TV Shows & Movies
Why Multichannel TV Viewing Requires A Balance Of Linear And Streaming
Justin Fromm, head of insights at Samsung Ads. For years, advertisers have emphasized managing the linear and streaming TV landscapes, with constant efforts to reach audiences and generate business results. Keeping up with the changing ecosystem is a key challenge as...
Joaquin Phoenix Speaks Out After Bailing Out Of A Gay Romance Featuring ‘Graphic’ Sex Scenes Only Days Before Filming
Joaquin Phoenix has finally broken his silence after stepping out of a film five days before it was scheduled to begin filming. IndieWire broke the news, reporting that the actor's participation in the film was no longer planned. This was despite the fact that Phoenix...
Cable Television Companies Lost 1.62 Million Subscribers In Just Three Months
Cord-cutting shows no signs of slowing, with struggling cable TV companies losing another 1.62 million members in the second quarter of 2024. This reduction comes ahead of the recent public disagreement between DIRECTV and Disney, which highlights the pay-TV...
Vizio Creates Voice-Activated Ad To Promote Warner Bros. Movie ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Vizio stated that it collaborated with the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group to create a voice-activated advertisement that promotes the new feature Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice across numerous displays and platforms. In the Beetlejuice movies, uttering "Beetlejuice"...
Cable TV Now Accounts For Just 26.7% Of Total TV Viewing
Cable TV is expected to lose viewers in 2024 as more Americans migrate to streaming and alternative methods of watching TV. According to a new Nielsen estimate, cable TV currently accounts for just 26.7% of total TV watching, while streaming accounts for 41.4%. As of...
Piracy Site FMovies Taken Down; Major Studio Anti-Piracy Group Claims Win
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a partnership dedicated to protecting corporate profits and intellectual works from entertainment firms and film studios, claimed to have shut down the world's largest pirate streaming operation. Fmovies, based in...
Tim Burton Felt ‘Disillusioned With The Movie Industry’
Tim Burton has gotten "a little bit disillusioned with the movie industry" in recent years. The 66-year-old director has acknowledged to feeling "lost" at times, but he has rekindled his passion of filmmaking with 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' the long-awaited sequel to...
CTV Takes The Lead, With 78% Of Hispanic Americans Preferring Streaming For Its Personalized And Diverse Content Options
LG Ad Solutions, a leader in CTV and cross-screen advertising, recently launched a report titled "The Inclusive Screen: Hispanic Americans," which emphasizes CTV as an important environment for advertisers to communicate with Hispanic audiences while considering user...
Former Warner Music Chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops A $6 Billion Bid For Paramount
The merger of Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media is expected to go ahead after Edgar Bronfman Jr. dropped a competing offer. Bronfman, the executive chairman of streaming service Fubo, informed Paramount's special committee of directors Monday night that he would...
Tyrese Hints That He May Perform “Katt Williams Numbers” In His Upcoming Interview With Shannon Sharpe
Tyrese is a really captivating figure. That's because of the comments, video clips, problematic relationships, and antics of the Californian musician and actor. All things considered, a lot of people online view him as a highly problematic pop culture figure because...
WWE Wrestler Sid Vicious, Who Shattered His Leg During A Live Match, Died At Age 63
Sid Vicious, a WWE WrestleMania star from the 1990s, has died. He was 63. The wrestler, born Sidney Eudy, also went by the titles Sycho Sid, Sid Justice, and Lord Humungous. He was forced to retire from wrestling after a severe and terrible injury that was televised...
Want To Watch Your Favorite NFL Team Without Paying Too Much? Here Is How
The NFL season begins on September 4, and due to the current state of streaming rights, some very disgruntled fans will be trying to find a way to watch their beloved team this year. While NFL games used to be exclusively available on cable channels, the league now...
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Documentary Releases Emotional First Trailer
Is this a bird? Is this an airplane? No, it's the first trailer for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a Sundance Film Festival favorite, hurtling right at us. Super/Man, directed by McQueen's Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, will tell the extraordinary story of...
The Cost Of ABC, CBS, FOX, And NBC Has Risen By More Than 200% In Just Five Years, Driving Up The Cost Of YouTube TV, Fubo, Comcast, Spectrum, And More
Are you fed up with the high cost of your favorite streaming services, such as YouTube TV and Fubo, as well as cable TV providers like Comcast and Spectrum? One of the primary reasons for price increases has been the cost of local channels such as ABC, CBS, FOX, and...
Streaming Powers Primetime Gains In Upfront Despite Linear Weakness, Says Media Dynamics
Rising operational costs have resulted in higher ticket prices, reducing attendance as individuals become more careful of their discretionary spending. So far, 60 UK music festivals have announced postponements, cancellations, or full closures for 2024. According to...
NASA Will Shut Down Its Cable TV Network, NASA TV, Next Week To Focus On Streaming
NASA's free streaming service, NASA+, launched late last year, and in order to focus on the streaming service, NASA will shut down its cable networks on August 26, 2024. NASA announced this decision in July, but merely mentioned that it will take place in August. Cord...
Alain Delon Dies At 88
It is with deep regret that we report the death of iconic French actor Alain Delon at the age of 88. Delon — star of Le Samourai, Plein Soleil, Rocco And His Brothers, and much, much more — brought an insouciant cool to cinema on- and off-screen, as well as an...
Disney Is Beginning To Look For A New CEO To Replace Bob Iger
Bob Iger returned to Disney as CEO in November 2022, replacing Bob Chapek after only 11 months away. At the time, it was stated that Bob Iger's tenure would be limited. Now, Disney has formally begun the search for a new CEO. To locate the new CEO, Disney has...
Nicolas Cage Will Play NFL Icon John Madden Directed By David O. Russell
Nicolas Cage is preparing to play NFL pioneer John Madden in a new biography for Amazon MGM Studios. Following a string of memorable performances in psychological horror Longlegs, indie drama Pig, and madcap meta comedy The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent....
Michael Oher Describes Emotional Experience To Seeing The Blind Side For The First Time During Lawsuit Against Family
Michael Oher, the NFL footballer whose story inspired The Blind Side, has described his experience to seeing Sandra Bullock's film for the first time. Oher was taken in by Memphis couple Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy as a teenager after encountering troubles at home. The...
Streaming Becomes The Most Popular Way To Watch Television Ever, With A Record 41.4% Share In July
Nielsen's latest The Gauge™ survey confirms that streaming is now the most popular way to watch TV. In July 2024, streaming accounted for a record-breaking 41.4% of total TV viewing, the largest percentage of any viewing format in history. This remarkable performance...
Disney Agrees To Go To Court After Asking The Judge To Dismiss A Wrongful Death Lawsuit Due To Disney+’s Terms And Conditions
Recently, Disney+ attempted to avoid a lawsuit filed by a widower over their spouse's tragic death by claiming that because they subscribed to Disney+, the rules of service prohibit them from suing. Disney has now stated that it will renounce its rights to arbitration...
Spectrum Cable TV And Internet Customers Are Being Targeted With A New Scam
Recently, the number of scammers targeting clients of significant cable TV companies has increased. One of the most recent examples has been callers offering to offer clients 50% off internet for a year if they prepay six months in advance. A new scam is targeting...
Rust Director Joel Souza Says The Deadly Shooting Of Alec Baldwin ‘Ruined’ Him
Director Joel Souza has stated that the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the film's production "ruined" him. Souza was hurt after a pretend gun used by actor Alec Baldwin went off during a practice in New Mexico on October 21, 2021. "When I...