The majority of parents who have previously downloaded illegal content for their kids said they have done so more during lockdown, according to a new report from online safety advisory body Internet Matters. Nearly six out of 10 parents (56 per cent) who admitted to illegally downloading content for their kids to watch said they […]
Analysis of Ampere’s Consumer media consumption and behaviour tracker surveying 4,000 US Internet users has revealed a solid performance for both HBO Max which launched at the end of May, and NBCUniversal’s Peacock which followed in July. Despite lockdown rules delaying some of the content each SVoD service had planned, at the time fieldwork (August/September […]
Netflix, normally cagey over viewer numbers, has trumpeted the success of its original TV series Ratched. The One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest prequel spin-off, starring Sarah Paulson as a younger Mildred Ratched, has become the platform’s most watched debut season of 2020. Netflix revealed via Twitter: “In its first 28 days, 48 million members […]
Jane Wiseman has become the latest Netflix departee, leaving her role as Original Series VP after nearly seven years, as the streaming compay’s restructuring of its senior content team continues. Wiseman’s departure comes just days after another VP of Originals, Channing Dungey, left Netflix. Previously, Wiseman was the SVP Comedy at Chernin Entertainment. Prior to that, […]
LG Electronics (LG) is expanding its free content streaming service, LG Channels, to provide owners of its smart TVs in key markets with even more premium entertainment to enjoy at home. The expanded service will offer an impressive selection of viewing options to choose from, including a wealth of new, free content covering all things […]
Nearly six decades after NASA successfully sent its first astronaut into space, restoring the world’s faith in the US space programme, Disney+ ventures back to the very beginning of the high-stakes space race era with the premiere of The Real Right Stuff on November 20th. The documentary tells the true story of the nation’s first […]
Under her ARRAY Filmworks banner for Netflix, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ava DuVernay will direct, write and produce a new feature film adaptation based on the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. Through a multiple-story structure, Caste examines the unspoken system that […]
The Disney Corporation is known for two things: Family-friendly entertainment, and taking no prisoners. It is at the top table of world media as much through the second attribute as the first. Nowhere is its ruthlessness more evident than in its exploitation of the direct route to its consumers. Going direct over the heads of […]
The Witches is the latest film title that will skip a UK cinema release and instead premiere as a PVoD rental in homes. The adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl story, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Octavia Spencer, will be available to download from October 26th. Once downloaded, the […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced that Soul, the new original feature from Pixar Animation Studios, will debut exclusively on the Disney+ streaming service on December 25th. Like Mulan earlier this year, Soul will forego a cinema release in all territories where Disney+ is available. However, unlike Mulan, the movie will not come at any […]