Jul 30

Yahoo and NBC Sports launch ‘Fantasy Football Live’ and ‘SportsDash with Yahoo Sports’ shows for TV and the web

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Yahoo! and NBC Sports launch Fantasy Football Live Thursday Night! and SportsDash with Yahoo! Sports shows for TV and the web

ESPN may well be the biggest name in both online and television sports coverage, but Yahoo and NBC Sports are doing their best usurp the worldwide leader on both fronts. The latest assault on ESPN’s hegemony comes in the form of two new shows that bridge the gap between TV and online video: Fantasy Football Live – Thursday Night! and SportsDash with Yahoo Sports. Just in time for the start of the NFL season, FF Live – Thursday Night! airs weekly starting August 1st on the NBC Sports channel from 6:30-7PM ET, then continues as a web broadcast on Yahoo! Sports from 7-7:30. Naturally, the show will feature talent from both NBC and Yahoo delivering fantasy football-related info and analysis.

Meanwhile, SportsDash, a SportsCenter-style highlights and analysis program launches on August 19th and will air daily on NBC Sports from noon-1PM ET. SportsDash is taking a page from the Daily Show playbook, as extended interviews and stories will be streamed online from 1-1:15PM after the TV broadcast. Perfect. Two more sources of info we can use to dominate the annual Engadget HD podcast fantasy football pick-em.

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May 25

The Vikings head to the UK exclusively via Lovefilm

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EDIT Lovefilm acquires exclusive rights to The Vikings in UK and Germany

Yearning to watch Norsemen amass loot while raiding foreign lands? If you’re in the UK, you can now watch US cable show The Vikings exclusively via Lovefilm Instant. The Amazon-owned service has made all nine episodes of the historical drama — shown in the US and in Canada on History Channel — available for streaming. The service’s subscribers in Germany won’t be left out, but as the show isn’t slated to go live for them until June 15th, they have a bit of waiting to do. This new addition to Lovefilm’s roster is a clear effort by the service to bolster its TV show offerings, seeing as it’s struggling to catch up to Netflix UK in that area. Lovefilm also inked a deal with Warner Bros in April to air popular TV titles One Tree Hill, The West Wing and Nip Tuck, although Netflix will have its own exclusive when Arrested Development season four launches tomorrow.

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Nov 26

Netflix announces new deal with Warner, will deliver popular content to Canadian streamers

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Netflix announces new deal with Warner, will deliver popular content to Canadian streamers

History would kindly tell us that this isn’t the very first deal Netflix and Warner Bros. have struck in past months — and, well, chances are it won’t be the last one either. Earlier today, the streaming giant announced it had reached a new exclusive agreement with the California-based studio which will bring a hefty amount of new content to subscribers in Canada. Starting January of next year, Netflix streamers in the Great White North can start watching TV shows such as The Vampire Diaries, Fringe and Pretty Little Liars, as well as films like The Hangover Part II, Horrible Bosses and even the critically-acclaimed blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises — although these movies will come “for a limited period following their pay television window.” There’s still some time before the deal bears fruit, so perhaps the next few weeks could be used to start clearing that overloaded Instant Queue of yours.

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Oct 19

Google Knowledge Graph explains related content, finds the six degrees with less Bacon

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Google Knowledge Graph adds explanations for related content, finds the six degrees with less Bacon

We had a bit of a laugh with Google’s Kevin Bacon calculator. Not everyone needs to tie their searches to the star of Footloose, though, which is partly why Google is pushing out an update to its Knowledge Graph that explains how searches turn up related items. The effort is starting with actors, celebrities and their links to any movies and TV shows they’ve starred in. Looking for Orson Welles and mousing over Rita Hayworth’s portrait reminds us that the two luminaries were married for years, for example. We won’t know when the more intelligent searches will expand, but at least we won’t be quite so confused if the animated Transformers movie appears next to Citizen Kane.

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