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Study: Engagement Helps Drive Second Seasons for Shows Like HBO Max’s ‘The White Lotus’
While some streaming originals burst onto the scene with lots of built-up anticipation driving strong premieres, like WandaVision and Loki, other series tend to build momentum as they go along. For instance, Ted Lasso debuted on Apple TV+ with little fanfare and didn’t have strong engagement in the beginning. However, it’s proved to be a…
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Locast Takes a Hit in Lawsuit from Broadcasters
Updated with a statement from Locast’s legal team. ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC scored a win against Locast in a court decision today. A New York judge has denied Locast’s request for summary judgment. Broadcasters took legal action against Locast in July 2019, over a year after the local channel streaming service launched. ABC, CBS,…
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Here’s HBO’ Max’s September 2021 Lineup Including ‘Cry Macho’ and ‘Malignant’
This September, two new releases are debuting on HBO Max the same day as theaters. Malignant from The Conjuring franchise premieres on September 10 to get you ready for spooky season early, and Clint Eastwood’s uplifting and poignant drama Cry Macho hits the service September 17. Both films are available to stream on HBO Max’s…
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ESPN+ Will Stream a Record 500+ College Football Games From 16 Conferences This Fall
ESPN+ will stream more college football games this fall than ever before, with more than 500 games set to stream on the service. The season kicks off September 2 at 7:00 PM and will feature games featuring teams from FBS conferences like the SEC and Big 12, The American, C-USA, MAC, and Sun Belt, and…
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Pluto TV Adds Three New Channels to Its Free Streaming Lineup
Pluto TV is adding to its free streaming service again with three new channels landing on the lineup today. Tune in to watch James Bond all day everyday, get a laugh from a new prank channel, or check out comedy series and specials from across the pond. Here are the new channels streaming on Pluto…
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Discovery+ Will Premiere its First Original Movie This Christmas Starring Food Network’s Ree Drummond
Discovery+ is sweetening its movie lineup with a brand new original Christmas film coming this winter, the streamer’s first-ever original scripted movie. Candy Coated Christmas is written especially around Food Network’s “The Pioneer Woman” Ree Drummond who will star in the movie. Candy Coated Christmas will allow Discovery+ to tap into the female-centric genre of…
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Disney’s Star+ Launches in Latin America
Disney’s international streaming service, Star+, launches in Latin America today. “Starting today, Latin American audiences have access to an entertainment experience never before seen in the region. Star+ confirms our commitment to generate relevant and varied offerings by providing our audiences with access to fully personalized content tailored to their tastes,” said Diego Lerner, President,…
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Help Raise Money for the ‘Clear The Shelters’ Campaign Just by Streaming Peacock on Amazon Fire TV
Amazon, NBCUniversal, and Peacock are teaming up to help you put all that binge-watching to use. The companies are partnering to donate money to animal shelters based on how much TV viewers watch. For every hour of entertainment you stream Peacock on Fire TV, Amazon will donate $1 to Greater Good Charities in support of Clear…
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Redbox Adds Two New Channels to its Free Live TV Lineup
Redbox has partnered with Anthem Sports & Entertainment to bring two new channels to the free Live TV service. Music and entertainment streaming service AXS TV NOW and combat sports platform Fight Network are now available on Redbox’s free streaming app. AXS TV NOW – Compiling more than 500 hours of content from AXS TV’s rich…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video the Week of August 30, 2021
With this week crossing over into September, that means a huge amount of new library additions heading to your favorite streaming services. Netflix has its new original Afterlife of the Party, plus Money Heist Season 5 – Part 1 is making its arrival on the streamer. Hulu is bringing us a slew of nostalgic movies like…
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Breaks into Nielsen’s Streaming Chart While Still Behind Premier Access Paywall
Viewers have been doing a lot of Netflix streaming lately. Two of the platform’s shows are neck and neck as the top-viewed titles for the week ending Aug. 1. The sports drama about a Beverly Hills High School team has the most viewing minutes across all categories for the week at 1,433 million minutes over…
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‘Snake Eyes’ and ‘Black Widow’ are Vudu’s Top Titles of the Week
Viewers were in the mood for action last week as evidenced by Vudu‘s top titles. Paramount’s action-adventure Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins was the No.1 earner on the transactional video site for the week of August 23-29, followed by Marvel’s Black Widow. MGM’s Respect held third place in terms of revenue. Following the rise of…
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fuboTV Will Launch Free-to-Play Games & Live Stats for CONMEBOL World Cup 2022 Qualifying Matches
On Thursday, September 2, live-streaming giant fuboTV will be making a major move by taking their integrated predictive, free-to-play games and FanView live stats feature out of beta in time for the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying matches. FuboTV will be the exclusive streaming home South American Qatar World Cup 2022 Qualifying matches and has exclusive…
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‘Manifest’ is Officially Renewed for 20-Episode Season 4 at Netflix
Over the weekend, Netflix and Warner Media closed a deal to greenlight a fourth and final season of Manifest. The deal will bring closure to fans all over the world left by cliffhangers from the canceled missing plane series. Now, Netflix is will deliver an extra-large, 20-episode final season to tie up all the loose…
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HBO Max and YouTube are Now Available on Spectrum TV
Spectrum announced today that HBO Max and YouTube are now available for Spectrum customers, through the Spectrum Guide, on eligible devices. “As the video landscape continues to change, we are evolving our products and making it easier for our customers to watch what they want by providing access to streaming apps from convenient launch points…
