Facebook Picks Up Originals From Mike Rowe + LaVar Ball, 'Star Wars' Web Series A Hit For Disney, BBC Invests $44 Million In Kids' Content, & More

Not displaying correctly? View this email online. Mike Rowe, LaVar Ball Headline New Programming Pickups For Facebook For months, we've awaited more information about the sort of shows Facebook plans to distribute as it elbows its way into the crowded world of original programming. Disney Channel And Freeform Ratings Are Falling As Young Viewers Turn To Streaming Platforms Two Walt Disney TV channels — the Disney Channel and Freeform — have lost a total of about 4 million subscribers over the past three years. Report Shows Cord Cutters Still Love Netflix, But Hulu's OTT Users Are More Engaged While Netflix is still king among OTT viewers, another platform can claim more engaged viewers. SourceFedNERD Regains Its Branding As NowThis Nerd Moves Out Michael Calabro, the NowThis Nerd Senior Producer who first served as the bearer of bad news, eturned to the channel to show contrition toward the fans who had previously hurled their dislikes at him. Studio71 Creates Charity Lipstick Benefiting Planned Parenthood The shade, dubbed Kiss My Pink and available online as well as via indie retailer Opening Ceremony, is being touted by the likes of Trevor Moran, Nia Sioux Frazier, Brittany Balyn, Aja Dang, Shameless Maya, and Salice Rose. Top 50 Live.me Broadcaster Rankings This Week TurnUpKing is dominating the charts while Justina Valentine of MTV's Wild 'N Out is making some moves.  First Episode Of New Star Wars Web Series Brings Big View Count To Rey's Adventures The first episode of the Star Wars: Forces of Destiny web series arrived on July 3, and if you want to know why Disney chose to create a digital companion piece centered around its star franchise's female characters, look no further than the traffic it received. Fund This: Human Telegraphs Tries To Make Connections In The Big City Three young upstarts are trying to look behind New York City's closed doors while generating plenty of laughs along the way. Refinery29 Names New Head Of Talent To Integrate Digital, Traditional Stars Into Shows Joanna Bomberg counts 15 years of talent management experience — most recently as SVP of MTV's music and talent department. Vlogger Louise Pentland's Debut Novel Hits Number One On U.K. Bestsellers List YouTube star Louise Pentland released her debut novel in the U.K. last Thursday, and it looks like the lifestyle vlogger has a bestseller on her hands. BBC Pledges To Invest $44 Million In Digital Content For Kids Through 2020 The BBC is making a major play for kid-friendly digital content over the next three years. Copyright © 2017 Tubefilter, All rights reserved. Sign up for Tubefilter Newsletters here. Our mailing address is: Tubefilter 5405 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 270 Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA  You received this email because you subscribed to a Tubefilter Newsletter or have registered to attend one of our Tubefilter Events. We respect your privacy and inbox. If you believe this was sent to you in error and you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe.