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Free Streaming Service Kanopy Hires a New CEO
Today, the free-to-stream service Kanopy announced Kevin Sayer will take the place of founder Olivia Humphrey as she relocates to her original home of Australia. This new change is effective October 21, 2019. Humphrey will remain as Kanopy’s Executive Chairman of the Board. “It has been a great honor to serve as the CEO of…
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Amazon & Howard University Create Program to Help Diversify the Entertainment Industry
Amazon Studios and Howard University have partnered to create Howard Entertainment – a new program designed to promote diversity within the entertainment industry. The program will provide African-American students and other under-represented populations the opportunity to train with top entertainment executives. “The vision of Howard Entertainment is to offer a one-of-a-kind experience for students interested in…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon For The Week Of October 14th, 2019
October 15th Dark Crimes October 16th Ghosts of Sugar Land (Netflix Original) Sinister 2 October 17th The Karate Kid The Unlisted (Netflix Family) October 18th The Yard / Avlu (Netflix Original) Baby: Season 2 (Netflix Original) Eli (Netflix Film) Interior Design Masters (Netflix Original) The House of Flowers: Season 2 (Netflix Original) The Laundromat (Netflix Film) Living with Yourself (Netflix Original)…
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Former Comedian Byron Allen Acquires 11 Local TV Stations in $290 Million Deal
Entertainment Studio’s CEO Byron Allen is the new owner of 11 small-market TV stations after a $290 million deal with USA Television. The stations included in the deal serve span markets ranked 79 to 188 such as Huntsville, Alabama, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Chico-Redding, Calif., and Eugene, Oregon. “I have known Byron Allen for decades and…
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Amazon’s Alexa Now Understands & Speaks Spanish in the United States
Amazon has announced U.S. customers can now access Multi-Lingual mode on their Echo Alexa devices, meaning you can now talk to her in Spanish. App developers can now start building skills for Spanish speaking customers, and Alexa has a brand new Spanish voice with local knowledge and more. U.S. customers can now switch back and forth…
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FedEx Now Lets you Bring Your Online Returns to Walgreens Making Life Easier
FedEx and Walgreens have teamed up to make your online shopping returns easier. According to this story by TechCrunch, now you can take your online FedEx returns to a participating Walgreens location and they’ll take it from there, including printing the return shipping label for you. All you need to do is process the return…
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BBC is Revamping It’s iPlayer Streaming Service as It Tries to Take on Netflix
The BBC announced it’s plans to reinvent its iPlayer streaming service to up their game in the streaming wars. According to Deadline, BBC Director General Tony Hall and Content Chief Charlotte Moore explained more details of the re-imagined iPlayer at a London event on October 7, 2019. “iPlayer is a great service. But it can…
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HBO Max Snags 2-Season Reboot of ‘The Boondocks’
Cartoon Network’s Adult Animation series “The Boondocks” is getting reimagined in a 2-season order from HBO Max next fall. Sony Pictures first announced the reboot in June 2019, and today HBO confirmed picking it up. This news comes from a story posted by Deadline. “The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot…
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Apple TV+ Partners Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman For a New WWII Mini Series
Today Apple announced a deal with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman’s Playtone to spearhead it’s first studio series based on the Donald L. Miller book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany. Deadline reports this will be a follow up to the WWII HBO…
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How to Stream Scary Movies for Free on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More This Halloween
If you’re hoping to get spooked this October but don’t want to pay a scary cable bill, movie rental or subscription fee, keep reading. We’ve rounded up some of the best options for Halloween, and the best part is they’re totally free to watch. IMDb TV Get into the Halloween spirit with IMDb TV this…