HBO Max, HBO and A24 Renew Pay-1 and Library Deal
HBO Max and A24 have renewed a multi-year partnership that will continue to bring A24 films exclusively to HBO and HBO Max in the United States during the Pay-1 window. As part of the agreement, HBO Max subscribers will also have access to a library of dozens of A24 films throughout the course of the … Continue reading “HBO Max, HBO and A24 Renew Pay-1 and Library Deal”
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Radial Entertainment’s Shout! Studios will release writer-director Steven Kostanski’s reimagining of Deathstalker on Blu-ray Disc Feb. 17. The film is based on the Roger Corman-financed sword and sorcery film series that began with the original Deathstalker in 1983. In Deathstalker, the Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer … 
Netflix Jan. 12 recognized the one-year anniversary of its 10-year, $5 billion exclusive license agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for “RAW,” which live-streams on Mondays at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The streamer has distributed 52 “Raw” shows, 12 premium live events over the past 12 months. The episodes included the farewell of former … 
Twentieth Century Studios’ Avatar Fire and Ash added $21 million in its fourth weekend to up its North American tally to $342.6 million domestically and $1.23 billion worldwide. The tally was enough to top Paramount newcomer Primate and Lionsgate’s The Housemaid — both titles vying for No.2 over the weekend. Primate, about a family’s adopted … 
Christmas movies continued to dominate the DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s top 10 digital sales and rentals chart provided by GfK Entertainment for the week ended Dec. 21. Again No. 1 was Universal’s 2018 The Grinch. The animated adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! features the voice of Benedict … 
“Puppy Bowl,” the long-running, call-to-adoption television event, returns for its 22nd year on Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT and will be simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max and Discovery+. This year’s three-hour event will include a record-breaking 150 dogs from 72 shelters across the United States, Puerto Rico and … 
The Paramount+ streaming service Jan. 6 hosted the world premiere of the upcoming original series “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The star-studded red carpet included cast members Academy Award winner Holly Hunter, Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, Gina Yashere, Sandro Rosta, … 
As expected, last week’s finale episode the fifth and last season of “Stranger Things” gave Netflix its most views ever on a New Year’s Day with 31.5 million global views. The season also officially ranks No. 9 on the all-time English-language TV show chart with 105.7 million total views. Season 4 currently holds the No. … 
Streamers came to play football during the extended Christmas week as exclusive live-streams accounted for almost 50% of the most-watched weekly TV shows through Dec. 28. Prime Video’s last NFL “Thursday Night Football” live-stream on Christmas evening coupled with Netflix’s exclusive distribution of two day games generated a record 68.5 million combined viewers, according to …