Category: Netflix News
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Netflix Expands Deal with Shonda Rhimes for Films, and ‘Potential Gaming and Virtual Reality Content’
Netflix announced it’s expanding its creative deal with ‘Bridgerton’ producer Shonda Rhimes and her company, Shondaland. While the current partnership includes a branding and merchandise deal for Shondaland Media content, Netflix is thinking bigger picture and making room for potential gaming and virtual reality content from the Grey’s Anatomy producer, also adding live events and…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video the Week of July 5, 2021
Another successful Independence Day in the books means we’re deep in the summer season, “into the thick of it,” if you will. Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to watch the first installment of the Fear Street trilogy on Netflix, because Part 2: 1978 is on arriving this week, with the final chapter coming later this…
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Reelgood: ‘Mortal Kombat’ on HBO Max had the Biggest Opening Weekend of Q2, 2021
Streaming services have been pulling out all the stops this year with releasing blockbuster movies. HBO Max’s deal with Warner Bros. for day and date releases has proved to be a big win for the streamer. According to data from Reelgood, HBO Max had the two biggest movie opening weekends of any other streaming service…
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Content Production Budgets Expected to Pass $250 billion in 2021
The last few years have seen some new major shows being released on streaming services, and production budgets are at an all-time high. Budgets for all-new series in 2020, including scripted, unscripted, daytime, and kids, was up 16.4% in 2020 reaching $220.2 billion, according to data by Purely Streamonomics. This year is only supposed to…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video the Week of June 28, 2021
This week’s new arrivals include a few perfectly patriotic titles for you to stream in honor of Independence Day, including Netflix’s animated America: The Motion Picture, with Channing Tatum voicing General George Washington. It’s sure to be a wild ride that’s not an entirely accurate depiction of the events leading up to the birth of…
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Netflix Now Allows Android Users to Watch Partially Downloaded Content
If you’ve ever been frustrated to get in a no wifi zone only to find your show never finished downloading, this is for you. Netflix is rolling out an update that allows users to watch partially downloaded content. In the past, the app would only let users watch content that had completely downloaded to their…
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Netflix’s ‘Lucifer,’ ‘Army of the Dead’ Lead Nielsen’s Top Streaming Charts
Netflix held all three top spots on Nielsen’s Streaming Charts for the week ending May 30, leading with its Original Lucifer. The series garnered an impressive 1284 million minutes of streaming time powered by the release of Season 5B on May 28. Season 6 will be the series’ final installment. The Kominsky Method slid into…
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Nielsen’s Top 10 Show Viewers Are Opting for Escapism Entertainment
With stress from the pandemic, the housing market, work, and more piling up in our minds, viewers are choosing to take a break from real life by streaming fictional entertainment set in different realities. According to data from Nielsen, The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu was the No. 1 streamed Original show for the week ending…
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Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in July 2021
This month, Netflix has a few popular series returning for new seasons, including Never Have I Ever Season 2, Season 3 of Virgin River, and the fourth and final season of Atypical to name a few. One of the highly anticipated releases is the streamer’s three-part Fear Street series coming this month, based on the…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video the Week of June 21, 2021
We’ve almost made it through June and the amount of summer releases just keeps piling up. This week, the three big streaming services are not holding back. Netflix is keeping it steamy by releasing Originals Sex/Life on June 25 and Too Hot to Handle: Season 2 on June 23 with final episodes next week. Hulu‘s new original…