Bloody Scotland International Crime Festival is to go ahead as a live event in September and it will also run a streaming service, thanks to funding from Creative Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 05:27:42 UTC ]
U.S. viewers spent nearly 30.5 billion minutes streaming Netflix's original drama Ozark in 2020, making it the most-watched original series on a streaming service last year. But library titles like The Office and Grey's Anatomy still deliver the biggest streaming audiences by far, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-01-12 20:15:00 UTC ]
Are books bad value compared to a subscription to Disney’s streaming service, or are they the cheapest “good present” you can buy someone? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-19 22:03:16 UTC ]
EPIC IS THE WAY: "The Mandalorian" has proven to be a big hit for Disney and its streaming service, Disney+ – and a Cary company helps make the magic come to life on the screen. Epic Games is helping Lucasfilm produce what design, tech and science fiction site Gizmodo called "real-time digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-02-24 18:26:44 UTC ]
Audience Network, which has been on shaky ground since parent company AT&T bought Time Warner (now called WarnerMedia) in 2018, will soon be no more. AT&T said on Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on Audience Network, and will "transition" it this spring to a preview channel for HBO... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-01-09 00:45:55 UTC ]
Martin Scorsese’s mob movie was streamed by more than 26m accounts worldwide, securing 13.2m views in its first five days in the US aloneNetflix has announced that Martin Scorsese’s new mob movie The Irishman has been watched by over 26m accounts in its first seven days on the streaming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-12-11 11:39:42 UTC ]
Yesterday, at 12:30am, Gordon Sondland—the US ambassador to the European Union who has emerged as a key character in the ongoing Trump/Ukraine scandal—received a voicemail from an administration official telling him not to appear at a House hearing scheduled for yesterday morning. Sondland duly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-10-09 12:04:38 UTC ]
As a lowly editorial assistant, Aidy Bryant is hustling to break into the publishing world on the Hulu series Shrill. So it's fitting that the streaming service is making journalism more accessible for everyone. For today only, Hulu is offering everyone free access to all of Adweek's content.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-09-23 04:01:50 UTC ]
Through a deal with Apple, titles selected for the club will be promoted in the tech giant's bookstore, and authors of those books selected will be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in a new series that will stream on Apple's new streaming service, Apple TV+. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The romance genre has all but disappeared from films, so now several cable and streaming outlets have claimed it for themselves. The latest to jump on board is Amazon Prime Video. The streaming service will soon air Modern Love, a new anthology series debuting Oct. 18 that features eight... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-07-28 00:59:10 UTC ]
Streaming services love pluses. Just take a look at the number of companies that have tacked the "+" sign onto the ends of their new OTT services. There's Apple, which in March announced Apple TV+, an ad-free subscription add-on to its digital media player Apple TV that will have original... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-07-16 12:00:05 UTC ]
The corporate home of Wonder Woman, Harry Potter and “Friends” weighs how its streaming service can compete on price with Disney, Netflix and Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-06-03 00:03:36 UTC ]
The streaming service is on a book-buying spree as it seeks more content for its ever-growing global subscriber base. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Netflix acquired Mark Millar's comic book empire in August, many assumed the streaming service would just adapt his various works for the screen. That isn't quite the case: Netflix announced today that it will publish The Magic Order as a comic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Netflix announced its first-ever acquisition, snapping up a comic-book publisher and pushing a strategy that has also been popular with major Hollywood studios for years: Superheroes.Netflix agreed to buy Millarworld, the publisher behind characters and stories like "Kingsman" and "Old Man... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Netflix has acquired the comic book publisher Millarworld, giving the streaming service a handful of new titles even as it continues to build out its Marvel world. Today, Netflix announced the deal as its first acquisition, which gives it comic titles such as Kick-Ass, Kingsman and Wanted. Terms... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The weirdest superhero to ever cross over into the mainstream returns on Amazon in August, and the streaming service wants him to do some good. Before the superhero boom of the ’00s led to the superhero glut of the ’10s, there was The Tick. The character, created by cartoonist Ben Edlund to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spotify has come an agreement with NMPA (National Music Publishers Association) over unpaid royalties for music on the streaming service that didn't have copyright owner information. According to The Verge, the company will pay $21 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
With competition from Netflix and a host of new digital video providers, the television industry has undergone seismic changes over the last five years. But one thing has remained constant: TV is still by far the most effective advertising medium. That's the finding of a new study Turner... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the September release of Storia School Edition, Scholastic will move its digital reading platform to a streaming service. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]