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Apple TV+ Might Have More than 40 Million Subscribers
Apple TV+ might not be the most booming new streaming service on the block, but we may have underestimated it. Estimates from Ampere Analysis indicate the streamer ended 2019 with 33.6 million users, and a new report from Statista estimates that number reached 40 million by the end of 2020. Apple doesn’t give away subscriber…
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Amazon Upgraded Its Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5 – Here’s What’s New
Amazon announced a new upgrade to some of its devices. The Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5 are getting a refresh with higher quality cameras, new color options to blend into your home decor, and more. Echo Show 5 2nd Gen 2021 The updated Echo Show 5 features the same compact, 5.5 inch display…
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Cinedigm Launches Four New Channels on Local Now
Cinedigm announced it’s expanding its Allen Media Group Local Now channel with four new genre-specific streaming channels. The Cinedigm channels include Horror, Westerns, Sports and Classic Cinema content, bringing new genres to Local Now which previously focused on local news and weather but has recently expanded its free service to include entertainment. New channels include:…
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Superhero Movies & Shows Top Nielsen’s Streaming Chart
It seems like viewers are really into superhero movies these days. Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier made it to the top of Nielsen’s streaming list for the week ending April 11, with 748 million minutes watched across the four episodes. On the movie side, Netflix’s super-powered Thunder Force starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia…
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Rotten Tomatoes Launches its Own Channel on Roku
Rotten Tomatoes may be known for its movie ratings and reviews, but now the company is going beyond the Tomatometer and launching its own OTT channel. Rotten Tomatoes Channel, is a free 24/7 channel launching today on The Roku Channel with more than 100 hours of premium long and short-form video content, including 10 originally…
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Peacock is Expanding its Documentary Library with Three New Originals
Peacock hit the green light on three new documentaries heading to the platform. Diamond Princess, Perfect World: The Gamer Murders, and Downey Wrote That (all working titles) are next up on the docket. Diamond Princess is the real life story of hundreds of passengers stuck on board the Princess cruise ship during the Covid-19 outbreak. The…
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Here’s Everything New on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video The Week of May 10, 2021
This week is bringing a bunch of new titles to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video. Our top picks include Netflix’s new documentary Money, Explained, and the suspenseful original film Oxygen. Hulu is getting the explosive documentary MLK/FBI which details the FBI surveillance that dogged King’s activism throughout the ’50s and ’60s, fueled by the racist…
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Hulu is Getting a Nine-Part Docuseries on the Los Angeles Lakers
An expansive nine-part L.A. Lakers docuseries is headed to Hulu as one of the platform’s new originals. The documentary comes from Lakers’ CEO and controlling owner Jeanie Buss, director Antoine Fuqua, in association with Fuqua Films, as well as Haven Entertainment and Los Angeles Media Fund. The project is still unnamed, but slated for a…
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NBC Partners with Twitch for Live Coverage of the Tokyo Olympics
NBC will partner with Twitch to provide a new way for fans to stream the Summer Olympics. The NBC Olympics Twitch channel will livestream coverage of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and events leading up to them. The content will be geared toward Twitch viewers with athlete interviews, Olympic-themed competition shows, and more. The NBC Olympics…
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Survey: Almost Half of Consumers Aren’t Likely to Subscribe to a New Streaming Service Just to Watch a New Release
The past year has seen some major changes in the way new movies are released. With movie theaters closed for much of 2020 and attendance still low once after reopening, production companies had to get a bit creative with how to release their blockbusters. Some movies like the award-winning Nomadland went straight to streaming on…