Hub: Sports Fans as Likely to Watch Live Games Via Streaming as Traditional TV
Audiences are becoming comfortable watching sports on streaming platforms — just as they did with scripted TV, only much more quickly — according to the latest findings from “What’s the Score?,” Hub’s study tracking the evolution of sports fans and media. According to the study, sports fans are just as likely to watch live games … Continue reading “Hub: Sports Fans as Likely to Watch Live Games Via Streaming as Traditional TV”
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the 2001 Heath Ledger film A Knight’s Tale on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook May 20. The 14th century takes a rocking new twist in the music-driven, action-packed adventure starring Ledger (The Dark Knight, The Patriot), with performances from Mark Addy (The Full Monty, Down to Earth), Rufus Sewell (Dangerous … 
Since assuming control the rebranded Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly WarnerMedia) in April 2022, CEO David Zaslav has seen the company’s stock plummet 45%, with a market valuation that is 1,438% lower than Netflix. With one of the lower Wall Street valuations among legacy media companies, Zaslav appeared March 4 at the Morgan Stanley 2025 Technology, … 
The Gene Wilder comedy Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc March 11 from MVD Entertainment Group and VCI Entertainment. Reminiscent of Harold & Maude and Start the Revolution Without Me, the gentle comedy is the story of a man out of step with this world, … 
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World, as expected, topped Oscar weekend with a projected $15 million in third-weekend ticket sales through March 2. The 97th Academy Awards take place tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O’Brien. While spearheading the second-lowest year-to-date box office weekend, the Anthony Mackie-starrer has generated … 
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Nosferatu debuted at No. 1 on the Circana VideoScan chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Feb. 22. The remake of the 1922 vampire classic was also No. 1 on the 4K disc sales chart. The top seller … 
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service will live-stream President Trump’s first address to Congress at 8p.m. ET on March 4. The SVOD service will coordinate coverage with CNN, which is offering all-day coverage of the event, and will provide in-depth analysis of Trump’s first speech before the 119th Congress, including the Democrats’ response. CNN’s special … 
A U.S. District Court judge has denied a legal motion by Pepperdine University, which cited alleged trademark infringement in a new Netflix comedy series, “Running Point,” starring Kate Hudson. The private school in Malibu, Calif., claimed the fictitious school showcased in the Mindy Kaling-created show at Warner Bros. Television too closely resembled the Pepperdine Waves … 
The music documentary Endless Calls for Fame will be released on digital and cable VOD March 14 from Gravitas Ventures. The film follows New York City’s vibrant 1990s punk/indie rock scene through the lens of a promising band of that era, The New Rising Sons. It takes place in the gritty streets of New York … 
Free spirit vlogger Gabby Petito was murdered in 2021 by her boyfriend in Wyoming’s Bridger–Teton National Forest while on a cross-country van trip. While the case made national news, a new Netflix docuseries, “American Murder: Gaby Petito,” is resonating with streamers as new details in the almost four-year-old case come to light, generating 31.3 million …