Category: News
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‘Boss Baby 2’ on Peacock Had a Bigger At-Home Release Than Disney’s ‘Cruella’
Apparently, viewers are more into animated infants in suits than a steampunk villain fashionista. New data from Samba TV shows that The Boss Baby: Family Business pulled viewership from 783K U.S. households during its four-day opening holiday weekend of July 4th, beating out Disney’s Cruella. The Disney origin story had 686K U.S. households tune in to its…
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YouTube TV Adds Three More Add-On Channel Options
Today, Cinedigm announced that three of its most popular channels are now available on YouTube TV as optional add-ons. YouTube TV’s over three million subscribers can now add these channels to their subscription for $4.99/month each. Here are the three new optional add-on channels: Docurama: a one-of-a kind streaming service dedicated to bringing audiences acclaimed,…
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Survey: 60% of Americans Have Switched to Ad-Supported Streaming Services This Year
When streaming services were still a brand new option in home entertainment, one of the biggest draws was ad-free viewing. Netflix’s library was (and still is) uninterrupted by commercials, which was new and exciting coming fresh off a cable experience. But as the landscape continues to evolve, viewers are placing less priority on eliminating advertisements…
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ATSC 3.0 is Now Live in Charlotte
ATSC 3.0 has launched in Charlotte, NC, with five stations now broadcasting with the NextGen TV transmissions standard. The stations in Charlotte include WAXN-TV, WSOC-TV (ABC), WJZY-TV (FOX), WBTV-TV (CBS), and WCNC-TV (NBC). “Watching in NextGen TV immerses the viewer in stunning video with brilliant color, sharper images, and deeper contrast, making them feel like…
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Service Members and Veterans Can Stream The Olympics and Paralympics for Free
The Exchange and Comcast NBCUniversal have announced that current U.S. service members and honorably discharged Veterans will be able to stream coverage of the Tokyo Olympics 2021 for free. With this benefit, military viewers can stream more than 5,500 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics and over 1,000 hours of Paralympics, including 339 medal ceremonies…
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Peacock is Getting a ‘Bridgerton’ Inspired Dating Competition Show
Peacock has ordered a new series that will help a Duchess find her Duke in a dating competition placed in a Regency-era setting. The series, titled Pride & Prejudice: An Experiment In Romance, will house one heroine and her entourage of suitors in a countryside castle in England where their courtship will consist of period-appropriate…
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DMX’s ‘Fast Vengeance’ is Streaming Exclusively on Tubi
DMX’s final finished film Fast Vengeance is now exclusively streaming on Fox’s free streaming service Tubi. In Fast Vengeance, from Shout! Studios and written and directed by Pearry Reginald Teo (The Assent), upon hearing of his brother’s death, a man named Shen returns to his old stomping grounds to find the men responsible and take justice…
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‘Cruella’ and ‘Wrath of Man’ are Top Streaming Titles on Vudu and FandangoNOW
Transactional streaming video services FandangoNOW and Vudu have revealed their top earners for the week ending July 4 include Disney’s Cruella and Wrath of Man at the top. The Jason Statham action film leads Vudu’s Top 10, followed by Cruella, and Godzilla Vs. Kong. FandangoNow’s list looks fairly similar, with the animated film Spirit Untamed…
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The Funimation App is Now Available on VIZIO SmartCast
Today, VIZIO announced the Funimation App is now available on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform, bringing more than 13,000 hours of anime episodes, movies, and extras to VIZIO viewers. Funimation is the premiere destination streaming service for anime with top trending shows from Japan like My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fruits Basket, Black Clover,…
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Universal New Releases Will Move from HBO Max to Peacock in 2022
Universal and Peacock announced today that a new licensing agreement will go into effect in 2022, after the current deal between Universal and HBO comes to an end. The deal will include bringing all Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s theatrical releases to Peacock exclusively for a four month window. Currently, Universal has a deal in place…