build, distribute and monetize in-game apps, has raised $52.5 million led by Griffin Gaming Partners and Insight Partners. The company, which is also announcing the launch of a new platform for user-generated content, additionally received financing from Ubisoft, Warner Music Group, former Quibi CEO Meg Whitman and Gen.G co-founder Kevin Chou.

All hail Beyonce! Queen Beyonce has backed her close friend Meghan Markle after her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey has created a rippling effect in the UK and the monarchy. While the UK public at large remains divided over the issue, several celebrities and personalities from across the world have backed Meghan and Prince Harry in their decision to leave the UK and as working royals.

Cody Simpson has been putting in the reps at the gym! The singer, 24, took to Instagram on March 8 to show his nearly four million social media followers that he is still dedicated to getting ready for the 2024 Paris Olympics. In the first photo, Cody showed off his trim and muscular abs and arms, posing in between two boxing bags. “Tunnel vision,” the caption read.

New York Attorney General Letitia James Monday set two lead attorneys to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct against Governor Andrew Cuomo,

HBO Max is celebrating International Women’s Day by announcing the upcoming documentary LFG (aka Let’s F*cking Go). The docu from Oscar winners Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine gives a no-holds-barred, inside account of the U.S. women’s national team’s ongoing fight for equal pay as told by Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Sam Mewis among others.