Category: Streaming
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Prime Video Builds a 15-Hour Black Friday Sports Blitz
Prime Video is pairing a revived $4M golf Skins Game with NFL and NBA coverage to turn Black Friday into a live sports marathon.
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Discovery+ Moves to $6.99 With Ads, $11.99 Ad-Free
Discovery+ raises U.S. prices one week after the Skydance merger closes: $6.99 with ads, $11.99 ad-free, immediate for new subscribers.
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Disney Sets ‘Moana’ Live-Action Remake for Oct 21 Disney+ Debut
Disney sets the live-action Moana remake for an Oct 21 Disney+ debut. Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui, and critics call it the streamer’s best…
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Shorts Out-Watches Netflix in US as LatAm Hits $62bn
YouTube Shorts is now bigger than Netflix in US viewing, Omdia says, while Latin America’s media market is forecast to hit US$62bn.
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Lock Upp hits 50M hours as India’s formats go global
Indian streamers are betting on unscripted: Lock Upp drew 50M hours in three weeks, Bigg Boss went six-language, and formats are starting to export.
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Agatha Christie: 2 Billion Books, Endless Streaming Bets
Fifty years after her death, Christie is a streaming franchise: 2 billion books sold, a new British Library show, and fresh bets from Netflix…
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Taye Diggs’ Microhouse Slate Bets on Vertical Microseries
Election thriller The Count, Lifetime co-pro Reunion Island and Ben Ramsey’s Red Tail Mecha anchor Microhouse Films’ October vertical slate.
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Disney+ Casts Laga’aia, Phillippe in Spaceship Earth Pilot
Disney+ attaches Catherine Laga’aia and Deacon Phillippe to a pilot inspired by EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth ride, with Jason Fuchs showrunning.
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Maddie Hasson Joins Julia Garner in Apple TV+ Guilty Creatures
Hasson boards Apple TV+’s true-crime thriller as a series regular, joining Julia Garner and Lewis Pullman in the Florida-set murder drama.
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Netflix Passes on US$110bn Warner Deal, Calls It Right
Bela Bajaria says Netflix has no regrets over walking away from Warner Bros Discovery; discipline beats chasing HBO at any price.