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Paramount+, CBS Television Network Partner to Air UFC 326 0

Paramount+, CBS Television Network Partner to Air UFC 326

Paramount+ and the CBS Television Network will partner to air “UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” live on March 7 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, marking the first UFC event ever to appear on the broadcast network. Paramount+ will stream every bout from UFC 326 in the United States and Latin America. CBS will … Continue reading “Paramount+, CBS Television Network Partner to Air UFC 326”

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‘The Housemaid’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Feb. 8 0

‘The Housemaid’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Feb. 8

Lionsgate’s The Housemaid led the chart of the top 10 titles on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended Feb. 8. The thriller became available for premium digital sale and rental Feb. 3. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, it follows Millie (Sydney Sweeney) who, trying to escape her past, accepts … Continue reading “‘The Housemaid’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Feb. 8”

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‘Send Help’ Offsets Slow Super Bowl Weekend Box Office With  Million in Ticket Sales 0

‘Send Help’ Offsets Slow Super Bowl Weekend Box Office With $10 Million in Ticket Sales

Twentieth Century Studios’ survival thriller Send Help beat expectations, adding $10 million in second-weekend ticket sales (through Feb. 8) to offset a slow box office due to Super Bowl LX and ongoing severe winter weather conditions on the East Coast. Directed by Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, the R-rated movie has … Continue reading “‘Send Help’ Offsets Slow Super Bowl Weekend Box Office With $10 Million in Ticket Sales”

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Disney Expands Pact With Brightline For Interactive Streaming Advertising 0

Disney Expands Pact With Brightline For Interactive Streaming Advertising

Disney has expanded its relationship with Brightline, a tech company specializing in interactive advertising for connected televisions, to bring interactive ads to Disney+, live sports on Fubo TV and Hulu + Live TV, and programmatic inventory across Disney’s other streaming properties, including Hulu and ESPN Unlimited. Interactive and shoppable advertising is one of the fastest-growing segments … Continue reading “Disney Expands Pact With Brightline For Interactive Streaming Advertising”

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Samba TV: ‘Bridgerton’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Feb. 1 0

Samba TV: ‘Bridgerton’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Feb. 1

Netflix’s “Bridgerton” was No. 1 on Samba TV’s list of top streaming programs for the week of Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. The first part of the fourth season of show creator Shonda Rhimes’s alternative look at British Regency era society debuted Jan. 29. No. 2 was Prime Video’s The Wrecking Crew. The action movie … Continue reading “Samba TV: ‘Bridgerton’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Feb. 1”

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Peacock to Bow Series ‘The Miniature Wife’ With Elizabeth Banks April 9 0

Peacock to Bow Series ‘The Miniature Wife’ With Elizabeth Banks April 9

Peacock will release the original series “The Miniature Wife,” starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, on April 9 with all episodes. Based on the short story written by Manuel Gonzales, the dramedy examines the power (im)balances between spouses Lindy (Banks) and Les (Macfadyen) after a technological accident induces the ultimate relationship crisis. Subscribe HERE to … Continue reading “Peacock to Bow Series ‘The Miniature Wife’ With Elizabeth Banks April 9”

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Super Bowl LX, 2026 Winter Olympics, and the New Battleground for Live Sports 0

Super Bowl LX, 2026 Winter Olympics, and the New Battleground for Live Sports

Live sports have been steadily moving to streaming, but Feb. 8 may mark a decisive shift. On that day, NBC and Peacock will broadcast both Super Bowl LX and the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. For an industry that has long debated whether streaming can support the biggest live sporting events at scale, next month … Continue reading “Super Bowl LX, 2026 Winter Olympics, and the New Battleground for Live Sports”

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Netflix Renews Ted Danson Comedy ‘A Man on the Inside’ for Third Season 0

Netflix Renews Ted Danson Comedy ‘A Man on the Inside’ for Third Season

Netflix Feb. 3 announced that the detective comedy “A Man on the Inside” has been renewed for a third season. The series stars Ted Danson as Charles Nieuwendyk, a retired professor who, to alleviate his loneliness and boredom, takes a job as an assistant for a private investigator (Lilah Richcreek Estrada) and ends up working … Continue reading “Netflix Renews Ted Danson Comedy ‘A Man on the Inside’ for Third Season”

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Radial Entertainment Expands Distribution Partnership with ITV Studios 0

Radial Entertainment Expands Distribution Partnership with ITV Studios

Radial Entertainment and ITV Studios have announced a major expansion of their longstanding distribution partnership, encompassing marquee scripted series, an extensive British drama catalog and select unscripted franchises. The expanded agreement broadens Radial Entertainment’s streaming footprint for the acclaimed dystopian thriller “Snowpiercer” from Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner). Radial added U.S. AVOD, SVOD and … Continue reading “Radial Entertainment Expands Distribution Partnership with ITV Studios”

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20th Century Studios’ ‘Send Help’ Tops Weekend Box Office, First Lady Doc ‘Melania’ Beats Expectations 0

20th Century Studios’ ‘Send Help’ Tops Weekend Box Office, First Lady Doc ‘Melania’ Beats Expectations

Twentieth Century Studios survival thriller Send Help generated more than $20 million in projected opening weekend ticket sales (plus $8 million internationally) to edge out YouTube personality Markiplier’s (a.k.a. Mark Fischback with 38 million followers) sci-fi horror drama Iron Lung with $18 million in opening revenue — on a self-financed $3 million budget. Amazon MGM … Continue reading “20th Century Studios’ ‘Send Help’ Tops Weekend Box Office, First Lady Doc ‘Melania’ Beats Expectations”

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