Amanda Holden looked like a glamorous goddess as she took her seat on the BGT judging panel for the first live show this week.MORE: Amanda Holden wows in nearly-nude photo for special reasonThe 51-year-old shared a clip on Instagram with her fans, showcasing her incredible look – an off-the-shoulder metallic sequinned gown with a thigh-high split. WATCH: Amanda Holden looks like a goddess for BGT live showFans went wild for her stunning appearance and flooded the comments with compliments, love heart emojis and flames.READ: Amanda Holden soaks up the sun in gorgeous bikini photoMORE: Amanda Holden's lifelike £5k playhouse for daughters will blow your mindSome had some questions for the mum-of-two, however, while others likened her to two other famous celebrities.
SportsBubble’s New App Helps Fans Navigating Maze of Games
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAll it took for Lydia Murphy-Stephans to start trying to solve one of the greatest problems confronting the sports industry was a plate of hot wings.While watching an NBA Finals game in 2018, she left her living room to get the snacks ready in the kitchen – and set about a task that she felt should have been a lot simpler: trying to stream the match on her iPad.“The game was on ABC, so I clicked on the ABC app and it was black. So I went to Google to the search for ‘Watch NBA Finals.’ My iPad had 200 million hits.
I went to the Watch ESPN app, and opened it but – this was 2018 – the connectivity wasn’t what it was today. My provider is Comcast Xfinity, and I had to get off the ESPN app and go to Xfinity to authenticate, to get permission,” Murphy-Stephans recalls.
“It took me eight minutes.” When she finally got through, she realized the game that was on in the living room was at least a minute ahead of what she was streaming on her tablet. On Wednesday, the former ABC Sports programming executive and president of Pac-12 Networks, tries to make the process of finding sports easier for anyone who has ever felt flustered when working to find out which linear outlet or streaming service is offering a specific game and then navigating the particulars of getting there.
Her company, SportsBubble, is launching the WatchSports app, which helps users find professional and college sports as well as esports sessions at any time of day. The service is now available at Apple’s App Store, searchable under “WatchSports,” and it is expected to be available sooner at WatchSports.app and at Google Play for Android.By forging new rights deals that put some games on traditional TV and others on streaming
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'Walk away now' - Manchester United fans all share the same concern over £80m Darwin Nunez
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New Documentary on Rise of Music Merchandise in the Works From XTR (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDocumentary studio XTR and Crooked Highways are teaming up on “Merch!”The upcoming documentary will look at the origin and impact of music merchandise through the stories of pivotal musicians, designers, fans, and entrepreneurs who helped commodify artists. The non-fiction feature will trace the history of these products, starting with the first Elvis Presley concert t-shirt.
Kylie Jenner appears to have revealed her son's new name and fans are baffled
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‘SNL’ Season Finale Lets McKinnon, Bryant, Mooney, Davidson Say Good-Bye
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSurvive, from New York: “Saturday Night Live” will continue on without four prominent departing cast members, but most of them got a chance to offer up a few final laughs before the show completed its 47th season.Word that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Pete Davidson planned to leave the venerable late-night series after Saturday’s broadcast leaked out late in the week. That made appearances by the actors all the more emotional during NBC’s broadcast of SNL’s season finale. McKinnon made one more run as Ms.
Jake Tapper’s CNN Interview With Trevor Reed Could Spark New Awareness of U.S. Citizens Imprisoned Overseas
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen CNN presents an exclusive interview Sunday evening between Jake Tapper and Trevor Reed, recently released from Russia after nearly three years of imprisonment, the network has the potential to spur a new strain of activism around U.S. citizens incarcerated abroad.Reed, who spoke with Tapper for several hours Thursday in Florida, was released “because the Biden administration engaged in a prison swap with Russia, and in the past, that has been seen as controversial,” says Tapper during a recent interview. “The family wants those days to disappear.”During the hour-long special, Reed talks about his experiences overseas, some of which, Tapper says sound like something out of a “horror movie franchise.” He also speaks about his interest in helping other American families who have relatives detained unlawfully overseas.
How Peyton Manning, Joe Buck Teamed Up for a New Swing at Golf for ESPN
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThis wasn’t supposed to be Joe Buck’s first assignment for ESPN.The veteran sports announcer raised eyebrows earlier this year by jumping from his longtime roost at Fox Sports to the Disney sports giant, where he and colleague Troy Aikman are set to host “Monday Night Football.” On Thursday afternoon, however, Buck was doing something completely different. Here he was, sitting alongside golf analyst Michael Collins on ESPN2, watching Tiger Woods on the green at the 2022 PGA Championship and talking to baseball great Ken Griffey Jr.
TV Shows Take a Back Seat as Upfronts Focus on New Ad Tech
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV used to be about shows. Now, based on many of the industry’s glitzy upfront presentations that took place this week, it’s all about algorithms.At show after show, NBCUniversal, Disney, Fox, Paramount, Univision and The CW spent time hawking new scripted comedies and dramas; unscripted series; lots of sports; and even movies. But in many cases, the availability of the categories seemed more important than the programing that filled them.
Chris Wallace Will Lead New Show in CNN Sunday Block
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Wallace left a Sunday show on Fox News Channel to jump into the world of streaming at CNN. But now he’s going back to a weekend format for which he is best known:Wallace will take the reins of a new Sunday program on CNN, the network announced Wednesday during an upfront presentation for its parent company, Warner Bros.
TV Ad Chiefs Press Madison Avenue to Gaze Into Future, Not the Present
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJo Ann Ross has long recognized when to go for the hard- sell and when to soften things up.The Paramount Global U.S. ad sales chief is, like other executives in her position, is seizing this week to pitch big advertisers as part of the media industry’s annual “upfront,” when U.S.
Paramount Global Takes Advertisers Shopping in Upfront After-Party
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhere do you take advertisers if you want them to make a big purchase? To a department store, of course.Paramount Global will take clients who attend its upfront Wednesday afternoon to an after-party in the structure on New York’s Madison Avenue that once housed the big Barney’s department store, one way to emphasize the shopping aspect of the event, in which big U.S. TV companies hope to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory for their next programming cycle.As part of the affair, Paramount has dressed up four windows of the former shopping plaza.
Malika Andrews’ ESPN Presence Grows With NBA Draft Coverage (EXCLUSIVE)
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMalika Andrews is capping off a quick journey that has taken her from the sidelines of NBA games to a central seat at many of its big events.The sportscaster is taking over the host duties of ESPN’s NBA Draft, succeeding Rece Davis, who led the broadcast for more than a decade. In doing so, Andrews cements her status as one of ESPN’s mainstay journalists, having been awarded hosting duties on “NBA Today” in 2021.The June 23 Draft broadcast, emanating from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, will top off Andrews’ busy schedule in weeks ahead. She will also host the NBA Draft Lottery telecast this evening at 8 p.m.
TV Networks’ Scramble to Launch Nielsen Rivals Creates Measurement Mess
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV’s most intense drama isn’t showing on any particular network and doesn’t stream on any specific screen. Even so, some of the industry’s most influential executives can’t stop talking about it.Chances are no one will mention the series at next week’s sundry upfront gatherings, when TV companies will unveil dozens of new programs as part of an effort to win billions of ad dollars, but it is of critical importance to Disney, Comcast, Fox and many of the TV-reliant companies behind the presentations.
‘PBS NewsHour’ Sets Succession Plan for Judy Woodruff
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“PBS NewsHour” typically dissects the news with a depth its counterparts at ABC, NBC and CBS do not. For tonight, at least, the venerable show is generating headlines of its own.Judy Woodruff, the veteran news anchor who logged time at NBC News and CNN before taking up anchor duties at PBS’ venerable “NewsHour,” is expected to leave the desk in early 2023, according to two people familiar with the matter.