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Paramount+ Launching College Basketball Docuseries ‘Made For March’ on April 4 0

Paramount+ Launching College Basketball Docuseries ‘Made For March’ on April 4

Paramount+ Feb. 12 announced a new four-part docuseries, “Made For March,” chronicling two of college basketball’s biggest programs — Kansas Jayhawks and Michigan Wolverines — in their bid for a national championship, streaming April 4. The streamer is betting the two schools are among the NCAA’s Final Four match-ups on April 4, vying for the national … Continue reading “Paramount+ Launching College Basketball Docuseries ‘Made For March’ on April 4”

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Luma AI Opening Saudi Arabia Office to Expand HUMAIN Create 0

Luma AI Opening Saudi Arabia Office to Expand HUMAIN Create

Silicon Valley-based AI company Luma AI on Feb. 9 said it will open a dedicated office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to expand its presence in the Middle East and further the development of HUMAIN Create, a venture with Saudi AI company HUMAIN focused on leveraging AI in the development of video games, film and advertising. … Continue reading “Luma AI Opening Saudi Arabia Office to Expand HUMAIN Create”

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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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