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‘Encanto’ Again Leads North American Weekend Box Office
The second weekend of Disney’s Encanto held off Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Afterlife to top a slow North American weekend box office (through Dec. 5) with $12.3 million in projected revenue across less than 4,000 screens. The tally ups the animated title’s domestic haul to $57.6 million. Encanto will be released on the Disney+ SVOD platform on … Continue reading “‘Encanto’ Again Leads North American Weekend Box Office”
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Netflix Co-CEOs Give Shout Out to Arizona Video Store Founder
Netflix started business in the late 1990s as a pioneering by-mail DVD rental website. Current co-CEO Ted Sarandos joined the company following stints in the video retail business, including in 1983 as a teen clerk at Arizona Video Cassettes West in Phoenix — when consumers primarily rented movies on VHS cassettes. Sarandos’ love for movies … Continue reading “Netflix Co-CEOs Give Shout Out to Arizona Video Store Founder”
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‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 From Well Go
The Korean film Escape From Mogadishu will be available on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Based on a true story, the film takes place as civil war rages in Mogadishu, Somalia. Rival North and South Korean diplomats are left trapped. With no aid from either government, their only shot at … Continue reading “‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 From Well Go”
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DEG to Mount EnTech Fest Feb. 15-16 at Skirball, No Event at CES
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s previously announced new event EnTech Fest will take place Feb. 15-16 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The event replaces the annual DEG reception at CES. The EnTech event will showcase new content distribution and display technology. There will be an in-car entertainment gallery and a “Startup Alley” will … Continue reading “DEG to Mount EnTech Fest Feb. 15-16 at Skirball, No Event at CES”
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Netflix Creating Feature About Viral Story of Thanksgiving Text
Netflix is producing a feature film based on the true story that went viral about a Thanksgiving text between two strangers. The film will be based on the story of Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench, who met after Wanda accidentally texted Hinton instead of her grandson, inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner. When Hinton, a senior … Continue reading “Netflix Creating Feature About Viral Story of Thanksgiving Text”
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‘Encanto’ Again Leads North American Weekend Box Office
The second weekend of Disney’s Encanto held off Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Afterlife to top a slow North American weekend box office (through Dec. 5) with $12.3 million in projected revenue across less than 4,000 screens. The tally ups the animated title’s domestic haul to $57.6 million. Encanto will be released on the Disney+ SVOD platform on … Continue reading “‘Encanto’ Again Leads North American Weekend Box Office”
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Netflix Co-CEOs Give Shout Out to Arizona Video Store Founder
Netflix started business in the late 1990s as a pioneering by-mail DVD rental website. Current co-CEO Ted Sarandos joined the company following stints in the video retail business, including in 1983 as a teen clerk at Arizona Video Cassettes West in Phoenix — when consumers primarily rented movies on VHS cassettes. Sarandos’ love for movies … Continue reading “Netflix Co-CEOs Give Shout Out to Arizona Video Store Founder”
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‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 From Well Go
The Korean film Escape From Mogadishu will be available on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Based on a true story, the film takes place as civil war rages in Mogadishu, Somalia. Rival North and South Korean diplomats are left trapped. With no aid from either government, their only shot at … Continue reading “‘Escape From Mogadishu’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 18 From Well Go”
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DEG to Mount EnTech Fest Feb. 15-16 at Skirball, No Event at CES
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s previously announced new event EnTech Fest will take place Feb. 15-16 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The event replaces the annual DEG reception at CES. The EnTech event will showcase new content distribution and display technology. There will be an in-car entertainment gallery and a “Startup Alley” will … Continue reading “DEG to Mount EnTech Fest Feb. 15-16 at Skirball, No Event at CES”
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Netflix Creating Feature About Viral Story of Thanksgiving Text
Netflix is producing a feature film based on the true story that went viral about a Thanksgiving text between two strangers. The film will be based on the story of Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench, who met after Wanda accidentally texted Hinton instead of her grandson, inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner. When Hinton, a senior … Continue reading “Netflix Creating Feature About Viral Story of Thanksgiving Text”
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Content Marketplace Company Vuulr Partners With Supply Chain Solution Company Mediagenix
Vuulr, an online content marketplace for film and TV rights that connects buyers with rights holders worldwide, has partnered with content supply chain solution company Mediagenix, which has the Whats’on Media Business Management Platform. Through the partnership, Whats’on clients can now directly publish their content to the Vuulr platform, with both content metadata and avails … Continue reading “Content Marketplace Company Vuulr Partners With Supply Chain Solution Company Mediagenix”
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DEG Credits New Initiatives With Drawing 26 New Members This Year
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is entering its 25th year with an influx of new members, the trade group announced Dec. 2. The newest DEG members include Altman Solon, Anuvu, BIGtoken, Guts + Data, IRIS.TV, NAGRA, Omdia, Plex, Synamedia, TiVo, Visual Data Media Services, Vobile and ZOO Digital. Spherex also returned as a member of … Continue reading “DEG Credits New Initiatives With Drawing 26 New Members This Year”
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‘Encanto,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ Repeats to Headline Early December Box Office Lull
With no major studio new releases to open the early December weekend box office, Disney’s Encanto and Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Afterlife are projected to lead the domestic box office through Dec. 5. Encanto, which opened to $40 million, remains a strong family-themed attraction, while Afterlife has shown consistency entering its third weekend with about $91 million … Continue reading “‘Encanto,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ Repeats to Headline Early December Box Office Lull”
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Vizio AVOD Platform Adds Indie Movies
Vizio has added a slate of indie movies to its growing ad-supported VOD platform WatchFree+, available on branded SmartCast televisions. In separate license deals with 1091 Pictures (formerly The Orchard) and Total Content Digital, Vizio gained access to myriad titles including The Last Blockbuster, about the last standing Blockbuster Video store in the world; documentary … Continue reading “Vizio AVOD Platform Adds Indie Movies”
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Breaking Glass Sets Dec. 7 DVD, Digital Release for Season 3 of ‘Woke’
Breaking Glass Pictures Dec. 7 will release season three of the French LGBTQ series “Woke” on DVD and various digital platforms. Created by Sullivan Le Postec, Woke: Season 3 picks up when Thibaut (Eric Pucheu) saves a Chechen refugee from a nearly fatal trap, and in the process discovers a trial program for human rights … Continue reading “Breaking Glass Sets Dec. 7 DVD, Digital Release for Season 3 of ‘Woke’”
