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Redbox Entertainment Acquires Rights to Two New Movies
Redbox Entertainment, the movie acquisition arm of the packaged media kiosk vendor/AVOD provider, continues to aggressively seek independent titles for distribution in the U.S. and abroad. The unit reportedly acquired rights to two films, Chick Fight, and Shadow in the Cloud — the latter a Toronto Film Festival entrant screened to potential buyers last week … Continue reading “Redbox Entertainment Acquires Rights to Two New Movies”
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Latest ‘Secret Garden’ Remake Due Digitally Sept. 22, on Disc Oct. 6
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release STX Films’ The Secret Garden through digital retailers Sept. 22, and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Oct. 6. The film offers a new take on the 1911 fantasy novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Set in England in 1947, the film follows a young orphan girl (Dixie Egerickx) who, after … Continue reading “Latest ‘Secret Garden’ Remake Due Digitally Sept. 22, on Disc Oct. 6”
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Latest ‘Secret Garden’ Remake Due Digitally Sept. 22, on Disc Oct. 6
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release STX Films’ The Secret Garden through digital retailers Sept. 22, and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Oct. 6. The film offers a new take on the 1911 fantasy novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Set in England in 1947, the film follows a young orphan girl (Dixie Egerickx) who, after … Continue reading “Latest ‘Secret Garden’ Remake Due Digitally Sept. 22, on Disc Oct. 6”
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Analyst: Eastern Europe to Double SVOD Subs by 2025
Eastern Europe, which includes Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia, has become a projected hot spot for growth of the subscription streaming video ecosystem. New data from ResearchandMarkets.com suggests Eastern Europe will have 26.42 million paying SVOD subs by 2025; more than double from the 10.26 million recorded by end-2019. From the 16 … Continue reading “Analyst: Eastern Europe to Double SVOD Subs by 2025”
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Apple Bows ‘Apple One’ Service Bundles
Since announcing a bevy of branded subscription platforms covering magazines, periodicals, music, video and gaming in 2019, Apple has partnered SVOD service, Apple TV+, with select third parties to expand distribution. Now Apple is going in-house with platform bundling pricing options. Dubbed “Apple One,” the bundles range from combinations of Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, … Continue reading “Apple Bows ‘Apple One’ Service Bundles”
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Roku CFO: ‘Trolls World Tour,’ ‘Scoob!’ Woke Up ‘Sleepy’ TVOD Biz
As co-creator with Netflix of the subscription streaming video market, Roku has driver’s seat view of not only the over-the-top video market, but facilitating third-party transactional VOD as well. Speaking Sept. 15 on the KeyBanc Future of Technology Conference, Roku CFO Steve Louden said the company had a “banner quarter” for the fiscal period ending … Continue reading “Roku CFO: ‘Trolls World Tour,’ ‘Scoob!’ Woke Up ‘Sleepy’ TVOD Biz”
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ViacomCBS CEO: ‘Paramount+’ Rebranding Gives New Life to Studio
ViacomCBS’ move to rebrand subscription streaming video service CBS All Access to Paramount+ in 2021 could be the spark that returns the famed Paramount Pictures studio to global prominence, CEO Bob Bakish told an investor event. Speaking Sept. 15 on the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Bakish said the Paramount name resonates globally, giving the rebooted … Continue reading “ViacomCBS CEO: ‘Paramount+’ Rebranding Gives New Life to Studio”
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Doc ‘Rewind’ and Drama ‘Driveways’ Due on Disc and Digital Sept. 15 From FilmRise and MVD
The documentary Rewind and the drama Driveways are coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital Sept. 15 from FilmRise and MVD Entertainment Group. Driveways: Special Edition (2019), starring the late Brian Dennehy (Tommy Boy), follows a lonesome boy who accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt’s house, where he ends up … Continue reading “Doc ‘Rewind’ and Drama ‘Driveways’ Due on Disc and Digital Sept. 15 From FilmRise and MVD”
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‘Cats & Dogs 3’, ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream’ Top New Digital Releases; ‘Roman Holiday’ Makes Blu-ray Disc Debut
The family film Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite!, from Warner Bros., and Lionsgate’s The Secret: Dare to Dream top the slate of new digital releases available for purchase Sept. 15, while a flurry of independent films arrive on disc the same day. Also out Sept. 15: the classic 1953 film Roman Holiday, arriving for the … Continue reading “‘Cats & Dogs 3’, ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream’ Top New Digital Releases; ‘Roman Holiday’ Makes Blu-ray Disc Debut”
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Warner Releasing ‘V for Vendetta’ on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Nov. 3
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release 2005’s V for Vendetta on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and digital Nov. 3. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta was adapted and produced by the Wachowskis (The Matrix), and directed by James McTeigue. The film stars Natalie Portman as a woman … Continue reading “Warner Releasing ‘V for Vendetta’ on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Nov. 3”
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‘The Secret: Dare to Dream’ Available for Digital Sale Sept. 15, on Disc Sept. 22
Lionsgate will release The Secret: Dare to Dream for digital sellthrough Sept. 15, followed by Blu-ray combo pack (with DVD and digital copy), standalone DVD and VOD availability Sept. 22. Directed by Andy Tennant and based on the best-selling book by Rhonda Byrne, The Secret: Dare to Dream stars Katie Holmes as Miranda, a young … Continue reading “‘The Secret: Dare to Dream’ Available for Digital Sale Sept. 15, on Disc Sept. 22”
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Israeli Drama ‘Broken Mirrors’ Due on Digital and VOD Sept. 22 From Level 33
The Israeli film Broken Mirrors will premiere on digital and VOD Sept. 22 from Level 33 Entertainment. In the dramatic thriller, Shira Haas (Emmy Nominee, Netflix’s “Unorthodox”) plays 17-year-old Ariella, who is shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline. When she commits a grave error … Continue reading “Israeli Drama ‘Broken Mirrors’ Due on Digital and VOD Sept. 22 From Level 33”