Disney Executives Expect Most Disney+ Subs to Choose Ad-Supported Option
With Disney planning to launch a less-expensive, ad-supported subscription option for Disney+ later this year, questions about the pending plan featured prominently May 18 for Disney CFO Christine McCarthy and Rita Ferro, president of Disney advertising sales and partnerships, at the MoffettNathanson Annual Media & Communications Summit. With Disney expecting to operate its branded SVOD … Continue reading “Disney Executives Expect Most Disney+ Subs to Choose Ad-Supported Option”
Disney Original Documentary and Disney+ have announced the feature documentary Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and The Years That Made His Legend. From Academy Award-nominee R.J. Cutler and filmmaker David Furnish, the documentary will serve as the official feature on Elton John, comprised of unseen concert footage of him over the … 
Paramount+ will bow the original series “Tulsa King,” starring Sylvester Stallone, with two episodes on Nov. 13. Creator and Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan serves as executive producer alongside Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Terence Winter (“The Sopranos,” The Wolf of Wall Street), who will also be at the helm as showrunner and … 
The sci-fi romantic comedy Moonshot will be released on DVD and EST from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The HBO Max original film — set in a future where Mars is terraformed and colonized by the best humanity has to offer — follows Walt and Sophie, two very different college students who sneak onboard a space … 
Writer-director Alan Parker’s 1987 psychological horror-thriller Angel Heart will arrive July 12 for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD plus Blu-ray plus digital SteelBook from Lionsgate, exclusively at Best Buy. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Parker (Mississippi Burning), Angel Heart stars two-time Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro (The Godfather: Part … 
CNN May 19 announced that short-lived CNN+ series, “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” will relaunch on HBO Max this fall with featured interviews also airing on CNN. The move is part of Warner Bros. Discovery to further meld brands within the company across the media company’s flagship HBO Max streaming platform. Launched just before consummation … 
Stan Lee Universe, Genius Brands International’s Genius Brands controlled venture with POW! Entertainment, has signed a 20-year deal to license the name and likeness of Stan Lee to Marvel Studios for future feature films and television productions, as well as use in Disney theme parks and experiences worldwide. “We are proud to be the stewards … 
U.S. consumers are projected to spend about 8 hours and 14 minutes daily consuming digital media in 2022, up about 14 minutes (1.9%) from 2021, according to new data from eMarketer. The research firm said the gain is less than during the pandemic when housebound consumers worked from home using laptops and tablets, in addition … 
New data from the Leichtman Research Group found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. – representing about 93% of the market – lost more than 1.95 million net video subscribers in the first quarter, ended March 31. That compared to a net loss of 1.91 million subs in the previous-year period. The top … 
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Uncharted was No. 1 on both Redbox’s disc rental chart and the Redbox On Demand chart the week ended May 15. The adaptation of the popular video game franchise of the same name stars Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg as a pair of treasure hunters seeking hidden gold from the voyage …