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Peacock Streaming Service Offering 20% Black Friday Sub Discount; Free Access to Original Content
NBCUniversal is joining in on Black Friday (Nov. 27) price discounts by offering 20% off access to the Peacock subscription streaming service throughout the post-Thanksgiving retail event. While Peacock offers a free, ad-supported option, NBCUniversal is offering the Premium tier with some ads for $39.99 for the year, or $89.99 without ads. The two options … Continue reading “Peacock Streaming Service Offering 20% Black Friday Sub Discount; Free Access to Original Content”
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Stingray Launches Music SVOD Channels; Inks Distribution with Redbox, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video
Stingray Group Nov. 25 announced the launch of SVOD channels with new partner OneHub TV (U.K.) and existing partners Optimum and Suddenlink by Altice (U.S.), Amazon Prime Video Channels (Italy and Spain), Player + (Poland), Rogers Communications (Canada), Swisscom blue TV (Switzerland) and Totalplay (Mexico). Stingray also announced the launch of free, ad-supported TV channels … Continue reading “Stingray Launches Music SVOD Channels; Inks Distribution with Redbox, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video”
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Peacock Streaming Service Offering 20% Black Friday Sub Discount; Free Access to Original Content
NBCUniversal is joining in on Black Friday (Nov. 27) price discounts by offering 20% off access to the Peacock subscription streaming service throughout the post-Thanksgiving retail event. While Peacock offers a free, ad-supported option, NBCUniversal is offering the Premium tier with some ads for $39.99 for the year, or $89.99 without ads. The two options … Continue reading “Peacock Streaming Service Offering 20% Black Friday Sub Discount; Free Access to Original Content”
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Stingray Launches Music SVOD Channels; Inks Distribution with Redbox, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video
Stingray Group Nov. 25 announced the launch of SVOD channels with new partner OneHub TV (U.K.) and existing partners Optimum and Suddenlink by Altice (U.S.), Amazon Prime Video Channels (Italy and Spain), Player + (Poland), Rogers Communications (Canada), Swisscom blue TV (Switzerland) and Totalplay (Mexico). Stingray also announced the launch of free, ad-supported TV channels … Continue reading “Stingray Launches Music SVOD Channels; Inks Distribution with Redbox, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video”
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Sky and eOne Ink Movie Distribution Deal
Comcast-owned satellite TV operator Sky and Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) on Nov. 25 announced a long-term partnership that will afford Sky subscribers access to hundreds of hours of movie content. The deal covers both eOne’s existing 200-film library and new releases in development. Starting next summer, Sky will have the pay-TV rights to eOne’s first-run … Continue reading “Sky and eOne Ink Movie Distribution Deal”
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‘Buddy Games,’ ‘Iron Mask’ Top Slate of Thanksgiving Week Disc and Digital Releases
The Paramount Pictures comedy Buddy Games, the Arnold Schwarzenegger fantasy adventure Iron Mask, and the fifth season of popular TV series “Better Call Saul” top the slate of new disc and digital releases available for home viewers beginning Nov. 24. Also newly available to buy or rent: the Martin Scorsese mob film The Irishman and … Continue reading “‘Buddy Games,’ ‘Iron Mask’ Top Slate of Thanksgiving Week Disc and Digital Releases”
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Hulu Bowing $1.99 Monthly Promo at Midnight on Thanksgiving Through Cyber Monday
Hulu is set to launch a discounted $1.99 monthly promotion at midnight on Thanksgiving. The campaign pledges to give new and returning subscribers 12-month access to the ad-supported Hulu option, which amounts to a $48 savings over the recently reduced $5.99 monthly fee (from $7.99). The ad-free subscription plan remains priced at $11.99 monthly. Hulu … Continue reading “Hulu Bowing $1.99 Monthly Promo at Midnight on Thanksgiving Through Cyber Monday”
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Vudu, FandangoNow Launch Thanksgiving Week, Cyber Monday Sale
Leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Vudu and FandangoNow, Fandango’s transactional on-demand streaming services, are offering a sale on more than 175 movie bundle deals and more than 1,000 recent hits and classics. Films are priced as low as $5, along with 25% off savings on classic series collections such as the complete “Harry Potter” franchise … Continue reading “Vudu, FandangoNow Launch Thanksgiving Week, Cyber Monday Sale”
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‘New Mutants’ Tops Vudu, FandangoNow Charts
The New Mutants topped both the Vudu and FandangoNow charts for the week ended Nov. 22. Both are transactional video-on-demand services owned by Fandango. The action-adventure, which debuted on TVOD Nov. 17, is based on the Marvel comics. The film follows five young people who demonstrate special powers who are forced to undergo treatment at a secret … Continue reading “‘New Mutants’ Tops Vudu, FandangoNow Charts”
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Sony Pictures Sets Home Release Dates for Arthouse Film Favorite ‘Yellow Rose’
Sony Pictures has set home release dates for Yellow Rose, a film festival favorite about a Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has ever known. The film, directed by … Continue reading “Sony Pictures Sets Home Release Dates for Arthouse Film Favorite ‘Yellow Rose’”
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Parks: 61% of U.S. Broadband Households Subscribe to Two or More OTT Video Services
The launch of new subscription video-on-demand services this year has resulted in more households subscribing to multiple services. New data from Parks Associates found 61% of domestic households subscribe to two or more OTT services as of the third quarter (ended Sept. 30), up from 48% the previous-year period. The report contends 45% of homes … Continue reading “Parks: 61% of U.S. Broadband Households Subscribe to Two or More OTT Video Services”
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TVOD Service ROW8 Seeks to Involve Movie Theaters Through ‘Geo-Locator’ Feature
It may not be possible to build a better mousetrap, but the folks at ROW8 insist they’ve built a better digital movie distribution system. It’s tailored to current market conditions, with movies increasingly being released to theaters and, with little or no delay, to home viewers through premium video-on-demand (PVOD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading “TVOD Service ROW8 Seeks to Involve Movie Theaters Through ‘Geo-Locator’ Feature”