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Long before streaming entered the scene and changed the pop culture landscape forever, the gateway to your favorite films & television series was the DVD For the most part, the way you got those DVDs was to head out to either a Blockbuster or your local DVD store (RIP York Ave DVD in NYC) to[...]

Celebrate the spooky season with Max's House of Halloween: an interactive spotlight page and curated collection of holiday tricks & treats.

In addition, Amazon reassures subscribers that the ads will be "limited" (though how limited was specified) and that the streamer will maintain "meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers." But what if you don't want ads? Well, there's a way to get around it… but it'll cost 'ya… New York, USA – August[...]

On the streaming side, we learned that the WWE has an exclusive deal with Peacock that runs through 2026 – which may explain what Hulu subscribers read when they went looking for WWE content. Image: WWE/Hulu A number of folks online noted that the pro-wrestling company's content on the streaming service was marked to be leaving Hulu[...]

7 & 8 Review: CoBro 4 Life Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02 Gets DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K UHD Release SurrealEstate Season 2 Episode 1 "Trust the Process" Images Released WWE NXT Preview: The Top Two Champions In NXT Face Each Other Daredevil: Steven DeKnight Has Issue with Disney – NOT "Born Again" Samoa Joe Discusses AEW All In, CM Punk[...]

The move comes as part of Disney's efforts to cut content costs at the streaming service, with a renewed focus by Disney Branded Television on producing content based on Disney-owned properties Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger and his team made it clear that streaming would be the focus of not just cost-cutting &[...]

6 Preview: The Road to Robot Santa Begins Here Reunited Santana and Ortiz Join BCC for AEW All In Stadium Stampede Bosch: Legacy Season 2 Teaser Trailer Confirms October Return Rick and Morty Are Ride or Die: Season 7 Key Art Sets October Return Ruby Soho Calls Out Kris Statlander for Future Title Match The Continental Team: Prequel Series Builds[...]

Some big news coming out of today's The Walt Disney Company earnings call from CEO Bob Iger when it comes to streaming and the respective SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes When it comes to the former, that news comes in the form of price increases beginning in October and a new ad-free Disney+ & Hulu bundle[...]

Ciri matures through the books to become the main character, with Geralt, Yennifer, and the rest of the cast as supporting characters. The Witcher is streaming on Netflix if you want to catch the rest of Henry Cavill's run and the next season that doesn't have him in it, whenever that's supposed to premiere It's cool,[...]

Marvel: The New Mutant From Marvel Comics Doctor Who 60th Annv Specials Set for BBC Books/Target Novelizations Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Returning to Disney+ This August The Last of Us Season 2 Not Beholden to Game; Some "Furor" Expected Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02E05 Review: A Peck-fect Performance Doctor Who Season 20 Episode Short Sees Janet Fielding's Tegan[...]

Smith on ESPN Layoffs, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson Hot Dog-Eating Contest: Joey Chestnut Wins After Weather-Related Delay Sausage Party: Seth Rogen on "Foodtopia" Series, Kristen Wiig Reaction Michael Imperioli Post Clarifies Banning "Bigots and Homophobes" Hot Dog-Eating Contest: Sudo Defends; Weather Denies Joey Chestnut Justified: Natalie Zea on Willa's "City Primeval" Age Not Adding Up Damian Priest Defies Money in the[...]

After premiering the highly-anticipated 1,000th English dubbed episode of the iconically endless anime series One Piece at Anime Expo 2023 last night with Toei Animation, Crunchyroll hoisted the flags during its industry panel today to announce that the English dub will set sail to join its extensive streaming catalog starting July 5 and will be[...]

Reports are ESPN layoffs have impacted approximately 20 on-air personalities, including Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose, Max Kellerman, and more.

Peacock will be taking us on an adventure, with Orlando Bloom: To the Edge following the actor around the world in a three-part docuseries.

Back in May, The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and CFO Christine McCarthy announced that the company would begin removing content from Hulu & Disney+ in an attempt "to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion." Not long after, Deadline Hollywood reported that dozens of series & specials were set to be pulled[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City, AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door, Netflix's The Sandman, Lance Armstrong, Paramount+'s Frasier, Disney+'s Secret Invasion, San Diego Comic-Con 2023, FOX's Bob's Burgers, Max's Warrior, BBC's Doctor Who, and more. Image: Adult Swim BCTV Daily Dispatch: Rick and Morty, AEW/NJPW, The[...]

But in terms of being able to compare how well Netflix's content is doing across streaming & liner, the adjusted analysis puts the streamer more in line with general methodologies. In a move that's sure to spark some conversations, Netflix announced that it's making a major change in how it reports viewing data Instead of[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Tucker Carlson/FOX "News," WWE Raw/NXT, Disney+'s Steamboat Silly, Stephen Colbert, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Donald Trump, Peacock's The Continental, James Gunn (Peacemaker, Waller, Creature Commandos & Blue Beetle), FX's American Horror Story, Amazon's Good Omens 2, BBC's Doctor Who,[...]

Here's why The Dresden Files, Preacher, Alphas, Happy!, and Dollhouse deserve much more respect (and proper series finales, too).

"Together we lock elbows, and in unity, we build a new contract that honors our contributions in this remarkable industry, reflects the new digital and streaming business model, and brings ALL our concerns for protections and benefits into the now! Bravo, SAG-AFTRA, we are in it to win it." SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator[...]

Since that time, the podcast/streaming company has parted ways with big names such as Jemele Hill, Brené Brown, Esther Perel, and Barack Obama & Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Unfortunately, the name that's not on that list? Glorified man-child and third-rate Lenny Bruce wannabe Joe Rogan Now, we're learning this morning that Spotify will be cutting another[...]

8 Review The Try Guys: Romeo+Juliet Interactive Live Show Set for June 15th Star Trek: Peck on SNW/Lower Decks Crossover, "Spoimler" Origin & More Stranger Things 5 "Answers an Insane Amount of Questions": Wolfhard AEW Rampage: No Titles Change Hands at Championship Friday The Winchesters: Misha Collins Responds to Supernatural Series Ending Cruel Summer Season 2 Will Have "A Tie to[...]

During last month's earnings call, The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and CFO Christine McCarthy laid out a number of measures that were going to be put into play to get "The Mouse" back on stable financial ground on the streaming side of things Along with pulling back on content spending, stretching out the[...]

It's beginning to sound like a broken record by now, but it's not a stretch to say we've hit a bit of a brick wall when it comes to the streaming age You have the likes of Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery, and Disney purging their original content, a significant reason why their platforms like Max,[...]

"Your Netflix account is for you and the people you live with – your household," began the email & blog post that went live earlier today, offering the initial details (see below). Image: Twitter Screencap While subscribers will still be able to access the streaming service while traveling via devices like their phones & laptops and on[...]

11 "Complications" Overview Released HouseBroken Director Eric Koenig Discusses Season 2 Approach & More Secret Invasion Character Posters: Is There Anyone Who Fury Can Trust? Secret Invasion Teaser: Nick Fury Can't Rely on His "Special Friends" Arcane Season 2 Soundtrack Will Be "Something Very Special": Linke Wynonna Earp Series Creator on Joss Whedon: The Writer vs The Man Star Trek: "The[...]

The director of Hulu's film White Men Can't Jump recently discussed unavoidable similarities to the original 1992 film.

"As a result, we will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion The charge, which will not be recorded in our segment results, will primarily be recognized in the third quarter as we complete our review and remove the content."[...]

You've been warned… Image: Marvel Studios Of course, we get an end credits scene connecting to the streaming series – it only makes sense But this one is definitely a bit different In the segment, Loki (Hiddleston) & his TVA "buddy cop" partner Mobius (Wilson) are in the audience of what appears to be an event hall[...]

Earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Iger shared that the company had had "cordial" and "constructive" discussions with Comcast about buying out the latter's 1/3 stake in the streaming service (with the estimated buyout expected to be a minimum of $9.2 billion) Iger's comments came during the same earnings call when it was also confirmed[...]