Earlier this year, Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox announced plans to launch a new sports streaming service later this year. And that was just the beginning for Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. Both companies have jointly announced that a new streaming bundle is on the way that will …
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is reportedly looking for even more ways to cut costs and make more money, and this could include a price hike for Max and additional layoffs. Bloomberg reported these details and more ahead of WBD’s earnings briefing on May 9. WBD has already cut …
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Amazon has announced that Prime Video’s ads are getting more intrusive. In a blog post (via The Verge), Amazon announced an “expanded suite” of ad formats with the aim of pushing you to buy stuff and to help Amazon make more money. Amazon said Prime Video will soon have “shoppable …
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Earlier this year, Greg Daniels, the man who developed the American version of The Office, revealed that he was planning a new follow-up series for the hit comedy. Now, Peacock has officially ordered The Office follow-up series, and set production to begin this summer. Daniels co-created the new show with …
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Ian Gelder, best known for his role as Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, has died at age 74, his husband, fellow actor Ben Daniels confirmed. Gelder had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and Daniels had stopped work to care for him. “It is with huge huge …
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Travis Kelce is using the NFL offseason to appear on the small screen in the upcoming FX series Grotesquerie from Ryan Murphy. It will be the first major role for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and boyfriend to pop sensation Taylor Swift. Deadline reports Kelce will star alongside Niecy …
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Since starring in the Oscar-winning film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh has had a pretty busy schedule on TV with stints on American Born Chinese, The Brothers Sun, The Witcher: Blood Origin, and the upcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie for Paramount+. But now, Yeoh is adding another …
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There will be no one to stop Disney from going after Disney+ subscribers who share passwords soon, and CEO Bob Iger seems quite pleased with the plan. On an earnings call this morning, Iger expressed feeling “quite bullish about it.” Interestingly enough, part of Iger’s optimism stems from a streaming …
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Netflix‘s breakout hit Wednesday has started production on its Season 2 and has added a dozen actors to its cast. Filming has begun in Ireland on the series, produced by Tim Burton, with Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams as she attends and investigates the inner-workings of Nevermore Academy. The new …
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Whether it was the mutant powers of X-Men ’97 or the star power of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Disney+ added almost 8 million subscribers in the US and Canada for the company’s last quarter ending March 30. That helped offset smaller decreases internationally for the streaming service. Disney also …
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