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‘Pluribus’ Takes Top Spot on Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Originals Chart Through Dec. 14 0

‘Pluribus’ Takes Top Spot on Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Originals Chart Through Dec. 14

“Pluribus” took the top spot on the Whip Media chart of streaming originals among U.S. consumers for the week ended Dec. 14. The series rose from No. 2 on the chart the previous week. The drama from writer and director Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad” and co-creator of “Better Call Saul,” started streaming on Apple … Continue reading “‘Pluribus’ Takes Top Spot on Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Originals Chart Through Dec. 14”

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Gracenote Enhances On Sports Solution With Ancillary Content 0

Gracenote Enhances On Sports Solution With Ancillary Content

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is offering new enhancements to its On Sports solution spotlighting conent beyond live games. On Sports — covering 160-plus of the world’s most popular sports leagues and competitions in 50-plus countries globally — now makes sports documentaries, highlights, game analyses and other related content accessible through unified … Continue reading “Gracenote Enhances On Sports Solution With Ancillary Content”

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Kevin Smith Classic ‘Dogma’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Dec. 14 0

Kevin Smith Classic ‘Dogma’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Dec. 14

Director Kevin Smith’s classic Dogma led the chart of the top 10 titles on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended Dec. 14. The 1999 dark comedy, available for digital sale, follows an abortion clinic worker with a special heritage who is called upon by the Voice of God to stop two exiled angels … Continue reading “Kevin Smith Classic ‘Dogma’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through Dec. 14”

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‘Zootopia 2’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Calendar Year — the Latter at .13 Billion Globally in 20 days 0

‘Zootopia 2’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Calendar Year — the Latter at $1.13 Billion Globally in 20 days

Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2 continues to resonate with moviegoers worldwide, adding $131.1 million in revenue internationally (led by China), and $26.3 million in ticket sales across North American screens. The sequel has grossed $1.13 billion in global revenue after 20 days to become the No. 1 grossing North American movie in 2025. China’s China’s animated … Continue reading “‘Zootopia 2’ Tops Weekend Box Office, Calendar Year — the Latter at $1.13 Billion Globally in 20 days”

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Samba TV: ‘Landman’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Dec. 7 0

Samba TV: ‘Landman’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Dec. 7

The Paramount+ series “Landman” was No. 1 on Samba TV’s list of top streaming programs for the week of Dec. 1-7. The show stars Billy Bob Thornton as a Texas oil company bigwig. No. 2 was the Netflix documentary series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” about the sexual misconduct allegations against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. The four … Continue reading “Samba TV: ‘Landman’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through Dec. 7”

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Apple TV Unveils Trailer for Season Two of Idris Elba Thriller ‘Hijack’ 0

Apple TV Unveils Trailer for Season Two of Idris Elba Thriller ‘Hijack’

Apple TV unveiled the trailer for the second season of the thriller series “Hijack,” starring and executive produced by SAG Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Idris Elba (“Luther”). Created by George Kay (“Lupin,” “Criminal”) and Jim Field Smith (“Criminal,” “Litvinenko”), the eight-episode second season will premiere globally on Jan. 14, 2026, with the first … Continue reading “Apple TV Unveils Trailer for Season Two of Idris Elba Thriller ‘Hijack’”

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Tubi to Enable Mobile AVOD Content Casting to Fire TV Platforms 0

Tubi to Enable Mobile AVOD Content Casting to Fire TV Platforms

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, Dec. 11 announced it would become the first streaming platform to offer mobile content casting to Amazon Fire TV platforms. Using Matter Casting technology, Tubi users will be able to cast 300,000 on-demand movies and TV episodes directly from iOS and Android devices to Fire TV, with no separate … Continue reading “Tubi to Enable Mobile AVOD Content Casting to Fire TV Platforms”

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YouTube TV to Launch Genre-Specific Packages 0

YouTube TV to Launch Genre-Specific Packages

Early next year, virtual MVPD service YouTube TV will launch genre-specific packages called YouTube TV Plans, “bringing more choice and flexibility to our subscribers,” according to the YouTube TV blog. The service will offer more than 10 genre-specific packages, according to the blog from Christian Oestlien, VP, head of subscriptions, YouTube. One of the packages, … Continue reading “YouTube TV to Launch Genre-Specific Packages”

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Norwegian Monster Sequel ‘Troll 2’ Topped All Netflix Streaming Through Dec. 7 0

Norwegian Monster Sequel ‘Troll 2’ Topped All Netflix Streaming Through Dec. 7

Norwegian monster movie sequel Troll 2 topped all Netflix content with 29.3 million views for the week ended Dec. 7. The 2022 original Troll added 5.3 million views to finish No. 2 on the foreign language movie chart. Volume 1 of the final season of Netflix original sci-fi series, “Stranger Things 5,” remained atop the … Continue reading “Norwegian Monster Sequel ‘Troll 2’ Topped All Netflix Streaming Through Dec. 7”

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Paramount Promises  Billion in Cost Savings Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery 0

Paramount Promises $6 Billion in Cost Savings Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount Skydance said it would seek $6 billion in cost synergies after acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. The media giant Dec. 8 submitted a hostile $30-per-share offer for WBD — after the later Dec. 5 approved a $27.75-per-share offer from Netflix for its studio and streaming assets only. Speaking on an investor call after its bid, … Continue reading “Paramount Promises $6 Billion in Cost Savings Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery”

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