The House Select Committee on Competition with the Chinese Communist Party has sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook questioning whether concerns about Apple’s relationship with China spurred the termination of the Apple+ series The Problem with Jon Stewart. Last month, when the show’s end was announced just weeks before taping for a third season was set to begin, the New York Times reported that Stewart and Apple parted ways over creative control issues.
The military drama series starring David Boreanaz will conclude on the Paramount+ streaming service with its seventh season, which is set to go into production in early December and will air in 2024. Originating on CBS, the series moved to Paramount+ with its sixth season. The show was renewed by Paramount+ for Season 7 in January and obviously production was impacted by both the writers and actors strikes.
The judge pointed to evidence that consumers could distinguish that Paramount+ was the exclusive home of two South Park movies per year while Max housed the series’ back catalog. WBD still has claims for breach of contract, tortuous interference and unjust enrichment.
Starz Adds 200K DTC Streaming Customers
Starz, the premium cable network and streaming provider set for separation from Lionsgate’s balance sheet early next year, added 200,000 domestic OTT subscribers from July through September, according to the parent company’s fiscal Q2 report.
“Free” or discounted subscriptions from Disney or your phone company can be a great deal — or a sucker’s bet.
The new distribution will provide NWSL fans viewing across linear and streaming each weekend. The four-year partnerships total a 40x multiple from NWSL’s previous deal.
Tennis Channel and the Carvana Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour) have launched Pickleballtv (PBTV), a television network completely devoted to America’s fastest-growing sport. Available now on Amazon Freevee and Fubo, the new, […]
Today, Allen Media Group’s free-streaming digital platform HBCU GO — the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), announced the 2023-24 Basketball schedule of televised games. A total of 19 […]
Tubi, Fox’s free, ad-supported video-on-demand service, has appointed former Amazon executive Sameer Balgi as its chief financial officer. Balgi was previously the chief financial officer of Freevee, Amazon’s FAST service and also head of finance for Prime Video’s U.S. Marketplace business. He took on the new position at Tubi on Nov. 6.
Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), announced that TV Aparecida, a religious TV channel in Brazil, has launched its first free ad-supported […]
Streaming and podcast solutions provider StreamGuys has launched its second-generation SGreports solution, a robust log processing and content analytics toolset for live streams and podcasts. The updated solution, part of StreamGuys’ growing SaaS suite […]
The Egyptian Theatre, a historic movie house that hosted Hollywood’s first film premiere a century ago, will re-open to the public this week after a multi-million-dollar restoration by Netflix. The company that pioneered watching movies at home stepped in three years ago to refurbish one of the most famous theaters in Los Angeles. Built during the silent film era, the Egyptian rolled out Hollywood’s first red carpet for the premiere of Robin Hood starring Douglas Fairbanks in 1922.
Evergent, a customer management and monetization provider for streaming and digital subscription businesses, announces a new partnership with Axinom, an expert in video streaming backends. The two companies will collaborate […]
Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, has partnered with Stoneroos (part of NEP The Netherlands) to power multiple OTT and TV streaming services. The partnership will see the Bitmovin […]
A handful of streaming channels dominate a significant amount of viewing, according to Omdia research.
CBS Sports has reached a multiyear rights agreement with the second-tier United Soccer League to air 100 matches each season across CBS’s linear and digital properties.
The Super Bowl isn’t the only big football property that will be crammed full of advertising. Amazon’s Prime Video has sold out all the commercial inventory attached to its new “Black Friday” game, the first event the NFL has earmarked for the day after Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday-shopping season, according to Danielle Carney, head of NFL ad-sales for the company. Amazon has also sold out of ad inventory in the Thursday Night Football games slated for Nov. 16 and 30, she says, in part because the company has tried to sell broader ad packages that connect an ad message across a broader swath of content.
Friends was the No. 1 most popular show on U.S. streaming services in the past week, according to new data — coming after news of series star Matthew Perry‘s death. For the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5, Friends (which is available on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max) was the top-ranked TV show among American viewers, according to data compiled by streaming guide JustWatch.
Vizio said it has reached agreements with BBC Studios, Magnolia Pictures and Paramount Global Content Distribution that help double the amount of TV and movie content available on its WatchFree Plus streaming service. Vizio WatchFree Plus now has more than 275 streaming channels and 15,000 on-demand movies and TV episodes.
Scott Koondel thinks that the model he’s using to sell Judy Justice – Judge Judy Sheindlin’s next chapter, which streams on Amazon’s Freevee – is one he can apply to many other shows in syndication. “I have a lot of shows that are for streaming and eventually for syndication,” said Koondel, who worked in distribution for CBS from 1997 to 2018, the last six as EVP and chief corporate content licensing officer. He started at Paramount in 1994. “I see a world where I could provide syndicated shows for TV stations and not have to deficit finance.”
Walmart and NBCUniversal today introduced a new commerce partnership that lets Bravo fans “shop the moment” on Peacock for the first time. Fans can shop directly from the retailer while […]
Fox Nation will debut a new original film — Christmas with the Foxes — on Thursday, Nov. 23. Additional holiday titles, including Christmas in Big Sky Country, Christmas in Maple Hills […]
Netflix has laid off a handful of executives in its drama and overall deals divisions including Alex Sapot and Pete Corona. Sapot has been with the company for over seven years and was director, original series. Corona was director of drama series and was with the company for over five years.
Starz, the premium network and streaming service that will soon be its own publicly traded company, is laying off more than 10% of employees and is exiting Australia and the U.K. Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch announced the news in an email to staff obtained by CNBC on Friday. Starz has about 670 employees. He also addressed staff in a companywide town hall.
Peacock continues to expand its Bravo streaming offerings. NBCUniversal’s streaming platform will be the official home to uncensored versions of future reunion episodes for all the cable network’s reality programming, Bravo host and executive producer Andy Cohen revealed Friday during the “Ask Andy” panel at BravoCon in Las Vegas.
Fubo said it cut its net losses while added 310,000 subscribers in North America, giving a record number of customers. The net loss for the virtual multichannel video programming distributor was $83.8 million, 29 cents a share, compared to $162.6 million or 82 cents a share, a year ago. Revenues rose 43% to $420.9 million
CBS News has detailed its plans for Election Day coverage. With the title America Decides: Campaign ’23, coverage goes 8-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, on CBS News Streaming Network, the CBS News app, CBSNews.com and Paramount+.
The collaboration between the Academy of Country Music and producer Dick Clark Productions will see the 59th ACM Awards return in May 2024 to the tech and retail giant’s streaming platform.
Futurama, which Hulu revived (for the second time in the show’s life) earlier this year, will extend its run on the streamer. Hulu has ordered two more seasons — 20 episodes’ worth — of the animated series from creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. Hulu’s initial pickup of Futurama in 2022 was also for two seasons and 20 episodes, so the new order will take the show through season 14. Season 12 is set to premiere in 2024.
The long-awaited final installment of Yellowstone — featuring Kevin Costner ‘s final episodes — has been delayed until November 2024, the Paramount Network announced Thursday. Originally scheduled to return this month, Paramount says production was delayed by this year’s strikes by actors and screenwriters. The first half of the fifth season debuted in November 2022.
ChaiFlicks, a streaming platform for Jewish storytelling, is set to launch its first original series, Schmoozing and Cruising, on Nov. 16. The half-hour unscripted series explores innovative Kosher restaurants and food […]
The company cited “diversifying demand sources of advertisers” on the platform, as well as expanding the number of partnerships for improved ad revenue numbers.
One day after the Disney and Comcast co-owned streamer went on the market, Disney is buying the remaining 33% stake in Hulu for $8.61 billion. While there will be some hoops for Disney to jump through to complete the purchase, the company is predicting the deal will be completed “during the 2024 calendar year.”
After one year of operation, Netflix’s ad-supported option will offer new advertising and measurement innovations. In 2024, Netflix will offer global advertisers new measurement data for “campaign verification” via third-party providers. It did not provide further details about this. During the past 12 months, Netflix has rolled out global third-party verification from Integral Ad Science and DoubleVerify, as well as measurement/business outcome data from EDO Inc. Netflix also launched Nielsen One measurement in the U.S.