Awesomeness

Fierce Cable | July 30, 2018

Viacom took a big step in expanding its digital content strategy with the acquisition of Awesomeness, a joint venture between Hearst, NBCUniversal and Verizon.The company will fold Awesomeness into its Viacom Digital Studios (VDS) where it will factor into Viacom’s content production ecosystem, drive additional growth at VDS, and strengthen Viacom’s digital and social relationships.“Awesomeness has done an incredible job building their brand into a digital media powerhouse for ...

Media and Broadcasting

SpringHill Company | July 15, 2021

The SpringHill Company, the empowerment-led media conglomerate spearheaded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, and Wunderkind and creative mastermind Marsai Martin and Joshua Martin of Genius Entertainment, announced today the production of new original live-action film Fantasy Football, executive produced by Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films. In addition, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films have announced the start of production on Hush Hush, a film adaptation of Becca Fitzpatrick...

venturebeat | January 15, 2020

The mobile game industry is expected to generate $100 billion in revenue in 2020, up from $86 billion in 2019, according to App Annie, the mobile data and analytics researcher. App Annie released the numbers as part of its State of Mobile 2020 report. This annual appraisal provides insight into mobile’s expansive impact across industries and the global economy, highlighting publishers and brands that are outperforming their peers. Based on the report, games are now 72% of all spending in t...

rapidtvnews | January 14, 2020

The Year-End 2019 Digital Media Entertainment Report showed that throughout the year US consumers continued viewing and collecting their favourite films across multiple formats. It also showed that electronic sell through and online video-on-demand (VOD) services also benefited from consumers’ growing embrace of digital transactions. As well as all of the year being a strong year for the industry, 2019’s fourth quarter showed notable gains increasing revenues year-on-year 9% to $6.8 ...