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Analyst Michael Pachter, with Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, remains bullish on the streamer heading into its July 19 second quarter fiscal results report. Citing a commissioned third-party survey, Pachter … Continue reading “Analyst: Netflix to Top Fiscal Q2 Results Guidance, Including Adding 2 Million Global Subs”

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Nearly nine out of every 10 senior telco executives in the United States and the United Kingdom are planning to offer “super bundling” content hubs, in which a single payment … Continue reading “‘Super Bundling’ on the Rise as Streamers Seek to Combat Churn, Bango Survey Shows”

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Lionsgate U.K., the British subsidiary of Lionsgate in the U.S., received its first ‘Official Film Chart No. 1 Trophy’ for the retail success of John Wick: Chapter 4. The company earned … Continue reading “Lionsgate U.K. Awarded First ‘Official Film Chart No. 1 Trophy’ for ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Retail Success”

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Netflix’s supernatural thriller “Stranger Things” remained No. 1 on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. rankings the week ended June 30. It had a 5.9% drop in demand expressions, the proprietary … Continue reading “‘Stranger Things’ No. 1 on Parrot’s Digital Originals Demand Chart Week Ended June 30”

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie moved back into the No. 1 spot on the Circana VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc … Continue reading “‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Reclaims No. 1 Disc Sales Spot; ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Tops Blu-ray Chart”

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie moved back into the No. 1 spot on the Circana VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc … Continue reading “‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Reclaims No. 1 Disc Sales Spot; ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Tops Blu-ray Sellers”

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The debut of Season 6 of original psychological series “Black Mirror” on Netflix proved a hit with household streamers, generating 1.35 billion minutes across 27 episodes to rank No. 1 … Continue reading “Nielsen: Netflix ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 Topped Weekly Household TV Streaming Through June 18”

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Trinity Creative’s horror film Rage will be released on digital Aug. 1 from Distribution Solutions. In the film, what is supposed to be the best holiday of their lives turns … Continue reading “Horror Film ‘Rage’ Headed to Digital Aug. 1 From Distribution Solutions”

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Lionsgate will released The Expendables, The Expendables 2 and The Expendables 3 in exclusive 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and digital) Steelbooks at Best Buy on Sept. 5. “The Expendables” films … Continue reading “‘The Expendables’ Trilogy to Bow in 4K UHD Steelbooks Sept. 5 Exclusively at Best Buy”

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The Japanese classic Big Time Gambling Boss and the Italian classic The Iron Prefect will be released on Blu-ray Disc July 18 from Radiance Films and MVD Entertainment Group. Originally … Continue reading “Japanese Classic ‘Big Time Gambling Boss,’ Italian Classic ‘The Iron Prefect’ Due on Blu-ray July 18 From Radiance and MVD”

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