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Amazon Scores Chris Pratt Movie ‘Tomorrow War’
Amazon Prime Video is stepping up its game when it comes to landing big-name movies. The streaming platform has acquired Paramount’s big budget sci-fi movie Tomorrow War which was originally set for theaters earlier last year. Now, the Chris Pratt film will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 2. “The Tomorrow War will be a…
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70% of TV Households Now Own a Smart TV
Streaming has changed the way we watch TV, right down to the actual TVs we buy. A recent report by Hub Entertainment Research shows that the adoption of Smart TVs is higher than ever now, with the majority of TV homes owning one. As of this year, 7 out of 10 TV households now own…
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YouTube Saw Significant Growth During the Pandemic With Video Streaming on the Rise
Streaming consumption has soared throughout the last year as a result of Covid-19, and YouTube isn’t excluded from that rise in viewing time. A new report from Pew Research Center says the app grew more than any other social media app by users in the U.S. during the pandemic. YouTube’s usage by adults in the…
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ is the Top Movie on Fandango’s TVOD Services This Past Week
Disney+’s Raya and the Last Dragon was the most popular transactional video on demand title on both Vudu and FandangoNOW, beating out Wonder Woman 1984 which came in at second place. High up on both lists of movies viewers rented or bought are also crime-thriller The Little Things and the new Daisy Ridley/Tom Holland sci-fi…
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About 25% of Viewers Who Watched March Madness on Linear TV in 2019 Switched to Streaming it This Year
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was one for the books. The Baylor Bears took home the championship beating Gonzaga with a final score of 86-70. With March Madness 2020 getting canceled over the pandemic, live sports-starved fans were eager to watch this year’s games go down, as evidenced by the high viewership turnout, and…
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Viewers Streamed a Record 12.2 Billion Minutes in 2020
Most of 2020 was arguably spent on the couch in sweatpants, and that’s evident by the significant rise in the amount of streaming the industry saw. The total number of global streaming service subscriptions surpassed 1.1 billion at the end of last year, with the average household subscribing to 4 streaming services to keep themselves…
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‘Godzilla VS Kong’ and ‘The Little Things’ Had the Best Opening Weekends for SVOD in Q1
With the pandemic still ongoing, cinephiles have been trading in their trips to the movies for a night in streaming new releases on demand. Many new films are available shortly after their theater release which makes it more appealing to wait just a little while instead of risk going out to the theater. In fact,…
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Netflix Lost More Than 30% Market Share to Competitors in 2020
A new report from Ampere shows that Netflix lost 31% of its U.S. market share last year. While the streamer still remains a powerhouse, 2020 saw the entrance of newcomers Peacock and HBO Max which led to Netflix seeing a big chunk of its subscribers slip away. The Wrap reports that Netflix holds 20% of…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s First Netflix Deal is an Invictus Games Documentary
After signing a multi-million dollar deal with Netflix earlier last year, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archwell Productions’ has received the green light on its first project with the streamer, Heart of Invictus. The documentary series will follow a group of competitors from all over the world as they prepare for the 2022 Invictus Games.…
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HBO is Celebrating ‘Game of Thrones’ 10th Anniversary All Month Long
It’s been 10 years since Game of Thrones entered our homes as one of the largest events in television history. HBO is not letting the month go by without celebrating one of its biggest series ahead of “House of the Dragon” which is set to begin production later this year. HBO has dubbed this The…