Studios

• Studio71 U.K. To Debut 2 New Podcasts, Including Its Foray Into Food Programming
• Fullscreen Signs 9 Creators, Including MindOfRez, Lexy Panterra, And Kellie Sweet

  Digital network Fullscreen has added nine creators to its talent roster, whose social media channels count a collective 33 million followers. Perhaps most notably, Fullscreen has onboarded former MTV host and current syndicated radio personality Sway Calloway and singer Omarion, who went solo after a stint in the R&B boy band B2K.

  
• Canadian Digital Network BroadbandTV Surpasses 575 Million Monthly Viewers

  While other multi-channel networks may be faltering, Vancouver’s BroadbandTV (BBTV) continues to shatter new viewership records, it says.

  
• Hardee’s Enlists Ryan ToysReview To Relaunch Kid’s Meal Business After 8 Years

  Ryan ToysReview, the seven-year-old YouTube phenom with 20 million subscribers and an astonishing 30 billion lifetime views, is helping fast food chain Hardee’s get back into the children's meal business.

  
• Collab Builds Out Recently-Launched Ad Sales Team With Four New Executives
• Sephora Takes Crowdsourced Approach To Influencer Marketing With New Beauty ‘Squad’
• Studio71 Signs All 8 Smosh Channels, Unveils New Podcast With Amanda Cerny, Sommer Ray
• Viacom Taps Eva Gutowski, Tana Mongeau, And Jason Nash For Latest YouTube Series Slate
• Viacom’s Kelly Day Wants To ‘Build Digital Worlds’ Around Its Biggest TV Hits
• TLC Partners With Studio71 To Produce Its First YouTube Series, ‘Countdown To I Do’
• UTA Signs Vlogger Kennedy Walsh, Who Gained 940,000 Subscribers In 10 Months
• Someone Hacks Defy Media’s Twitter Account, Promptly Uses It To Troll Everyone (Including Defy)