Lionsgate-owned Starzplay Arabia has launched a digital retail movie platform dubbed the Starzplay Store, affording users access to digital purchase/rental of major U.S. movies. When the Starz streaming platform last … Continue reading “Lionsgate Middle East Subsidiary Starzplay Arabia Launches TVOD Platform”

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Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu remain the subscription streaming VOD pioneers, with Netflix consistently dominating market share in the U.S. That competitive edge appears to have been eclipsed in … Continue reading “JustWatch: Prime Video Edges Netflix in Q2 U.S. Market Share”

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Viewers still like Prime Video’s original series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”. The June 30 debut of the fourth and final season of the political espionage thriller saw 1.2 million U.S. … Continue reading “Samba TV: Ratings Strong for Prime Video’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Season 4 Debut Despite 7% Drop in Viewership”

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made news last year when he announced that legacy brand HBO would license content away from the Max platform to third party streaming platforms … Continue reading “Warner Bros. Discovery Third-Party HBO Content Licensing Goes Big With Netflix Debut”

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With the latest Tuesday release date falling on the July 4 holiday, studios didn’t release much in the way of physical media during the week. The most notable retail promotion … Continue reading “Merchandising: Barnes & Noble Criterion Sale Begins”

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Extraction 2, streaming on Netflix, again led the Whip Media chart of streaming movies, while “Secret Invasion,” streaming on Disney+, again topped the Whip Media chart of streaming originals among U.S. consumers for the … Continue reading “‘Secret Invasion,’ ‘Extraction 2’ Again Top Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Charts”

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The 1918 silent Johanna Enlists, a comic romance starring Mary Pickford, will be released on Blu-ray plus DVD July 11 from MVD Entertainment Group and VCI Entertainment. In this strikingly … Continue reading “Mary Pickford Silent ‘Johanna Enlists’ Headed to Disc July 11 From MVD and VCI”

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