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Fox One to Live-Stream NFL Games in Mexico Beginning This Fall 0

Fox One to Live-Stream NFL Games in Mexico Beginning This Fall

Fox Corporation and the NFL June 8 announced a new multiyear agreement to bring football to Fox platforms in Mexico. Starting with the 2026 season, viewers in Mexico will be able to access NFL content, including live games, together with original production and specialized content designed to accompany them throughout the entire season. Mexico is … Continue reading “Fox One to Live-Stream NFL Games in Mexico Beginning This Fall”

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Paramount’s ‘Scary Movie’ Generates Franchise-Best $105.5 Million Global Opening Weekend Box Office 0

Paramount’s ‘Scary Movie’ Generates Franchise-Best $105.5 Million Global Opening Weekend Box Office

Sixth time’s the charm. Paramount’s sixth installment of the 25-year-old horror/comedy franchise, Scary Movie topped expectations with an estimated $55 million in North American opening weekend ticket sales. Globally, the R-rated movie tallied $105.5 million. Paramount says the title’s moviegoers represent a mixture of new and nostalgic fans, with 88% describing themselves as fans of … Continue reading “Paramount’s ‘Scary Movie’ Generates Franchise-Best $105.5 Million Global Opening Weekend Box Office”

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Reed Hastings Formally Steps Down as Netflix Chairman, Replaced by Longtime Investor Jay Hoag 0

Reed Hastings Formally Steps Down as Netflix Chairman, Replaced by Longtime Investor Jay Hoag

Netflix co-founder/chairman Reed Hastings officially ended his 29-year career at the world’s biggest subscription streaming platform, replaced by longtime investor Jay Hoag at the company’s June 4 shareholder meeting. Hastings, who first announced his decision to leave Netflix in April, is leaving to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits. Hoag, who has been a Netflix … Continue reading “Reed Hastings Formally Steps Down as Netflix Chairman, Replaced by Longtime Investor Jay Hoag”

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‘They Will Kill You’ to Start Streaming on HBO Max June 12 0

‘They Will Kill You’ to Start Streaming on HBO Max June 12

Warner Bros. Pictures’ They Will Kill You will make its global streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max on June 12. The film will debut on HBO linear on June 13 at 8 p.m. ET. The horror-action-comedy, which has earned $19.3 million at the global box office, stars Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather … Continue reading “‘They Will Kill You’ to Start Streaming on HBO Max June 12”

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Paramount Asks Court to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit Against WBD Merger 0

Paramount Asks Court to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit Against WBD Merger

Paramount June 4 filed a motion to have an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block its $111 billion equity acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery tossed, citing politics, among other issues. In a filing with U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland, Paramount alleges the plaintiffs’ case lacks legal merit, factual support and … Continue reading “Paramount Asks Court to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit Against WBD Merger”

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Report: YouTube Overtakes Netflix for Average Daily Viewing Time 0

Report: YouTube Overtakes Netflix for Average Daily Viewing Time

Google-owned YouTube has surpassed Netflix in average daily usage, according to new data from London-based Digital i. YouTube has approximately 2.7 billion monthly active users worldwide, while Netflix has 325 million paid subscribers and 780 million monthly average users. Citing a shift in consumption from mobile devices to TV screens, and how audience engagement compares … Continue reading “Report: YouTube Overtakes Netflix for Average Daily Viewing Time”

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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Due on Premium Digital June 9, on Disc July 28 0

‘Mortal Kombat II’ Due on Premium Digital June 9, on Disc July 28

New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat II debuts for premium digital rental and sale on June 9 and on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc July 28 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. The film has earned $125.6 million at the global box office. In the latest installment in the blockbuster video game-based … Continue reading “‘Mortal Kombat II’ Due on Premium Digital June 9, on Disc July 28”

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Starz Appoints Former Disney Exec Jim Kapenstein as Chief Legal and Strategy Officer 0

Starz Appoints Former Disney Exec Jim Kapenstein as Chief Legal and Strategy Officer

Starz on June 1 announced it has hired industry veteran Jim Kapenstein as its chief legal and strategy officer. Kapenstein, who will join Starz next week, spent nearly three decades at The Walt Disney Co., most recently as deputy general counsel, managing and supervising Disney’s corporate team. In his new role at Starz, Kapenstein will … Continue reading “Starz Appoints Former Disney Exec Jim Kapenstein as Chief Legal and Strategy Officer”

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A24’s ‘Backrooms’ Stuns Weekend Box Office With $81 Million Debut 0

A24’s ‘Backrooms’ Stuns Weekend Box Office With $81 Million Debut

A24’s gamble on former teen Youtuber Ken Parsons appears to have captured lightening in a bottle. The 20-year-old Parsons first theatrical film, Backrooms — based in part on his YouTube series, “The Backrooms’ — is dominating the last weekend in May box office with a projected $81 million in opening North American ticket sales through … Continue reading “A24’s ‘Backrooms’ Stuns Weekend Box Office With $81 Million Debut”

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Roku’s Home Screen Redesign Shows Why Streaming Discovery Is Moving Upstream 0

Roku’s Home Screen Redesign Shows Why Streaming Discovery Is Moving Upstream

Roku’s biggest home screen redesign in more than a decade is not just a user interface update. It is a reminder that one of the most important battlegrounds in streaming is no longer just inside the apps themselves. It is increasingly the screen viewers see before they choose what to open. For years, the streaming … Continue reading “Roku’s Home Screen Redesign Shows Why Streaming Discovery Is Moving Upstream”

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