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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have filed a motion asking the Federal Trade Commission to drop its legal challenges to the companies’ $69 billion business merger. Citing separate district court and … Continue reading “Microsoft, Activision File Motion Seeking Halt to FTC Legal Challenges; Extend Transaction Deadline to Oct. 18”

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A downbeat Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said he regrets the ongoing writers/actors’ strike in Hollywood — a labor impasse he said hits close to home. Speaking July 19 on … Continue reading “Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Laments Hollywood Strike, Claims He Grew Up in a Union Home”

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Shout! Kids, in collaboration with Animagrad Animation Studio and Film.UA Group, will release the Ukrainian CG-animated feature Mavka: The Forest Song on DVD and digital download Aug. 15. Produced by … Continue reading “Animated ‘Mavka: The Forest Song’ Due on DVD and Digital Aug. 15 From Shout! Kids”

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Netflix said it expects to spend less on content for the remainder of 2023 due in part to the ongoing strike by Hollywood writers and actors. As a result, the … Continue reading “Netflix Ups 2023 Free Cash Flow Estimate to $5 Billion, Citing Lower Content Spend Due to Hollywood Strike”

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Laura Florence, previously SVP and GM at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, has been hired as SVP of global FAST channels at Freemantle. Reporting to Jens Richter, CEO of … Continue reading “Chicken Soup’s Laura Florence Moves to Freemantle as SVP of Global FAST Channels”

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Netflix July 19 reported a global gain of nearly 5.9 million new subscribers, to end the second quarter (ended June 30) with more than 238 million subs worldwide. The result … Continue reading “Netflix Tops Subscriber Growth Projections With Nearly 5.9 Million New Q2 Subs”

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Shout! Studios Oct. 17 will release ALF: The Complete Series (Deluxe Edition) on DVD. The 24-disc collection will include all 102 episodes from the 1986-90 sitcom “ALF” about a furry … Continue reading “Shout! Studios Releasing ‘ALF’ Complete Collection on DVD Oct. 17”

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A quarter of Americans in a new survey reported they do not like the idea of TV show and/or movie scripts being written by generative AI — a point of … Continue reading “Study: Quarter of Americans Don’t Like Idea of AI-Generated Film, TV Content”

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  On this month’s episode of the Media Play News podcast, hosts Charles Parkman and Charlie Showley revisit the writers’ strike, now more than two months old. The writers have … Continue reading “MPN Podcast: SAG-AFTRA Strike; Disney’s Box Office Misses Due to Streaming?”

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Netflix original Bird Box movie spin-off, Bird Box Barcelona, proved an international hit for the SVOD pioneer, generating 16.3 million viewers in its debut week — second-highest content viewership on … Continue reading “Samba TV: Spanish Language ‘Bird Box’ Movie Spin-Off a Ratings Hit for Netflix”

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