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‘Michael’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through June 21 0

‘Michael’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through June 21

Lionsgate’s Michael led the chart of the top 10 titles on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended June 21. The film, which became available for premium digital rental and sale starting June 9, portrays the life of pop music superstar Michael Jackson from his rise with the Jackson 5 in … Continue reading “‘Michael’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart Through June 21”

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StreamTV Show 2026: Challenges, Opportunities Await as Streaming Begins ‘Act Two’ 0

StreamTV Show 2026: Challenges, Opportunities Await as Streaming Begins ‘Act Two’

DENVER — The streaming industry is entering a new chapter. That was the dominant message throughout StreamTV Show 2026, where executives, technologists, and platform leaders gathered to discuss the future of streaming in an environment increasingly focused on profitability, engagement, discovery and sustainable growth rather than pure subscriber acquisition. Across keynote presentations, panel discussions and … Continue reading “StreamTV Show 2026: Challenges, Opportunities Await as Streaming Begins ‘Act Two’”

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HBO Max to Launch AI-Powered Contextual Ads in Europe and South America by End of Year 0

HBO Max to Launch AI-Powered Contextual Ads in Europe and South America by End of Year

HBO Max June 19 disclosed that it plans to roll out AI-powered contextual advertising across Europe and South America by the end of the year. Called “Moments,” Warner Bros. Discovery claims the format will use artificial intelligence to compare visual, audio and contextual signals within content to better target types of marketing to viewers across … Continue reading “HBO Max to Launch AI-Powered Contextual Ads in Europe and South America by End of Year”

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StreamTV Show: AI, Metadata and Personalization Seen as Keys to Solving Streaming Discovery Challenge 0

StreamTV Show: AI, Metadata and Personalization Seen as Keys to Solving Streaming Discovery Challenge

DENVER — Streaming services have largely won the battle for content. Now they are trying to solve a different problem: helping viewers find something they actually want to watch. That challenge was the focus of the June 18 StreamTV Show panel “Reimagining Content Discovery,” where executives from Tubi, Cineverse, Gracenote, Mediagenix and DirecTV discussed how … Continue reading “StreamTV Show: AI, Metadata and Personalization Seen as Keys to Solving Streaming Discovery Challenge”

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StreamTV: OS Leaders Say Pleasing Viewers, Content Owners, Advertisers a Balancing Act 0

StreamTV: OS Leaders Say Pleasing Viewers, Content Owners, Advertisers a Balancing Act

DENVER — Balancing the needs of stakeholders including viewers, content/app owners and advertisers was top of mind for speakers on the “OS Leaders’ Roundtable” panel June 17 at the StreamTV conference here. The home page must satisfy consumer needs and give consumers what they are looking for, said Matt Durgin, VP, North America content and … Continue reading “StreamTV: OS Leaders Say Pleasing Viewers, Content Owners, Advertisers a Balancing Act”

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Celebrates Record 52nd Week on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Movie Chart 0

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Celebrates Record 52nd Week on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Movie Chart

Sony Pictures Animation’s KPop Demon Hunters, exclusively distributed by Netflix, is set to score a record 52nd consecutive week (June 20) on the streamer’s global Top 10 English language movie chart. The previous record was held by South Korea’s series, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” which stayed on the global Top 10 TV chart for 20 consecutive … Continue reading “‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Celebrates Record 52nd Week on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Movie Chart”

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JustWatch: Hulu’s ‘Send Help,’ Apple TV’s ‘Widow Bay’ Topped Weekly Streaming Through June 14 0

JustWatch: Hulu’s ‘Send Help,’ Apple TV’s ‘Widow Bay’ Topped Weekly Streaming Through June 14

Hulu’s survival drama Send Help and Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” topped the weekly movie and TV show streaming charts through June 14, according to new data from JustWatch.com. “Help,” about a dysfunction office workplace transitioned to a tropical island survival story, topped Peacock’s streaming of Columbia Pictures’ 49-year-old Close Encounters of the Third Kind from … Continue reading “JustWatch: Hulu’s ‘Send Help,’ Apple TV’s ‘Widow Bay’ Topped Weekly Streaming Through June 14”

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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Tops Global Box Office With $92.9 Million, Including $44 Million Across North American Screens 0

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Tops Global Box Office With $92.9 Million, Including $44 Million Across North American Screens

As expected, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi mystery Disclosure Day topped the global box office with almost $93 million in ticket sales, including $44 million across North American screens. Starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor as a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert who find themselves at the center of a movement to expose the government’s cover-up of … Continue reading “Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Tops Global Box Office With $92.9 Million, Including $44 Million Across North American Screens”

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DOJ Closes Investigation of Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery Merger 0

DOJ Closes Investigation of Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

The Justice Department has officially closed its investigation of Paramount’s $110.9 billion equity acquisition Warner Bros. Discovery, having found no actionable antitrust issues. In a June 12 filing, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that based on the evidence received in its inquiry that the transaction is not likely to result … Continue reading “DOJ Closes Investigation of Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery Merger”

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French Soccer’s Ligue 1+ Streaming Service Raising Subscription Price as Country’s Lone Media Distributor 0

French Soccer’s Ligue 1+ Streaming Service Raising Subscription Price as Country’s Lone Media Distributor

Ligue 1+, the subscription platform live-streaming top-tier professional soccer in France, is reportedly raising its monthly fee for the upcoming 2026-27 season. The platform is raising it fee to €19.99 ($23.13) from €14.99 ($17.35) based on an annual subscription, with current subscribers paying €16.99 ($19.66) per month. A standalone monthly fee has not been disclosed. … Continue reading “French Soccer’s Ligue 1+ Streaming Service Raising Subscription Price as Country’s Lone Media Distributor”

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