Inside the NFL Comes to the CW, Moving from Paramount+
by Alex Kerai | Aug 9, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
This year, Inside the NFL, will not air on the streaming service Paramount+. Instead, the program is switching to the broadcast network The CW. Inside the NFL began on HBO in 1977 before moving to Showtime in 2008 and shifting once more to Showtime’s sister streaming service Paramount+ in 2021.
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Need Something New To Watch? Paramount+ Is Adding Six International Shows This Fall
by Alex Kerai | Aug 7, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
As studios and networks rearrange their fall schedule due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strike, Paramount+ goes international. Six new shows from the U.K., South Korea, and Latin America will debut on Paramount+ this fall and winter.
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Studios Back at the Table With Writers: What This Means for TV Fans
by Alex Kerai | Aug 4, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
As the writers’ strike reaches its 95th day, Guild leadership is meeting with studios to potentially resume contract negotiations and resume TV and film productions worldwide.
Almost 100 productions have shut down, and the fall broadcast schedule relies heavily on unscripted content for the first time in over a decade.
Can’t Make It to Chicago? Stream Lollapalooza This Weekend
by Alex Kerai | Aug 3, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
Love music festivals but can’t travel to Grant Park for Lollapalooza weekend? Hulu has you covered with live streams from the festival. Lollapalooza began in 1991 and has returned to Chicago annually since 2005. The festival started streaming on Hulu after its 2020 virtual festival.
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Ready to Return to the TVA? Loki Trailer Breaks Records
by Alex Kerai | Aug 2, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
The first trailer for the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki broke viewership records, with over 80 million people tuning in 24 hours. The series is already the most-watched Marvel Studios series on Disney+.
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Can I Still Watch Movies and TV During the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strike?
by Alex Kerai | Jul 21, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
Two Hollywood unions are on strike during a standoff with the major studios over payments, residuals, streaming, and artificial intelligence. The strikes come as Hollywood enters the all-important summer blockbuster window with Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One screening in theaters.
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Streamers Face Revenue Losses, Hike Prices for Viewers
by Alex Kerai | Jul 19, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
Netflix removed the $9.99 Basic ad-free tier for viewers, and Peacock increased its prices after deactivating its free tier earlier this year. Streamers hope to draw more ad-tier subscribers with the plan changes and reduce revenue losses from content and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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Netflix Syndicates HBO Shows, Bringing Them to a Wider Audience
by Alex Kerai | Jul 18, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
Five HBO shows, including Insecure, are coming to Netflix and will be available to stream as part of a new co-exclusive agreement with Max. The shows allow HBO’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery to license content and make extra money for the bottom line.
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Hollywood Screen Actors Strike, Joining Writers and Further Delaying Fall TV Production
by Alex Kerai | Jul 13, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors, is on strike. The strike will immediately shut down numerous productions worldwide and stop any promotional work actors are doing for projects.
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Spectrum Customers to Decide Whether to Pay for Sports or Not
by Alex Kerai | Jul 11, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News | 0
Spectrum will launch Spectrum Select Plus with sports programming and Spectrum Select Signature for the non-sports fan this fall. The new packages allow customers to decide whether to pay for sports content. Providers previously built in sports content to all major TV provider packages.
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